Hello,
Long time lurking around under another username. I’m finally planning a more serious op that I want to share and hopefully give something back to this community that I learned everything from…
I’m considering the design of the space. I have 2 bigger rooms (1 and 2) and a smaller room (3). 4 will not be used (it being a chill/trim space). The lights used will be 4-6 SpiderFarmer G8600 – each covering a 5x5. I would like to have 2 separate flower chambers in order to stagger the work and harvest, although this is not a necessity. I need a veg space too, of course.
I also need to make a decision on whether to 1. vent the rooms, 2. create sealed rooms, or 3. use tents and use the outside room as a lung room. Framing an actual room inside the room is not an option in this place.
On one hand, I’m not sure I want to go for a sealed room because I don’t have experience with such designs and I am somewhat constrained by my electricity bill – I don’t want it getting really high.
On the other, LEDs apparently require higher ambient temps and also emit less heat, so I’ll most likely have to add heat, more than having to remove it. Sealed / lower air exchange might actually cost less in my case. I might also buy some CMHs to combine with the LEDs for the winter months.
I have considered using only one of the bigger rooms for flower and making it a perpetual harvest, but the idea doesn’t appeal to me because I would like more granular control over the temps/RH throughout the flower cycle.
I am leaning towards the 3rd option – using tents and conditioning the air in the outer room to be perfect. I think this might be better than just using the rooms because I will not have to condition the air of the whole volume of the room but only the growspace/tent. Also the smell control should be easier, I think.
I should also mention that I live in a coastal city and there aren’t that huge differences between temps year-round. Average Jan temp is 36F, average Aug temp is 75F, outside RH is 65-80% for most of the year. That’s why I think I can use the outside air to my advantage and maybe employ the 2 times/minute air exchange @DunHav`nFun preaches as alternative to CO2 supplementation. Although I’m not opposed to using tanks either.
So, my current plan is:
- ACs and dehumidifiers in both rooms 1 and 2; humidifiers inside the tents in veg
- 10x10x7.5 flowering tent in one room
- 5x5 flowering tent and a veg tent in the other room
- Room 3 for drying/storage
- Passive outside air intake from room 4
- all tents exhaust straight to the outside; I keep the intake air perfect via the room appliances; I maintain 1-2/minute air exchange at all times
So, the questions:
- How does the plan sound?
- Is there a point using the tents at all? If decide to not use tents at all, is it going to be very wasteful if I combine active air exchange and also run an AC in the room?
- Should I vent the tents to the outside or seal the outside rooms and just exhaust into them, adding CO2 supplementation?
Thank you for everyone spending some time to help out!
Long time lurking around under another username. I’m finally planning a more serious op that I want to share and hopefully give something back to this community that I learned everything from…
I’m considering the design of the space. I have 2 bigger rooms (1 and 2) and a smaller room (3). 4 will not be used (it being a chill/trim space). The lights used will be 4-6 SpiderFarmer G8600 – each covering a 5x5. I would like to have 2 separate flower chambers in order to stagger the work and harvest, although this is not a necessity. I need a veg space too, of course.
I also need to make a decision on whether to 1. vent the rooms, 2. create sealed rooms, or 3. use tents and use the outside room as a lung room. Framing an actual room inside the room is not an option in this place.
On one hand, I’m not sure I want to go for a sealed room because I don’t have experience with such designs and I am somewhat constrained by my electricity bill – I don’t want it getting really high.
On the other, LEDs apparently require higher ambient temps and also emit less heat, so I’ll most likely have to add heat, more than having to remove it. Sealed / lower air exchange might actually cost less in my case. I might also buy some CMHs to combine with the LEDs for the winter months.
I have considered using only one of the bigger rooms for flower and making it a perpetual harvest, but the idea doesn’t appeal to me because I would like more granular control over the temps/RH throughout the flower cycle.
I am leaning towards the 3rd option – using tents and conditioning the air in the outer room to be perfect. I think this might be better than just using the rooms because I will not have to condition the air of the whole volume of the room but only the growspace/tent. Also the smell control should be easier, I think.
I should also mention that I live in a coastal city and there aren’t that huge differences between temps year-round. Average Jan temp is 36F, average Aug temp is 75F, outside RH is 65-80% for most of the year. That’s why I think I can use the outside air to my advantage and maybe employ the 2 times/minute air exchange @DunHav`nFun preaches as alternative to CO2 supplementation. Although I’m not opposed to using tanks either.
So, my current plan is:
- ACs and dehumidifiers in both rooms 1 and 2; humidifiers inside the tents in veg
- 10x10x7.5 flowering tent in one room
- 5x5 flowering tent and a veg tent in the other room
- Room 3 for drying/storage
- Passive outside air intake from room 4
- all tents exhaust straight to the outside; I keep the intake air perfect via the room appliances; I maintain 1-2/minute air exchange at all times
So, the questions:
- How does the plan sound?
- Is there a point using the tents at all? If decide to not use tents at all, is it going to be very wasteful if I combine active air exchange and also run an AC in the room?
- Should I vent the tents to the outside or seal the outside rooms and just exhaust into them, adding CO2 supplementation?
Thank you for everyone spending some time to help out!
