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I am about to begin my first indoor closet grow which i have researcher pretty thouroughly. I am setting up a room for the grow cycle in a 4x2 space, and the flowering cycle in two 4x2 spaces. I am planning on growing six plants at a time, but am not sure on what wattage of lights to use. My...

I will soon be legal and was hoping someone out there would be kind enough to help me with my growing. My state has a limit to how many plants I can have. I am allowed 6 total. I was thinking 1 mother then switching between 2 clones and 3 flowering to 3 clones and 2 flowering. I was...

would it be more cost effective or more productive to have 2-400 watt hps lamps flowering around 12-15 plants on a rolling table, and when the 12 hour cycle is up move this set of ladies into a sleeping section in my room, and bring out another set of 12-15 ladies which had just been sleeping in...

Hello everyone! I'm about to set up my Prop 215 Grow-Lab/cab within a closet and I'm looking for as much feedback as possible on my new closet Grow-Lab design. For starters, I'm going to post a few images of the blueprints I have put together to see what kind of response I get. As I get more...

This is probably a dumb question but what exactly is the point of using a ballast? Why do you need one? Does a 400 watt ballast go with a 400 watt light and so on...? what will happen if i dont use a ballast?

I guess I can introduce myself and ask my question at the same time I would like to say thank you to everyone on this board the amount of knowledge on this board is unimaginable:smokin:. To my question I know LED's haven't been the way to go and has steadily been developing as far as "our field"...

My name's Mike and I'm from So Cal. Been smokin pot for going on 15 years although only a full time smoker for about 9. I've finally got my act together to grow my first indoor batch (done outdoor but not so nice). I've had plenty of time to research and am fairly confident and excited. My...

I got a great spot picked out for next years first time grow in the couple of acers I have that are wooded. The only thing is. Is that. It's wooded. The very thing giving me such great cover is preventing direct sunlight. Very little direct sunlight if that. I need to know if I would be wasting...