Heat

I need some advice in a hurry, I have all kinds of pics of my room, its insulated but the floor is dirt and very cold. with 2 small pelonis heaters on med-high its 46 at the ground level, and 62 at the 4' and above. I really need to know what I should do? should I get some insulation board for the floor and a bigger heater. these temps are with my 1K light off. with the light on temps get quite a bit warmer but floor never gets above 70 with the light on. ceiling gets way too hot but I haven't got my fan and exhaust even going yet

how or what should I do to the floor?

Don't put the plants directly on it. Get some foam insulation, cut it to shape and put it on the floor.

I would build a floor on 2 x 4s. Lay the studs flat on the ground (on top of your plastic) and cover with a sheet of plywood. This will make a 1 1/2 inch air gap beneath the floor. If you want to go all out put some foam insulation between the studs, but just creating the air gap will do a lot toward insulating your room.

Get a roll of reflectix at Home Depot.

what is reflectix ? I will look it up.

will it be spill proof on the ground floor, im soil growing?

OX4545 said:

will it be spill proof on the ground floor, im soil growing?

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Why would you want spill proof? Your the one who needs to watch the water levels and make sure it doesn't spill...

Do you not have any spill when watering as far as knowing when to stop once a little comes out of the bottom of planter pot? im a first time grower and wanted to make sure I wasn't spilling to much on insulation board as opposed to spilling on dirt floors, mold issues if to much humidity right.

OK... my grow room has a "dirt" floor, and it's 20 f outside, the floor gets to 45 f or so...
The floor doesn't come into play....
I grow on a shelving unit... if I spill it goes through it, and drips on floor... no big deal...
I NEVER use a heater... My 18 hours of light, heats up the room pretty good, and shares air with the bud room ... they share 6 hours of light on together...
The area, between your canopy, top, and the bottom of your lights is where the temp gauge should be... this area will run 4-8 points lower RH and 4-8 degrees hotter ....
The plants bottom is three feet off ground...

OX4545 said:

Do you not have any spill when watering as far as knowing when to stop once a little comes out of the bottom of planter pot? im a first time grower and wanted to make sure I wasn't spilling to much on insulation board as opposed to spilling on dirt floors, mold issues if to much humidity right.

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I use things to catch the run off so it doesn't go all over the place.