430 watt high pressure sodium bulb

[stinkystink]

hi im a new grower and i was wondering if 1 430 watt high pressure sodium bulb would be sufficient for growing about 4 to 5 plants in a small closet grow room it very small about 2 by 2 by 4 thank you and

 

[diesel farmer]

hi im a new grower and i was wondering if 1 430 watt high pressure sodium bulb would be sufficient for growing about 4 to 5 plants in a small closet grow room it very small about 2 by 2 by 4 thank you and

is that 4 ft. high from floor to top? If so, I would say no,The reason is after the pots and light hood you wont have enough vertical space even if you LST, and the heat would be an issue also, peace! (it would be enough light if you had more room)

 

[stinkystink]

its accually bigger than i thought thanks for your input tho and for the heat i have a fan and vent im trying to post a pic of the closet im working with and i hope you can give me more feed back thanks

 

[diesel farmer]

anytime! I use 2- 400`s and they get hot, but I made the hoods for em out of sheet metal and there is no glass, if you buy a hood make sure its ventable and has a glass difuser, will help tons, my room is about 15 by 15 with a 7`6 ceiling height so I can get away with my homemade hoods.

 

[stinkystink]

here are a few pics of the closet im using its not huge im just trying to grow a couple plants for personal medicinal use anyway

https://www.420magazine.com/gallery/data/1398/101_1102.JPG

101_1101 - 420 Magazine Photo Gallery

101_1100 - 420 Magazine Photo Gallery

 

[diesel farmer]

I think you should go with CFL lighting, would run way cooler for that size closet, check out this link by Roseman it will help you Rosemans cfl tutorial

 

[stinkystink]

thats what i was going to do untill i was told by a friend that he can get me the hps cheap
but i was wondering how many and what kind of cfls do i need

 

[diesel farmer]

did you read the link I put on the previous post?

 

[stinkystink]

yea i did but i also looked over many other threads and sites online and people have many opinions on what wattage and such is good to use i was just wondering what was your opinion thanks

 

[diesel farmer]

well, for veg use as many 6500 k cfls as you can put in there, for flower use the lowest k value cfls that you can find, again the most you can put in there, or you can mix the two kinds in flower also, peace!