please help!!!

[chinky83]

hey guys i am planing to put a hydro system down in a basement. but i live where it snows and the temp goes down to about 35F in the winter. what should i do. will it be too cold? will the reservoir freeze. would i need to provide heat for the room ? any suggestion and if you gone threw this please give me your input.

chinky83 Reviewed by chinky83 on 08-07-2010. please help!!! hey guys i am planing to put a hydro system down in a basement. but i live where it snows and the temp goes down to about 35F in the winter. what should i do. will it be too cold? will the reservoir freeze. would i need to provide heat for the room ? any suggestion and if you gone threw this please give me your input. Rating: 5

[HongKongPhooey]

Hiya mate
Yes your gonna need heating. You dont want more than a 10 degree differnce between your day and night temps. Ideal day time temp around 24 degrees celsius so no lower than around 14 at night. A grow room which is insulated is alot easier to controll temperature wise, pop down to your local hardware store and pick up some sheet insulation and kit out your basement with this including the floor, a thermostatic heater for the grow room is a good idea plus you can get an aquarium heater for your nute tank, what setup you gonna use?.

[chinky83]

thank man i really appreciate the feedback.
im going to be using 3 dual tube Fluorescen 4foot" 1 coolwhite 1 warm white bulb each. for my veg room ill have a 2x4 Grow Tray with a 20gal reservoir pump by a EcoPlus 100 GPH Submersible Water Pump hooked to a 12-Outlet TOP Kit. ill be seeding in rootcubes once they root for a couple a weeks in the Humidome then ill put them in Grodan 4x4x4 Rockwool Grow Block. each will have there own feedtube. once i find my queen then ill put her away in a bucket with hydroton.

and in my flowering room its going to be a 400W HPS with squirrel cage fan and oscalating fan. mylar for both rooms. ill be using a ebb n flow 3' x 3' Econo Tray with a 20 gal reservoir and hydroton as well. ill be using the Flora nutes for both room. 1/4 after seeding and 1/2 veg and full for flowering. thats the basic of my 2 rooms any suggestions would be great. oh and also using co2 in the flowering room.