grow tent

VaporTrail said:

I have a 4 x 4 x 6.5ft tent and use 2 600w Apollo Ballasts and reflectors they work great and you cant beat the price.

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yea, i think im just going to stick with the 400 for right now.. im so damn paranoid cause like i said its a 5 year deal if i get caught.. not that i mind pullin the time just gotta be smart about it..

bullwinkle60 said:

I grow with a 400 watt dual MH/HP in a tent close to your size,(just a tad smaller.) I grow 3plants at a time in 5 gallon SmartPots with good results.In other words great bud and about 3 oz each grow.

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ah right on bro thats a big change for me i normally get a avearage of 5 oz a plant when its oudoors

You can vent into a different room. Pull fresh air from the room the tent is in, and exhaust it into the room next to it.

Your tent should be light tight. So don't worry about a "glow" and the heat will be addressed with the cool tube.

You don't understand my Greek but understand more lumens = bigger buds
You can buy a solistek digital ballast that has both 400w and 600w settings. It's a great ballast. If the 600 turns into a problem just pick up a 400 bulb. Better then finding out you need a bigger ballast and bigger bulb

o snap okay, that'll work bro.. ill put it in my barn and just run it way out the back of the barn..

I don't suggest growing away from your home. Less security, more chance of being discovered. Think about walking back and forth multiple times a day with random grow equipment or what not. Plus at night when you're sleeping.

good point, i can't thank you guys enough!! you guys rock!

It's what we're here for. It's how a lot of us got our knowledge. Good luck.

Here take a look at my 600w cooltube hopefully these will give you some help

thanks bro, that does help a lot, i'm orderin my stuff friday i seen on the website i'm orderin from that lights come with a cooling tube on them all ready... after i get it setup ill let you guys know.. i can't thank you enough!! ill be in touch

loginID said:

thanks a million bro.. i was plannin on growing in a shop i have outside my house.. one of them metal buildings... smell isn't a problem the nearest house to me is like a mile? im in the country.. the building sets off from my house near all my animals so the smell of them should kind of play off the smell and no one has any business out there any ways so im good to go on that

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well if smell isnt a problem and your just growing in a open area you may not even need the cool tube. just make sure you have good air exchange and you should be gtg. cool tubes are mainly for closets, grow tents and smalled enclosed areas.

He's growing in a tent......

If you vent back into the room expect a temp rise of about 5-10 degrees blowing warm air back inside.

As far as the "heat" (cops) go, you would need to be running about 10k+ watts all of a sudden for them to flag you for electrical usage spike.

Who said anything about venting back into the room the tent is in? Don't confuse him. I already told him to run his exhaust to another room.