First Grow PPP

Hey everyone, sorry i dont have any pics yet but im getting my camera back from my friend tomorrow. so here are the details:
2 plants indoors, 250w hps light, MGMC soil (flushed for seedlings and added perlite) and theres gonna be 1 inch of rocks on the bottom of each pot, Fox farm nutes(gonna use em half strength 3 weeks after the plants are in the soil), and i think thats all... if i forgot something please ask and also please comment, any help is greatly appreciated:thumbsup:!
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ok now its time for the actual journal part...

4/13/08 â?? Placed one seed in a paper towel for germinating (on the left)
4/14/08 â?? Put another seed in the same paper towel for germinating (on the right)
4/15/08- First seed successfully germinated, planted in flushed soil at 3:20 and put in a dark warm room

o yea, i forgot to mention. the room im growing in gets very hot when the light is on (in the 84 F range) and where the plant is its even worst (88 to 89 F). will i be ok? im gonna try and add ventilation but i doubt it will help since it will be even hotter outside the next couple weeks

If possible try to completely enclose the area around the plants. About 2ft wide and 4-5 ft tall should be enough although 6ft tall would be ideal.

Then put a high flow fan at the top of the enclosed area/cabinet and have it exhaust air out of your grow area.

This should be good for about a 5 - 10 degree drop. I'm going to go with 5 degree.

You want the temperatures to stay below 85 degrees. Ideally you want them between 70-78 degrees.

good idea! do you think it would help if the top was left open? or should i compleatly close it off? thanks man, now i just gotta worry about finding money to buy wood and paint haha

Would it work if i did this?
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if i just put a board near the water heater to cut that off from the plants and added a board on top? because i still want my oscillating fan to hit the plants. then on the top board ill put a hole for the new fan i bought at home depot and 2 holes or the chain for the light. I think i can do that but will it still have the same effect as closing it off completely? ill try and use my awesome paint skills to give you a better idea of what I'm talking about lol

Edit: alright, heres a rough outline of what i was thinking, dont make fun of my paint skillz lol. Photo Sharing by MyPhotoAlbum.com :: MyPhotoAlbum :: plan

Ultimately, you are going to need an intake for fresh air. Personally, I find ventilation/exhaust to be the most taxing part of the whole process. That and patience....

In order to refine the suggestions you are going to receive, you might want to include if you are renting as that will drastically limit what you can do. Also, if you are in a multi-floor dwelling, is there an attic above or basement below.... I assume there is not a central air duct in that room, but if one is nearby you may be able to tap into that.

I have the same issue and have not resolved it yet.

Good luck, will be keeping up with your log. :)

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good idea! do you think it would help if the top was left open? or should i compleatly close it off? thanks man, now i just gotta worry about finding money to buy wood and paint haha

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If you're going on the cheap get two 24"x24"x24" boxes.. with the flaps up the boxes are 30".

Duct tape these two boxes together.

Go to home depot and buy a pre cut 2'x2' piece of plywood. This will become the top of your cabinet. Cut a hole in the top the exact size of your exhaust fan. I recommend a 9-10" turbofan from honeywell or any other similar fan. (google honeywell turbofan).

Buy a can of flat white spray paint. 1-2 cans should be enough.

Make sure to cut a door so you can open and close the grow space. When I used a cardboard box I made doors shaped like two backwards brackets like below:

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where the open part of the bracket is the cardboard and the actual black print of the bracket is where/how you would make your cut.

Viola.. A grow space that cost you under $25. :thumbsup:

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Ultimately, you are going to need an intake for fresh air. Personally, I find ventilation/exhaust to be the most taxing part of the whole process. That and patience....

In order to refine the suggestions you are going to receive, you might want to include if you are renting as that will drastically limit what you can do. Also, if you are in a multi-floor dwelling, is there an attic above or basement below.... I assume there is not a central air duct in that room, but if one is nearby you may be able to tap into that.

I have the same issue and have not resolved it yet.

Good luck, will be keeping up with your log. :)

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A passive intake can provide more than adequate amount of cooling given that your exhaust is pushing/pulling a decent amount of CFM given the velocity it flows at.

*hint* deeper fans tend to move air at higher velocity then slim framed fans. It has to do at the angle in which the blades are set at.

Just looked at your picture.

You want them as far away from that water heater as possible unless you live in a cold climate then the heat that is in that area would be beneficial to you.

If this is your only grow space you can have then push the plants back as far away from the water heater as possible. Take the oscillating fan out of the grow area and place it immediatley in front of the grow area facing your water heater. Lower the fan as low as it will get to the ground. Then point the fan as far up as you can angle it away from your grow area. Keep it on high and oscillating at all times.

Get 4 smaller stationary 2" desk fans. Or buy some 120mm computer fans and use those at each corner of your grow space for air circulation.

This will get your plants as far away from the water heater as possible. The fan will try as best as possible to lower the ambient room temperature/try to blow hot air away from the area.

Multiple smaller stationary fans should be adequate for air circulation and will allow you more room to move away from the water heater.