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Made a tent and have a couple questions .

Jae215

New Member
Hi all my name is jay
I recently made a tent its 4'x5'x6' . I made this kinda on a wim in the supply house out of 1" pvc and a couple fittings finished it off with a door and wrapped in panda film . The problem is i never thought how to properly ventilate, ontop of a couple other issues such like its a really big space for 5 plants and i am vegging about 3 weeks to date with cfls at 6500k spectrum some big (150) and about 8 small i think they are 42 watt maybe a lil smaller so recently i had some emergency blankets for camping i kind of closed the plants in a lil bit mpre for better light reflection . So i do not wanna continue the grow too much longer with cfls so i opted to buy a 600 watt mh /hps system to helps these girls get going on thier way. So in conclusion my questions are this
1 should i really consider making a smaller grow room or just wait till next time and no better ?
2 is a 600 watt mh or hps too much heat for a pvc pandafilm tent with no ventilation besides the fron door and a fan .
3 will i stress my plants out by introducing a 600 w mh light to them considering they have been vegging for 3 weeks under them doing pretty good in my newbie opinion
4 should i stay away from neuts for now till the next harvest ?i invested a good amout of time and money dont want it to be for nothing
5 and this was just outta left field i seen a gnat flying around in my basement should i be worried about them hurting my girls ??
Thank you to all i appreciate ya letting me post
 

Garybhoy11

Well-Known Member
Hi all my name is jay
I recently made a tent its 4'x5'x6' . I made this kinda on a wim in the supply house out of 1" pvc and a couple fittings finished it off with a door and wrapped in panda film . The problem is i never thought how to properly ventilate, ontop of a couple other issues such like its a really big space for 5 plants and i am vegging about 3 weeks to date with cfls at 6500k spectrum some big (150) and about 8 small i think they are 42 watt maybe a lil smaller so recently i had some emergency blankets for camping i kind of closed the plants in a lil bit mpre for better light reflection . So i do not wanna continue the grow too much longer with cfls so i opted to buy a 600 watt mh /hps system to helps these girls get going on thier way. So in conclusion my questions are this
1 should i really consider making a smaller grow room or just wait till next time and no better ?
2 is a 600 watt mh or hps too much heat for a pvc pandafilm tent with no ventilation besides the fron door and a fan .
3 will i stress my plants out by introducing a 600 w mh light to them considering they have been vegging for 3 weeks under them doing pretty good in my newbie opinion
4 should i stay away from neuts for now till the next harvest ?i invested a good amout of time and money dont want it to be for nothing
5 and this was just outta left field i seen a gnat flying around in my basement should i be worried about them hurting my girls ??
Thank you to all i appreciate ya letting me post
1st off pvc kills plants, id swap that shit out man,
 

Garybhoy11

Well-Known Member
Yeah u will need some ventilation in thee at least an extractor fan, u will be fine putting a mh or hps over em now I use cfls to veg at times and they dont have any probs when I put the hps on,
Your space wil be fine as well for 5 plants once u got the hps in there the plants will grow much faster. Start feeding a small amount of nutes from 2 weeks old and gradually increase it to thequired dose as the plants mature.
As for gnats get on top of that they are a pain in the arse
 

Jae215

New Member
1st off pvc kills plants, id swap that shit out man,
So pvc needs to come down and what reconstruct with wood or buy a premade tent ?? Kinda fd lol what size would you recommend for 5 plants 3 exoctic duno the strain the look indi but who am i to say in a newbie room lol and 2 bag seeds from my neck of the woods
 

Metasynth

Well-Known Member
Just to play devils advocate, I've been growing in home made PVC tents wrapped in Panda for 4 years now...Never had an adverse effect on any of my plants.
 

Jae215

New Member
So same room size gary just not made out of pvc and if its made outta wood i can make ventilation happen so just go wood and use the panda film on the inside
 

Jae215

New Member
I have heard before that pvc kills plants well im a plumber and we cant put it in certain ceilings bc of fire ratings i know when pvc burns it gives off an awful toxin that is understood but im not trying to light my tent on fire lol and it is pretty big but u guys no more than me do we keep it or scrap it and start over
 

Garybhoy11

Well-Known Member
So same room size gary just not made out of pvc and if its made outta wood i can make ventilation happen so just go wood and use the panda film on the inside
Thats a better idea mate, and as for the pvc killing plants google it if u think im bullshitting, also look up any grow tent online and u will see they all say 100%pvc free due to the harmful effects.
 

Jae215

New Member
Yea i wasnt doubting you i heard that a couple times and my ignorace looked past it fml.
Anyway fellas so new game plan for 5 plants in a wooden box size should be ?? Im not selling or expecting gigantic yeilds its mainly for my dissabled son his medicine is becoming a bit expensive so i would like to try somthing out for em
 

Garybhoy11

Well-Known Member
About a 1m squared and 1.8m high area would be ideal and allow u space at top for a fan and filter if needed, but obviously if u have more space go bigger,
 

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