Pre-Purchase Question about Grow Tents

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80degreez

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whats up everyone,

i'm considering gettin the homebox xl which is 4ft x 4ft x 6.5ft, and was wondering how many fullsize females i could expect to fit in there, assuming i do 1 month veg then 2 months flowering

also, for an enclosed space like the homebox xl would a inline ecoline 6" booster cut it?

thx
 
16 plants max, and that fan will not cut it. Your tent is 104 cubic feet but you want a fan rated to recycle the air more than once a minute, plus some overhead for a carbon filter should you decide to use one, so I recommend 500cfm's. Take a look at the 6" or 8" inline fans like EcoPlus Supremes, or I really like my Sunleaves Windtunnel...
 
alright, another thing I'm not sure on is if I need another fan for the intake, and if it do, does it need to be the same CFM or less?
thanks man.
 
Really depends on your plant size, strain, and growing method. in a 4x4 tray I can fit 16 plants using a soiless top feed system. However in a 4x4 tent it will be very tight to fit that much stuff, I prefer to use a 3x3 tray in a 4x4 tent so I have room to fill my reservoir and go in the tent if I have to.
 
The tent should have some intake flaps at the bottom that you can open and close, with the proper exhaust you have now have what's called a passive intake. This is acceptable assuming the air outside the tent is of acceptable quality.
 
thanks, thegreensurfer! does the intake fan have to be as powerful as the exaughst fan or can I cut corners and use the inline booster?
 
Sorry but thegreensurfer is giving you bad advice. Fact is, he has no idea whether there will be substantial negative pressure to cause the walls to "suck in" substantially or at all. Neither do you or I for that matter at this point since you haven't even decided on an exhaust fan yet...

If you have intake flaps on your tent that are allow enough air to pass into the tent, or are getting adequate intake via that duct from the other room, and your exhaust fan is not taking air out of the tent faster than it can be replaced, then you don't NEED an intake fan.

The fact that you are considering using another room for intake via ducting is more of a concern, but even so... just get your exhaust figured out and see where you're at with ventilation and temps and take it from there. You will likely find you didn't need an intake fan in the first place, but if you do then at that time you'll have a better idea of what you need since you'll have sized up the matter for yourself,
 
Alright, yeah.

The tent is going into a crawlspace area, but this area also isn't a finished area (no drywall is up etc) and insulation is exposed, along with having ducting from the dryer running through the same area which pushes the humidity of the place through the roof.
The humidity should be fine once air starts flowing, and the temps currently are around 70-75f, expecting a slight increase from an aircooled 600w hood

The air wouldn't be from another room, but from a vent/window that's about 5ft away from where the tent will be

I guess will have to wait and find out these questions by testing myself, thanks all!
 
wbd said:
Sorry but thegreensurfer is giving you bad advice. Fact is, he has no idea whether there will be substantial negative pressure to cause the walls to "suck in" substantially or at all. Neither do you or I for that matter at this point since you haven't even decided on an exhaust fan yet...

If you have intake flaps on your tent that are allow enough air to pass into the tent, or are getting adequate intake via that duct from the other room, and your exhaust fan is not taking air out of the tent faster than it can be replaced, then you don't NEED an intake fan.

The fact that you are considering using another room for intake via ducting is more of a concern, but even so... just get your exhaust figured out and see where you're at with ventilation and temps and take it from there. You will likely find you didn't need an intake fan in the first place, but if you do then at that time you'll have a better idea of what you need since you'll have sized up the matter for yourself,
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I think bringing in fresh air unless co2 enrichment is necessary. I'd run intake and exhaust.
 
humidity inside of the area which the tent is going can reach 99%. keep in mind however, that this 99% is reached in the room when it currently only has 2 passive airways which are 18"x6", no fans or ducting set up yet
my feeling is that once a couple of good blowers are introduced, the humidity will cut down to about 50-60%
 
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