New Grower Got everything figured out for my first grow

[rock-lobster]

Can't wait till everything gets here:

4 Supersonic Cristal Storm autos in 2 gallon pots, gonna LST them to save a little space mostly. Got a Soler and Palau TD-100x for ventilation and a phresh filter to suck away all that beautiful odor. Going to use 400 watts CFL (decided to do 24/0 lights) and using OF and GH Flora nutes when the time comes. I'll be keeping some mighty wash on deck in case any bugs try to steal my nugs.

Hoping to gain 2 oz per plant but I'm a first timer so I'm mostly just excited for the experience and to even get to see a plant grow.

So pumped, hoping to have all four in the ground by the end of the month. :thumbs:

 

[Mr Piggy]

That td100x might not have enough power behind it to cool 400w of cfl. 400 w of heat is 400w of heat and those little buggers can heat up! I only say this as that is the fan I'm running and on it's low setting it just perfectly handles a led pannel that runs at about 140-160 watts. You also might want to use larger pots if you want two ounces a plant, maybe three gallons. Otherwise you're looking good, keep us posted and start a journal when you're set up!

 

[rock-lobster]

That td100x might not have enough power behind it to cool 400w of cfl. 400 w of heat is 400w of heat and those little buggers can heat up! I only say this as that is the fan I'm running and on it's low setting it just perfectly handles a led pannel that runs at about 140-160 watts. You also might want to use larger pots if you want two ounces a plant, maybe three gallons. Otherwise you're looking good, keep us posted and start a journal when you're set up!

Damn, I hadn't thought about cooling the lights at all. I figured all the cooling stuff only applied to HPS stuff, I'll look into it. Yeah the 3 gallons might be a better choice but I'm worried about height so I'm trying to do what I can to keep the plants at the right size since I figure I'd rather sacrifice some growth instead of having to deal with them hitting the ceiling.

Edit: I was planning on using the high setting but hopefully that's enough, I'll also have an oscillating fan on my plants as well if that helps. One question I could ask about the fan: when making the connections do you use a 2 prong or 3 prong cord?