ligths in smal cabinet

[cereus]

I am wondering about growing in a small cabinet and am having a hard time deciding witch light to use. The flowering chamber is 80 – 55 – 55 cm (h,w,d,) and it will be a s.c.r.o.g, originally I wanted to use enviroligths for the whole grow, alternatively a 150 w high-pressure-sodium for the flowering stage. Thinking that using both would be great, the cfl fore vegetative growth and the sodium for flowering. But then I started thinking that with my small cabinet I would have a problem when switching lights and ending up burning the plants.

*have any one grown al the way trough with high output cfl`s with success?
*is it be better to use metal halide during the vegetative stage to avoid burning the plants during the switch to hps?
*and any ideas on what kind of fans I can use (I have some computer fans and some very noisy duct fans) with an active coal filter?

Small is some times better :)

[DJDemzOne]

well i dont think that using a cfl and going to a hps would burn any quicker than a plant veged under metal halide. if it does burn then you need to check heat levels on your hps and provide airflow in the cabinet. as long as the heat is removed the lumens will not hurt the plant... it loves them!

Get a decent fan, eco plus inline, vortex, canfan, dayton. get a 250- 450 CFM rating depending on your heat levels and bulb wattage.

either make a carbon filter like the one zandor makes in one of the grow report shows or check out an odorsok. look on ebay for them cheap easy light carbon filters.

[LiveGreenLoveLife]

CFL's will give you buds don't get me wrong, but at the cost of a LOT of time and energy spent moving the lights every day to keep them close enough w/o burning the house down. I do use CFL's to grow culinary herbs like basil, lavender, parsley, and catnip though and it seems that they're a cheap space saving alternative to shop lights or using a small high intensity system, not that I wouldn't get better results with High intensity lights it is just that well.......it's fuckin' catnip...... it's just not worth the investment at this time.