Dark Bacon
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Hey guys, I have decided to put a 3x3 grow tent in one of my old coal cellars in my basement. I have enough room in there for another one, so one will be my veg room and the other will be a flowering room.
At the moment I have a 400watt MH light in there with 6 27watt CFLs going in there, and temps are a problem. When I first open the tent my temps are around 88 degrees, which is obviously way to high. My MH bulb is just in a regular reflector, not a cool tube. I'm wondering if I should just abandon the MH light altogether and load the room up with a ton of CFLs. The flowering room I plan on using a 600watt cooltube HPS bulb, with some CFLs to supplement it, so that room shouldn't be a concern.
Here is a picture of the tent, ignore that fact that there are 16 plants squeezed in a 3x3 tent. These are all growing from seed, and i'm just growing them until I can cut a clone from each, flower and sex it. Then cut out all the males and only keep 3-4 healthy mother plants.
I have a 4" inline fan blowing air in at the bottom, and another 4" inline fan blowing air out up at the top, with 2 6" clip fans circulating air around.
Now here are a few close ups of my plants, starting with my healthiest 2, which with my luck will end up being male.
And here are a few shots of some of my unhealthy looking plants, I have some yellowing at the tips, and a few plants with really deformed looking leaves.
And finally here is the super easy way I just set up the CFLs, I have no idea what i'm doing with electricity, so this seemed like the easiest way for me to hang them.
So any help on controlling the temps would be great, I'm seriously considering just getting rid of the MH and doing only CFLs for veg, but only if its gonna drop the temps and helps the plants. Btw I have to keep the MH about 2-3ft away from the plants just to have the temp in the 80s, so I doubt they are getting the full amount of light they could be getting from it anyways.
At the moment I have a 400watt MH light in there with 6 27watt CFLs going in there, and temps are a problem. When I first open the tent my temps are around 88 degrees, which is obviously way to high. My MH bulb is just in a regular reflector, not a cool tube. I'm wondering if I should just abandon the MH light altogether and load the room up with a ton of CFLs. The flowering room I plan on using a 600watt cooltube HPS bulb, with some CFLs to supplement it, so that room shouldn't be a concern.
Here is a picture of the tent, ignore that fact that there are 16 plants squeezed in a 3x3 tent. These are all growing from seed, and i'm just growing them until I can cut a clone from each, flower and sex it. Then cut out all the males and only keep 3-4 healthy mother plants.
I have a 4" inline fan blowing air in at the bottom, and another 4" inline fan blowing air out up at the top, with 2 6" clip fans circulating air around.
Now here are a few close ups of my plants, starting with my healthiest 2, which with my luck will end up being male.
And here are a few shots of some of my unhealthy looking plants, I have some yellowing at the tips, and a few plants with really deformed looking leaves.
And finally here is the super easy way I just set up the CFLs, I have no idea what i'm doing with electricity, so this seemed like the easiest way for me to hang them.
So any help on controlling the temps would be great, I'm seriously considering just getting rid of the MH and doing only CFLs for veg, but only if its gonna drop the temps and helps the plants. Btw I have to keep the MH about 2-3ft away from the plants just to have the temp in the 80s, so I doubt they are getting the full amount of light they could be getting from it anyways.
