Hey there stoney garden gurus, I'm an old grower but new to the site so here is my current grow. I'm growing GHSC Trainwreck, White Widow and Lemon Skunk. I grow in a tent (I don't know how big...its big tho 7x7x14 I thinks) I use two 1000watt lights in air cooled tubes (one MH, one HPS). I grow mostly in 5gal pails with a 50/50 mix of promix aand perlite and some other stuff. I use mostly Botanicare nutes but have a plethora of other shit that I use little dashes of here and there (if u think I'm being vauge.. yes I am..ask me, I operate on a quid pro quo basis). That and a whole lot of hard work and good vibes. Any comments, questions and/or asshole remarks are welcome......CHEERS FUCKERS!
Organic grow, Trainwreck, White Widow and Lemon Skunk
- Thread starter saganist
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Howdy peeps, I'm going to put a little blurb in here about the ventilation I've got going on here. I had a guy think I was crazy for venting the hot air out of my tents instead of pulling air through from outside. It is vital that the air you vent is pulled from inside the tent its self via carbon filter, unless you want your entire house to smell like Otto's jacket.
Now keep in mind that I do not use C02 (this allows higher temps, therefore timed/less venting).
Here's what I do, as you can see I use a huge can filter with 82lbs of activated charcoal in it as my intake (inside the tent, mine is on the ground but higher in the room is even better) . From there it is attached to my 2 cool tubes( each with a 1000watt light inside) by 8inch ducting. From there it goes up to my 8inch inline fan (which expells all the air in my room @ every 4or5 minutes) and on up through a hole in the top of the tent. From there the ducting runs to an exhaust port on the side of my house.
Now this is important.....make damn sure that there are no leaks in any of your ducting or where it attaches to the cool tubes or fan or anywhere else. Any air that gets in from anywhere but through your can filter is gonna smell like weed and then the gig is up, so always check.
Now you have achieved negative pressure in your tent, air is constantly coming in through your vent flaps (hopefully located at the bottom of your tent) so it is impossible for smell to escape the room. I have these set up in nice cool basements, and it gets fucking hot where I live in the summer...its a desert....and I don't run any A/C. My room peaks at 29-30 celcius in the peak of the summer heat, winter time I run a little heater at night...thats it thats all, I hope its been helpful.
Now keep in mind that I do not use C02 (this allows higher temps, therefore timed/less venting).
Here's what I do, as you can see I use a huge can filter with 82lbs of activated charcoal in it as my intake (inside the tent, mine is on the ground but higher in the room is even better) . From there it is attached to my 2 cool tubes( each with a 1000watt light inside) by 8inch ducting. From there it goes up to my 8inch inline fan (which expells all the air in my room @ every 4or5 minutes) and on up through a hole in the top of the tent. From there the ducting runs to an exhaust port on the side of my house.
Now this is important.....make damn sure that there are no leaks in any of your ducting or where it attaches to the cool tubes or fan or anywhere else. Any air that gets in from anywhere but through your can filter is gonna smell like weed and then the gig is up, so always check.
Now you have achieved negative pressure in your tent, air is constantly coming in through your vent flaps (hopefully located at the bottom of your tent) so it is impossible for smell to escape the room. I have these set up in nice cool basements, and it gets fucking hot where I live in the summer...its a desert....and I don't run any A/C. My room peaks at 29-30 celcius in the peak of the summer heat, winter time I run a little heater at night...thats it thats all, I hope its been helpful.
Midwest1228
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Your far beyond my growing experience man. All I can say is buy more air conditioners if you can deal with the bill.
M'kay.....and what part of this thread would leave you to believe I in any way need A/C? The only time I would ever need A/C is if I was attempting to 'cool' my lights with air from outside when it gets hot enough to cook an egg on the sidewalk lmao....If you vent the hot air from INSIDE the room then its gone lol.....no A/C.....just PROPER ventilation.
Midwest1228
Member
My bad, I got this thread mixed up with another (munch420) he was have ventilation issues. Excuse my stupidity.
