Max 15 plant medical grow in an 8x8

testtime

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Can anyone suggest an airflow fan solution for this tent?

Given that I have this following tent:
VIVOSUN S888 8x8 Grow Tent, 96"x96"x80" High Reflective Mylar with Observation Window and Floor Tray for Hydroponics Indoor Plant for VS4000/VSF4300 https://a.co/d/j1eU76r


I'm looking for a fan that will pump cool air in here as needed. To start off with I'm in the cold Washington winter which is actually kind of warm. I've put a variety of insulating material in to allow me to not spend a shitload to heat this thing at night. But daytime this thing warms up. And I will be flowering in a couple of months. And those lights will be generating a lot of heat. So I need to be able to pump a lot of air in here.

The initial fans I bought will not be enough for this. So I'm looking at various paint drying air blower solutions to get between 1,000 and 2000 CFM into this thing to cool it down during the warmer period.

In the old days I would have gotten a high velocity disc fan but I don't see any on Amazon that fit the criteria. So does anyone have any preferred air mover solutions they would like to recommend to me?
 

testtime

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Okay, 11 days on. I chose this for my air moving solution:

VEVOR Air Mover, 1/4 HP 1000 CFM Carpet Dryer for Cooling and Ventilating, Portable Floor Blower Fan with 4 Blowing Angles and Time Function, for Janitorial, Home, Commercial Use https://a.co/d/iiAvIus

I will duct tape 12-in ducting to the front of this thing and use it to shove air in from outside the tent on the floor. I will set up exhaust openings in the top and the hot air will be forced out as needed.

It's been a very warm winter so far and I haven't had to totally seal off the gross space so I haven't hit anything where I could accumulate stale air even without any active ventilation.

I topped a couple fast growers a week ago and they are responding nicely. I topped the rest of them yesterday. I'll do it again in a couple of weeks to have a minimum of four colas.

I have been unable to find a distilled water in my local stores and when I ordered it off of Amazon it leaked the day before it showed up so they canceled the order on me. I need it to calibrate my electronic pH meter. I hate pH test strips. I'm going use this as an excuse to get a pot distiller for a 100 bucks or so. This will get me my distilled water and also let me make my own hard alcohol. I always wanted to do that anyway.

My floor standing fans are electronic which means they reset themselves and stop in the event of the occasional momentary blackout that we get out here. So I picked up a clip-on 6-in oscillating fan for the tight grow space area. I might get a few more of these as I expand.

I picked 4 ft x 2 ft metal shelves to fit in the space better and another quantum board style light. I really like these things.

I planted a bunch of non cannabis seeds for the rest of my garden. Lettuce, swiss chard, dill, pepper, tomato, basil, and carrots. I like carrot tops so I never expect to actually grow carrots, just lots of tops to saute with oil and garlic.
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9 days. After topping I always get scared that I've killed the plants. I have a few that have burn in various leaves but others that do are great. So I'm going to keep what I'm doing, what I'm doing.
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It's 22° out there. My water lines are frozen. I'll give it a couple more days, but if it continues then I'll fill up the buckets 100 ft from the actual plants and carry them. I'd prefer not too.
 

testtime

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Silly me. I forgot I had a swim spa filled with 100° water sitting next to the grow shed.
Okay, two buckets full pulled from the swim spa, 10 gallons. 3/4 of a gallon per plant.

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Okay, I've just double topped. Pictures in 2 weeks because that's what recovery period is.

I think I'll go into flowering after that point.
 
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