Lets grow some plants.... Advice would be great!

[Krimet]

Looks a lot better :thumbsup: Have a great b-day!

[Posjr408]

Thanx you very much. Its a boring one until :jointsmile:.....

I think i'm going to make anew canopy for my lights. And add a few more mybe 8 bulbs and two more 65w 12000k bulbs. I use to have a coral tank so i know how important lighting is to grow. But moneys funny right know. So CFL it must be.

Very happy i had about 8 more broke thourgh the dirt. I'm hoping all 20 will pop out tomerrow.

Oh i need to make a intake vent. Temps went up to 92. So i'll jump on that asap.

[Posjr408]

I'm having a huge heat problem. Room gets up to 96 today. I open the door every hour to air out so it can drop to atleast 85 deg. I added an air vent which was 3inch with a small fan pulling air out of crawl space and a vent to let air out to crawl space with a bath room fan.

Do i make bigger holes and try to push and pull more air?

Or should i try to get a A/c which is $ but need on for the bedroom any ways?

Crawl space is always cool never gets hot down there.

[marijuanaisgood]

dont put foil!! as it will act as like little laser beams and burn ur plants leaves. just as long as ur walls are white.

[bombdiggity]

you probably need a more powerful exhaust fan. a 6" inline fan will run you $120 or so, but most experienced growers say that you spend more on your ventilation than you do on your lighting.

[hudson88]

I wouldn't of thought active intake was nessecery if your only using cfl's and if you get the balance between intake and outake wrong it can cause problems. I'd use the more powerful fan to suck air out of your grow space and leave the intake passive for now. Compare the temps inside the grow area to those outside it and if you're still having problems then try adding active intake back into the system and see what the differences are like there. If heat is still a problem look into buying an inline fan like bombdiggity suggests or if you don't want the hassle and can afford it just get one now.

Good luck!

[Posjr408]

Sounds good. I'll make the hole bigger for starters And add a bigger fan and raise it to the roof since hot air goes up. Than i found a air cooler swamp local for 30 bucks. I my have to fill it twice aday.

[Posjr408]

Damn air cooler was a bad ideal.... It raised my humid to 85 in acouple mins. This is really starting to be a pain. Plus my room is the hottest room in the house. Time to get the big saw and cut some 6in holes.....:jointsmile:

[bombdiggity]

yeah look at vortex fans they are pretty nice

[Posjr408]

I do have a 6in fan but was 20 bucks. So i went ahead and made a 6in hole than fliped the fan around for intake and its blowing some nice cold air which was a 75 degs. But box says 50 cfm. So ya i think i need a 120 dollar fan if not two. I found one at homedepot which was 210 cfm for 80 bucks.

Good news is i now have 20 young spourts. I dont plan on keeping them all, eight females and i'll be happy :stoned:

Also i plan on lowering the roof level with some cardboards. I have about 4 feet of emtpy space which i just holding hot are. The closet is 8 ft high.