Question for a Lowryder #2 grow

[HumbleGrower]

Hi Batboy

I understand your concern for the blower/filter combo. This was also my concern, the fan blowing too much air through the filter and it not working.

As I stated earlier, that inductor fan that I was using ( here is a picture of it: http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/2752/inductorfan.jpg ) was doing nothing. IDK how some people get away with using PC fans with this thing. The inductor fan was rated at 80CFM. With the filter hooked up it moved nothing. Nothing at all. I have a small garden thermometer in there. Temps were in the mid 90s. Not good.

I am using a 4"x20' dryer hose to hook up the blower and filter. I don't use all 20' of it of course, so alot of it is still coiled up. It does have a fair few bends and twists, a few drops and rises along the way. All those will diminish your CFMs.

I did a test run with it yesterday with the filter on and it seemed to blow a moderate amount of air, not alot but a nice steady breeze. The filter seemed to suck enough air to properly remove excess heat while not too much as to prevent efficient air scrubbing. Of course, only time will tell how well it works.

With the blower running and the filter in place, there is indeed a negative pressure in the tent and the air flows inward from the flaps, never out.

My tent is tiny, only good enough for autos or maybe 12/12 from seed, or clones, which I have no access to. The entire thing measures 1'4" x 1'4" x3'11"

The "Hydro" setup is nothing more than a 6" pot filled with a 2:1 ratio of rockwool grocube to perlite. Nothing fancy.

Peace

HumbleGrower

 

[IwannatokeNbone]

Sorry for going off line, but I'm back.

didn't mean to challenge your intelligence by asking that question, it was a geniune lack of knowledge.

Since posting that, I went off and read a lot about autoflowering strains, both here and several of the other large boards ... I have to say, and I mean no offence, that I would still consider them a bad idea for the following reasons:

1. The overwhelming weight of opinion in the groups from experienced posters is that the AF strains tend to be of significantly lower quality and higher unpredictability in results. Hermie's are higher as well. That's not to say that someone, as several have posted in this thread, haven't found a good plant or two, but use the search function, read up on it from others (don't take my word for it).

2. You're sacrificing a ton of quality for almost nothing ... here's how difficult a normal flowering strain is ... I walk into my garden, look at the plants and go, "ok, time to flower", I then adjust the little red off tab on my timer to add 6 hours to the off cycle. It's easy to figure out ... the red tab and the green tab are exactly opposite each other. It takes a grand total of about 20 seconds and is, even for me, painfully easy.

Works every time ... no additional rooms, space or nutrients or anything is needed.

Again, I don't mean to offend, but I recommend you study the options and consider those choices after learning more.

In the mean time, I wish you a successful and rewarding grow.

cheers,
rabbit

nonsense, u walk into a room an set a timer, u dont have to set a timer with autos , leave the light on all the time if u want, u got no points, why post?