4x8 Grow tent w/ Two 600w....... First Grow :-) [With pictures]

Good to hear! Ever forward! and other encouraging expressions!

I wouldn't worry about bringing it in from outside, like you said, what are you going to do when it's freezing out! The air drawn in from the room ought to be just fine. If it's cold out, I assume you aren't using the AC, right?

If you are having the most success by turning off the fan, I would suggest getting a Rheostat so that you can adjust your fan speed to a level that doesn't suck all the moisture out of the room all at once. That way you will maintain a constant flow of air. They are relatively inexpensive and you can find ones that just plug in without the need to rewire anything.

Mist your plants regularly, ladies love a little spritz. With low RH, you can practically mist all you want.

Having a bit of trouble finding a 120v rheostat fan controller... If you come across one drop me the link...

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/AIR-VENT-Line-Voltage-Thermostat-3HJN6?cm_mmc=Google%20Base-_-HVACR-_-HVACR%20and%20Appliance%20Controls-_-3HJN6



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I would also like to hook up that TV in the pics to display the humidity, and temperature in the tent (for no purpose other than looking sweet)...

hey i just got a 8x4x7 tent myself . going to put into action in dec. ill watch yours for ideas.
if ya need help to be afraid to ask me ill try to answer any growing question you got.

A quick search turned up this plug in rheostat.

You can likely find one at a hardware store, too.

Glad I could help. Cheers.

jeb5304 said:

hey i just got a 8x4x7 tent myself . going to put into action in dec. ill watch yours for ideas.
if ya need help to be afraid to ask me ill try to answer any growing question you got.

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Awesome... I'll keep ya updated

Hey just checked out your grow, I am in the same situation (altho my humidity is around 33-37%) but I can't keep it up much higher than that as overheating(non-vent cooled hoods is killing me) is a real issue for me. I would change your air filtration set up to something like I have running. You have Ducting-->Inline Fan--> Carbon Filter outside the tent as well as I have an intake with ducting set up to distribute the air evenly around the bottom of the tent. Otherwise I completely agree with you on making the whole room a grow room versus getting a tent. Altho the tent will def. keep your smell situation in check if you get all your ducting set up appropriately. But keep up the good work

Put in the SCROG today.. Going for a stadium type setup... Will this work with overhead lighting? I plan on moving the lights up as the plants grow... Also the screen is easily adjustable to move.

Also... Someone noted that my plants are stretched... They absolutely are because I'm an idiot and left the light too far away from them for the last 2 weeks. Should I scrap them and just get new ones? Do they look like they are serious risk for sexual dysfunction? Or will the SCRog offset this and allow them to grow horizontally from here on out?

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They should grow fine into the screen. J don't think that has anything to do with if there male or fem.

Perhaps I wasn't very clear...

The plants have been stressed due to moving and adding of equipment in the grow room. Lights had to go off for a short while, and the lights were way too far away when they were on. I was asking if the plants look healthy based on other users' experiences.

yes they look aight. should take off now.

yea bro i have a 3x3 tent and i have had some master kush i started as seeds and i left em in the tent flowering with some kensgrandaddy n then a week later put in the veg closet and all kinds of crazy shit. thought the plant wasnt gunna make it and cut off the whole top of it and left it under the tray then noticed like two weeks later it was growing up along the sides off the tent neways its flowering right now and had hella new growth and is looking hella good all a sudden. point of the story is these plants are hella resilant and will live thru alot. jus the less stress we put them thru the better they turn out. anyways im blown n ur tent looks nice i got two 600 watts in the box right now in my room jus waiting for my tent to get here, so im subbed for ur grow. Ull see mine soon.

ajh said:

-Low humidity levels... I live in a dry area and I cannot keep the humidity above 30% in the tent... I think the 6" inline fan sucks the humidity right out of the tent. I turned it off the other day for a bit and the humidity jumped to 40%+ pretty quickly.

Potential solution: Perhaps I should hook the inline fan to a timer (2 hours on, 2 hours off? 1 hour on, 3 hours off?)... Any other suggestions?

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Try taking the humidifier out of the tent and use it to raise the humidity of the entire room instead of just inside the tent. The exhaust fan is constantly taking the humid air out of the tent and replacing it with the dry air in the room.