Anyone try a red heat lamp in a tent before to help with LED heating?

MidnightSun72 said:

I been thinking about this for the last two months. Check out therabulb. They have a great spectrum 600nm+ so you get all red plus a ton of IR. They do a 150W bulb. But I'd only run it for like 6h a day in case the IR causes too much stretch or heat stress.

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I looked at therabulb at one time too, it has a better spectrum than the reptile bulbs. I opted instead of going for a heat lamp bulb, I can’t really say with much certainty it helped becauseI hadn’t really dialed in my grow room at that point

rkymtnman said:

how about just a regular 100w incandescent? that's what i use to raise my temps in winter. about 5 to 10 degrees or so.

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Worked great, tent temp up to 81f now from 74f

Milky Weed said:

Worked great, tent temp up to 81f now from 74f

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Bonus you can raise chicken poults in there too

Herb & Suds said:

Bonus you can raise chicken poults in there too

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Baby chicks and weed plants. sounds good to me abit of extra co2… maybe your onto something!

Currently 82f in there, all the leaf’s have perked up, and turned the light up abit. They are mucho happy, I’m hoping this helps fix my calcium issues by creating more transpiration and overall water uptake.

Once again, thank you all.

hotrodharley said:

Amazon Basics 500-Watt Ceramic Small Space Personal Mini Heater - White https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074MR2C61/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_ZB2Q8MFBM8YXZAYTGP2K

I have one connected to an Inkbird thermostat. Works great.

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That's a pretty brilliant solution, on the cheap too. Well done.

I just bought a 250w heater from Canadian tire and it works perfect for what I needed. Replaced it with the extra led panel I had on and my temps went from 62-81 to 74-81

I’ve used clip lamps with cfl to raise temps for the seedling stage seeing how there is no heat radiating off the light or driver at low dimmed levels.

Brettman said:

I just bought a 250w heater from Canadian tire and it works perfect for what I needed. Replaced it with the extra led panel I had on and my temps went from 62-81 to 74-81View attachment 5072301

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I debated on buying one of these but figured it wasn't something that should be running for hours while you aren't around.

Jjgrow420 said:

I debated on buying one of these but figured it wasn't something that should be running for hours while you aren't around.

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If mine tips at all it shuts off. It's controlled by the Inkbird. I just don't leave anything in front of it.

I'm flowering soon if I can't get the temps up with 720w led i was going to try a 250hps with a 240w board on each side of it?

I've a 150w hps kicking around that might be worth digging out.

Milky Weed said:

Currently 82f in there, all the leaf’s have perked up, and turned the light up abit. They are mucho happy, I’m hoping this helps fix my calcium issues by creating more transpiration and overall water uptake.

Once again, thank you all.

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Same issues with me using LED. Maybe I’ll try this heat lamp as it’s better than running at 2kw space heater!!

What about adding a small gas powered heater that is safe for indoor use?
It will have the added benefit of generating plenty of CO2 for the plants.

Otherwise, instead of adding X Watts of pure heat I'd rather add X Watts of additional lighting (if the heating is needed during the day phase). It's of course more expensive than a cheap heater or light bulb.

I've been using CMH to help heat the leafs....winter in canada and all. Summer LED alone is good.

two 315W CMH fixtures and 1 300W draw Samsung LED fixture I built.

Shit now there growing abit too fast… victim of my own success. I threw em into flower but I’m probably going to outgrow the tent pretty quickly.

Milky Weed said:

Shit now there growing abit too fast… victim of my own success. I threw em into flower but I’m probably going to outgrow the tent pretty quickly.

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Stretch is like watching a car race toward a cliff, will it stop in time?

1212ham said:

Stretch is like watching a car race toward a cliff, will it stop in time?

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So true

1212ham said:

Stretch is like watching a car race toward a cliff, will it stop in time?

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I think i nailed it on the height, hopefully they wont grow into the light. roughly a week and h half since flip. hopefully they are almost done stretch. I got lucky with jiggler, as long as i add a good bit more light they only stretch maybe 25-50%.