Micro Heating Solutions

Hello,

Just interested in starting a thread about heating and ho to do it most efficiently in small spaces...

I'm currently using a small tube heater with a built in stat to control the heat in my groom, my concern with this is that I am only heating the air, which is being sucked out of the box by the extract fan. Not a very efficient solution I fear...
Has anyone experimented with soil heaters or reptile heating mats?

I've done a bit of reading and it strikes me that keeping the soil temperature at a fairly constant 20-22C is more important to continual growth than the ambient air temperature. Can anyone reflect on this from experience?

Ideally a small reptile heat mat (10-20w?) controlled by a thermostat in the soil...

I know there are some solutions for large grows..... Anyone here adapted for small grow?

best, UKP

UKpeanuts said:

Hello,

Just interested in starting a thread about heating and ho to do it most efficiently in small spaces...

I'm currently using a small tube heater with a built in stat to control the heat in my groom, my concern with this is that I am only heating the air, which is being sucked out of the box by the extract fan. Not a very efficient solution I fear...
Has anyone experimented with soil heaters or reptile heating mats?

I've done a bit of reading and it strikes me that keeping the soil temperature at a fairly constant 20-22C is more important to continual growth than the ambient air temperature. Can anyone reflect on this from experience?

Ideally a small reptile heat mat (10-20w?) controlled by a thermostat in the soil...

I know there are some solutions for large grows..... Anyone here adapted for small grow?

best, UKP

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Just at night?

During the light on, you could stifle the exhaust to get interior temps to rise without a seperate heater, although humidity will probably rise, but an interior fan would help that...

Aha!
Abiqua I think you hit the nail on the head

in an ideal situation we would have free air movement without lose of heat but I guess these things are exclusive if we are heating the air.


A possible solution; the problem being that it seems wasteful to heat the air with a tube heater / oil radiator for it to be sucked out by the extract fan. Yes we can retard the incoming air but with some detriment to the environment perhaps?

Idea:
Heat the plant using a reptile or propagator heat pad, and control it using a small probe thermostat.

Has anyone else done this before? (i've found a digital thermostat with probe for £10 on amazon, + £20 for a small propogator mat)

What are other people doing to keep their small scale grows in the correct temperature range?

best, UKP