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Hello all, well I just completed my first post, just to be told I needed to log in, but then it said I was logged in. I took awhile to write the post, and I did not save everything I wrote, and so the skip to the log in screen did not post what I attempted to write lol...
So I take that as a sign that I need to be quick about this writing of posts.
Ok first off I am going to be making a lot of purchases over the next few days to 2 weeks. I have the money all set aside I just basically joined here so that I could get advice, opinions, critiques, and hopefully a few nagging questions answered before I make the final buys.
I live in an apartment in a major city, odor, noise, stealth are concerns and need to be dealt with. This is for personal growing, and 4 plants or less is what I will be working with.
Looking at 3x3 or 4x4 grow tent: Gorilla, Secret Jardin, and Argomax brand tents is what I been looking at. If I understand everything correctly Gorilla is considered the "best", followed by the Secret Jardin, then Argomax? Please feel free to tell me your experiences, advice etc. about these, and if you want tell me about other brands as well. I am open.
After seeing a lot on the internet about digital ballast and RI, that pretty much scared me away. Magnetic core and ballast is what I am looking at right now. Sunleaves or Sun-Systems brand ballast.
400w and switchable. Ceramic and Hortilux blue lamps are what I have been looking at. Please feel free to make suggestions etc. on the chosen light system.
Ventilation... well the math and general physics of it all I understand. But I still have a few questions. I do understand completely that there is going to be some level of noise no matter what. It is a fan moving a lot of air, very fast, it is just going to make noise. But jet engine sounds I am avoiding at all costs.
Odor control is a must so I am going to be buying a carbon filter.
Now what I do not understand still is the fact that I look at 8" inline fan that can pull 747 CFMs, then look at a Phresh 8"x24" that states it needs 750 CFMs. So do I size up to a 10" fan? I thought sizing down your connections/duct is a no go as it produces more noise? And if I am to understand how it all works, your fans CFMs are lost in a myriad of ways. Like if I put a speed controller on a 8" fan, and fit it to a 6" carbon filter, isn't that going to produce more noise?, because I have weakened the fan CFMs by turning it down, and attached it to a smaller connection?
Just how big a carbon filter does a 3x3 or 4x4 need anyway with 4 plants or less at full flower?
Hoods I am still undecided. I have read that an uncovered hood that exposes the plants to UV will produce a better quality cola. Is that true? What about air cooled/covered hood recommendations? Does the end product really take a quality hit from having your hood covered? If you do make a air cooled vote, please tell me an exact brand of hood to look at please?
Sorry if this is long, but I am about to be spending a good amount of cash on this and would love to have input, advice, experience given to me to help me out. I am certain everyone here can relate to this feeling. So please give me your input, because I want it.
One last thing, I am doing this organic, in pots, with proven lighting systems, and hopefully solid equipment. I said that because LEDs, 1k, hydro, and all that jazz are cool, BUT, NOT FOR ME at this point. I have ALOT of patience, and will be learning, doing, researching continually and from the bottom up so to speak. Hopefully all this info can help form a better picture with where I am at with it and where I am going. THANK YOU for reading and helping
So I take that as a sign that I need to be quick about this writing of posts.
Ok first off I am going to be making a lot of purchases over the next few days to 2 weeks. I have the money all set aside I just basically joined here so that I could get advice, opinions, critiques, and hopefully a few nagging questions answered before I make the final buys.
I live in an apartment in a major city, odor, noise, stealth are concerns and need to be dealt with. This is for personal growing, and 4 plants or less is what I will be working with.
Looking at 3x3 or 4x4 grow tent: Gorilla, Secret Jardin, and Argomax brand tents is what I been looking at. If I understand everything correctly Gorilla is considered the "best", followed by the Secret Jardin, then Argomax? Please feel free to tell me your experiences, advice etc. about these, and if you want tell me about other brands as well. I am open.
After seeing a lot on the internet about digital ballast and RI, that pretty much scared me away. Magnetic core and ballast is what I am looking at right now. Sunleaves or Sun-Systems brand ballast.
400w and switchable. Ceramic and Hortilux blue lamps are what I have been looking at. Please feel free to make suggestions etc. on the chosen light system.
Ventilation... well the math and general physics of it all I understand. But I still have a few questions. I do understand completely that there is going to be some level of noise no matter what. It is a fan moving a lot of air, very fast, it is just going to make noise. But jet engine sounds I am avoiding at all costs.
Odor control is a must so I am going to be buying a carbon filter.
Now what I do not understand still is the fact that I look at 8" inline fan that can pull 747 CFMs, then look at a Phresh 8"x24" that states it needs 750 CFMs. So do I size up to a 10" fan? I thought sizing down your connections/duct is a no go as it produces more noise? And if I am to understand how it all works, your fans CFMs are lost in a myriad of ways. Like if I put a speed controller on a 8" fan, and fit it to a 6" carbon filter, isn't that going to produce more noise?, because I have weakened the fan CFMs by turning it down, and attached it to a smaller connection?
Just how big a carbon filter does a 3x3 or 4x4 need anyway with 4 plants or less at full flower?
Hoods I am still undecided. I have read that an uncovered hood that exposes the plants to UV will produce a better quality cola. Is that true? What about air cooled/covered hood recommendations? Does the end product really take a quality hit from having your hood covered? If you do make a air cooled vote, please tell me an exact brand of hood to look at please?
Sorry if this is long, but I am about to be spending a good amount of cash on this and would love to have input, advice, experience given to me to help me out. I am certain everyone here can relate to this feeling. So please give me your input, because I want it.
One last thing, I am doing this organic, in pots, with proven lighting systems, and hopefully solid equipment. I said that because LEDs, 1k, hydro, and all that jazz are cool, BUT, NOT FOR ME at this point. I have ALOT of patience, and will be learning, doing, researching continually and from the bottom up so to speak. Hopefully all this info can help form a better picture with where I am at with it and where I am going. THANK YOU for reading and helping
