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I got the idea to recycle an old ovular satellite dish. It's one of the mini-types (about 2ftx3ft). I used spray adhesive and lined it with tin foil (i know that's not optimal). Then wired up 10 26watt cfl's under it all radiating out from the center. It seems to work reasonably well. Basically what I want to know is if this should work to produce a decent, albeit modest crop. It's a mix of 2600k and 5000k bulbs and produces a total of 17,500 lumens @ 260 watts. Not planning on going ape with the number of plants. Keeping a total of 6 in 1 liter pots with a soilless mix. Have one fan blowing over them as well. Also...I have a five gallon fermenter in the closet with them constantly producing CO2. Swap it out each week and distill the contents. One intoxicant helping to produce another. Any Ideas?

Decided to up a pic so you'd know what the heck I'm talking about. Hope it works...never done it before here.

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That will work for a modest crop, like you said.
I dont think one liter pots will be big enough to go all the way to harvest. Floros dont have much penetration into the leaf canopy, so i'd think about blooming them now, before they get taller.

i'd put sum mylar on the dish and paint the walls FLAT white. 3 gal gro bags are economical 4 both price and space. 5 bux 4 12 3 gal bags

Thanks for the tips. I had already put a single coat of flat white on the walls in there, but as you can see, it could use another. I do also have a bunch of white plastic that I was planning on lining the closet with. (That's what that big white wad of stuff to the left is). Would that work better than the paint? Mylar, unfortunately, is something I can't get my hands on anywhere around here. I live out in the boonies and anything even a little exotic for growing has to be ordered. That's why I used the foil and flouros. What I would like to do is build a grow box out in the room with a halide and just use this setup for veg. But first I want a proof of concept. That's big money and I don't want to just waste it. Thanks again.