1st Grow- What lights and Air extraction

[Henry998]

Hi everyone, I'm new to 420 and growing. Ive wanted to grow for a fees years now but never really had the time or space, but now with more of the before mentioned I'm about to start.
The reason for the new post is to ask advice on lighting and air ventilation/ circulation. (i hope this is the correct place for this thread).
I've spent the last 2 weeks reading and learning everything i can from this forum and others to try and educate myself adequately before starting. (noticing in this time that everybody seems to have a slightly different view/ideas on most topics. which i suppose is a good thing).
anyway the question I'm still struggling with is what lighting (type of bulb/wattage/number of lights) to use, and what would constitute adequate ventilation and air exchange.
I have not yet started to build as I'm still changing my mind on what will be best to use. As i realise that most of the time the needs of the room will differ depending on what environment (room/tent) the plants will be in. Here is the size of the tent and other information that i can give at this point;
.DIY tent 1.2m wide x 0.8m deep x 1.8m high
. The tent will be in a basement obviously with no windows
. i will be using soil as a medium
.ive planned to use an extractor fan up high and leave opening lower on the opposite side for active ventilation
. as its my 1st grow I've decided to use baggie seeds incase of mistakes (inevitable)
I can't think that I've missed much but probably have.
I think it may also be useful to note that currently i am thinking of using a 600w mh for veg and 600w hps for flowering. Both bulbs just set up in a generic shade and ballast.
Any help would be greatly appreciated although i realise that it may be hard due to the limit to the info i can provide at this point.
Thanks in advance

 

[Ancho]

600w is a good size for the tent you describe. Not sure what you mean by generic shade, but for a tent grow you will need to get the heat from the light out and so some type of cool tube reflector to allow direct ducting will make your life a lot easier. I've also found a ballast that allows dimming to be a nice feature, while your plants are seedlings just will not need all that power.

 

[Henry998]

600w is a good size for the tent you describe. Not sure what you mean by generic shade, but for a tent grow you will need to get the heat from the light out and so some type of cool tube reflector to allow direct ducting will make your life a lot easier. I've also found a ballast that allows dimming to be a nice feature, while your plants are seedlings just will not need all that power.

Ok thanks. By generic I just mean the 'c' on its side shape that seems most popular with manufacturerers.

 

[Hosebomber]

AS far as lighting goes, is all of your tent area going to be for flowering or are you going to divid the area for your clones/seedlings/and veg? 600 watts of HPS lighting is enough for the area but the coverage of most reflectors are for a square area and not a rectangle. If you are considering LEDs, 2 smaller units of about 200-250 watts would be more effective than one larger panel and a little easier on the power bill.

 

[Henry998]

AS far as lighting goes, is all of your tent area going to be for flowering or are you going to divid the area for your clones/seedlings/and veg? 600 watts of HPS lighting is enough for the area but the coverage of most reflectors are for a square area and not a rectangle. If you are considering LEDs, 2 smaller units of about 200-250 watts would be more effective than one larger panel and a little easier on the power bill.

Ok thanks. LED's are a bit out of my price range at the moment but I see that they are gaining a lot of popularity with growers. Yeah I intend to use the whole space for each stage. Maybe once set up ill have a better idea of if the reflector is effective or not.