First organic tent grow.....

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stvnfoster42

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hi im a first time tent grower and am about 2 weeks into veg with 5 big bang 2 from feminised seeds. heres my setup:

1.2 x 1.2 x 1.8m grow tent
carbon filter
6" intake fan
6" exhaust fan
12" oscilating fan
6" oscilating fan
ducting
humidifier
125w cfl
600w metal halide
600w hps
air cooled reflector
canna terra professional + added perlite for grow medium
canna bio range of nutes
canna rhizotonic + bio boost
clay pellets
ozonated water tank

anyone got a similar setup or any advice as i`ve already had a few problems. changed from cfl to mh other night and temp went through the roof at 97f????? went out and added air cooler and now getting 87.8f thats 31c and 31 humidity and thats with the humidifier on ???? can anyone help me lower tempo just that little bit more and anyone no how to raise the humidity higher or will that come up as the temp decreases ? i`ll post some pics so you can see

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I have a similar tent setup, exept my 600w has no cooltube/coolhood, and my temps are around 27-28.

Air circulation is the key.. Post a picture of inside, i'd like to see how and where you put your filter and fans.

Good luck !!
 
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fir3dragon

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Le pic said:
I have a similar tent setup, exept my 600w has no cooltube/coolhood, and my temps are around 27-28.

Air circulation is the key.. Post a picture of inside, i'd like to see how and where you put your filter and fans.

Good luck !!
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i believe this.. i got a 400w with a smaller setup my temps are at 87 lol. i live where its hot, and i got a window ac unit in the room where it is but it still gets that hot. the leaves arent burning though, and i dont got a air cooled reflector so im just gonna go with the flow.
 
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purplebud27

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Le pic said:
I have a similar tent setup, exept my 600w has no cooltube/coolhood, and my temps are around 27-28.

Air circulation is the key.. Post a picture of inside, i'd like to see how and where you put your filter and fans.

Good luck !!
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whats ur RH in ur tent?
 
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purplebud27

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now thats a more suitable RH 31 is kinda low imo i like to shoot for around 50 but at the moment my RH is rather high 57-71
im on a constent look out for mold i also use a fan running all night while the lights r off to keep the RH manageable
 
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purplebud27 said:
now thats a more suitable RH 31 is kinda low imo i like to shoot for around 50 but at the moment my RH is rather high 57-71
im on a constent look out for mold i also use a fan running all night while the lights r off to keep the RH manageable
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heres the pics from 2day. i will photo the setup properly abit later on. im gona aim my exhaust fan which is at the end of the ducting towards the door and high up,maybe this will help cool the room and therefore cool the tent, i think lol. its the humidity i dont understand,not really high enough and thats with a humidifier on and its a good 1 too? DSC00280.jpgDSC00281.jpgDSC00282.jpg what you`s think ?? they looking good?? on the single plant pic i see very fine patches like the leaves are getting stained or something ??? anyone no what this is ?? i am spraying the leaves a few times once each day with 2ml rhizotonic in 1ltr of tepid water
 
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stvnfoster42

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heres the setup pics promised and todays temps. when lamps off - DSC00286.jpg on - DSC00280.jpg the setup - DSC00290.jpg the hunidifier ( which doesnt rise much ) - DSC00238.jpg my babys today - DSC00281.jpg
 

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stvnfoster42

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what about your humidity ?? is it as low? i was wanting it around 50 now and was going to lower it when i flower and til the end of grow hoping this would produce the most thc,any ideas??
 
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stvnfoster42

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if i put the humidifier in the tent it goes through the roof. just outside the intake opening is seems to raise the temp slightly so i have it 1 meter away but as you see i am only getting around 30rh?? the only way i can see is to lower the temp even further and the humidity will rise or so i was told
 
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Everything looks great. I personally wouldn't worry about the temps unless they climb, nor the humidity. I find high humidity end of flower is a killer but aside from that and when you are cloning it's not a huge player.

Why the reductions? I'm sure you could get a flange for your filter that is the same size as your hood and it looks like your tent accommodates the larger size as well. More airflow always helps and there's a huge difference between 4", 6" and 8" diameters.

And what are your fans? Duct fans? Centrifugal? I'm assuming you have a 440ish CFM inline but if I'm wrong that could be an issue as well.
 
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stvnfoster42

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well its taken me some time to get the setup working correctly,where to position the fans,put the humidifier etc but its not really the temps i want to drop but the humidity i want it raised to around 50rh. also whats a flange? i have a 100mm vents TT inline extractor fan pulling the air out the tent and i have a 12" oscilating inside along with a 7" fan stationary cooling just over the tops of the plants
 
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