How would you run two tents?

iggy097

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I have two 4x4 8' tents, since my peppers from the first tent will be going outdoors soon I'm going to run both tents for cannabis. Both have the same exact setups - SF4000 lights , fans and are connected with an inline Cloudline exhaust.
The grow room has a dehumid and humid regulating the room conditions.
I also have a seedling rack with two SF600 lights that I've started my pepper and tomatoes seedlings on that I can use for a cloning station.
I started 2 strains of seeds recently as I was thinking of running both tents full cycle, but now I'm second guessing myself and am thinking I should run one tent for veg and one for flower.
I'd also be drying in the flower tent.
Thanks!
 

FirstCavApache64

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I use one for veg and one for flower but that's because of setup restrictions. My flower room is too small for both so my veg tent is in an area where it has to be on 24 hours a day. I'll also run auto flowers in it from time to time which is a nice option. The veg tent option let's you pretty much run a perpetual grow though which makes life easier.
 

yesterdaysnews

Active Member
I have no desire to over complicate my grow time. I have a 3x3 and a new 2x4 and both are full cycle setups from popping seeds to drying harvest. No seedling area, veg tent and flower tent. No playing musical move the plants around and so on. Beginning to end in each tent.
 

iggy097

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I have no desire to over complicate my grow time. I have a 3x3 and a new 2x4 and both are full cycle setups from popping seeds to drying harvest. No seedling area, veg tent and flower tent. No playing musical move the plants around and so on. Beginning to end in each tent.
That's what I'm leaning to as well.
 

NewGrower2011

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If heat management is a challenge in your setup I'd consider a flip-flop where they both are on 12/12 schedules but opposite one another.

If you're fighting heat you've only got 1/2 the wattage to contend with at a given time. If you're needing the heat during the off-schedule the other one is on and generating heat. Put both of them on good exhaust controllers (like the AC Infinity Controller 67) that can adjust for both heat & humidity and they should work in tandem to optimize your space. It's something I've considered doing with two tents in an enclosed room.

Multiple brands out there now have digital light controllers that can run in flip-flop mode and also handle high-temp cutoff (or dimming).
 

Johiem

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I run perpetual, 2 tents. Auto, veg, clone and sprout tent. 400w 20on4off. Flower tent currently 600w(can be 1000w if I could keep it cool) 12&12, musical plants isn't too hard for me as I'm typically only moving 1 or 2 plants from tent to tent at a time. I also take my girls out of the tent to water, feed, train, inspect, basically any reason I can come up with to play with them.
 
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