Temps not getting out of the mid 60's

So I have my tent ( first one ) setup in a closet and I'm trying to see if the closet is the right spot for this. It's cold in there and after running my light for 10 hours with no exaust or fan, the temp only reached the mid 60's. Do I need to run a heater for the closet to get the temps up, or am I in the right ballpark and just worried about nothing?
At this point I'm not worried about the humidity since there is no plant or water in the tent, I'm guessing the humidity will rise when I introduce water into the system.

If you're using LED lights, aim for low 80s.

Growth will be dramatically slower with temps in the mid 60s

Billy the Mountain said:

If you're using LED lights, aim for low 80s.

Growth will be dramatically slower with temps in the mid 60s

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I just moved the temp probe from a foot off the floor to about mid height of the tent and it's now in the low 70's but the temp needs to be warm at the bottom .........right?

MiguelCartel said:

I just moved the temp probe from a foot off the floor to about mid height of the tent and it's now in the low 70's but the temp needs to be warm at the bottom .........right?

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Place the temp probe as near the canopy as possible.

Billy the Mountain said:

Place the temp probe as near the canopy as possible.

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Understood, but at this point there is no canopy yet..... I'm just trying to get an idea of what type of atmosphere I'm going to be dealing with soon. I might have to hold off till it warms up a little. The closet around the tent has no climate control.

There should be circulation fans in the tent, they will help even out the temps.

When plants get larger they have a major effect on the atmosphere, evaporative cooling and lots of humidity

1212ham said:

There should be circulation fans in the tent, they will help even out the temps.

When plants get larger they have a major effect on the atmosphere, evaporative cooling and lots of humidity

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I have them in there...... I guess I'm just used to my old HPS creating all the heat I needed.

Try using some grow house heaters with timers not a lot of money I jusrr switch from hps to led but 66f light on isn’t good try aim 25-26c lights on 18-21 off

Yes. If you need to get the heat up, use a small heater. They make some safe, small heaters. You will notice a huge difference in growth rate and vigor between 60's to low 80's.

Or get heatmats for under the pots.
You haven't said what medium you'll be growing in.
I use soil so warm roots work well.

Moflow said:

Or get heatmats for under the pots.
You haven't said what medium you'll be growing in.
I use soil so warm roots work well.

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I am going to use DWC for the first time.....all my prior experience is with soil outdoors. My only indoor grow was also with soil but it was a looooong time ago when LED's weren't even available yet.