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grow room trouble

10 years ago

So i put together a new grow room from what i had. I am able to get much more light this way but now i am having a heat issue. Within 3 or 4 minutes my bulbs had it up to 100 degrees. Pretty sure i will fry my plants with that lol... now if i raise it to lower my temp will thst be okay. Or should i change it over to all lower watt bulbs?

Comments (15)

  • 10 years ago

    Here is the setup. I raised it about 4 inches from what it was and also added a fan but I'm not sure what the temp will be like and of course i can't leave the fan on for 16+ hrs on the plants. One of my bulbs burned out too so I'm missing a bulb. Any ideas? I can raise up to another foot of needed

  • 10 years ago

    Are those standard incandescant bulbs? The compact floros are great for growing but incan are not. Try to find a way to raise the top but keep bulbs close, maybe some chains hanging the light bases. I know grow tents have an inline fan that is constantly on during light cycle, or have cooled/vented hood for the bulbs. I know computer fans and a power supply are pretty cheap and should be able to keep compact floros fairly cool using a draft through setup. Why confining the grow to a tiny enclosure?

  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    The round are ya, i will buy some more of the florescent, those are just what i had on hand. I put everything together myself in a little closet area that i don't have anything in. I can make it larger and plan to once my plants are larger. I will be separating them from their starter pots into solo cups probably tomorrow atleast some so As i need it larger i will make it so. Its so compact right now because i have everything on my pool table and really want my table back lol. I'm not planning on putting much into it. 20 bucks at lowes for the light fixtures and splits for the lights and 25 for the mylar wrap. ill see what i can do for the venting. I know that the floros stay much cooler than the other bulbs and i can keep enough air circulation in the room that is partially indirect to keep the heat down. Just don't want to burn them.

  • 10 years ago

    Ventilation.

  • 10 years ago

    Ill probably have to take off the wall o know the right. There isn't much else i can vent because of how it is Setup in the room itself

  • 10 years ago

    As Willard
    stated - Ventilation.

    In my 30+
    years growing my own plants I don’t see the need to keep seedlings/plants in a
    mylar tent setup. Once you have seedlings have the area open (they'll be fine at room temps), keep the lights close to plants and raise as
    necessary while still keeping close, a small fan on and off a few times a
    day, and hang some mylar on walls to reflect light and you'll produce nice
    stalking plant. I’ve hung those windshield mylar looking covers ($Tree) on
    a wall once to reflect light and it kept it nice and bright in the grow area.

    My grow area
    is in a corner of the lower basement so it stays relatively cool (65°) and I get nice stalking plants by
    the time they go out to my HF greenhouse (end of March). A heater will come on if temp goes below 50 and vents if goes above 80 in greenhouse.

  • 10 years ago

    The temperature will drop considerably if you swap the incandescents for CFL or LED.

  • 10 years ago

    I have to agree with..... Sandy.

    I also grow mine without heat lamps. I start them with a heat pad then transfer them under a shop light. I simply move the light closer to the plants in the beginning and as they get bigger, move them farther away. We dont heat up the house past 65 so they grow slower but roots develop stronger. Usually by March-April depending on weather, they are ready to harden off and put into bigger pots-1 gallon.

    Never had any problems growing them this way. I dont want them to get too big too fast since I dont have the room for so many plants.

  • 10 years ago

    I am switching over to all florescent later today, that should solve the heat problem. I can drop the lights after. I have the lights on a makeshift pulley system so i can raise/lower it.. i am quickly finding out i need more room though. Seeing as i have only moved 7 plants under the lights from their little pots into solo cups and its taken up probably an 8th of the area i have and i have close to 60 plants that are under lights right no and still have more I'm waiting for to get here... luckily i can expand it some and am able to add more lights.

  • 10 years ago

    Also, keep in mind--as long as your plants are adequately watered, 100f doesn't hurt your plants.

  • 10 years ago

    Right now it is staying pretty steady at about 85 degrees. As for watering shoukd be okay as long as i keep an eye on it. Now that i have them moved to solo cups I'm hoping i won't have to water them every day. I was having to before. The day that i did skip i killed about a quarter of my plants. Needless to say i wasn't thrilled.

  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    So far everything has worked pretty well. I have all but two lights switch led out for the forescent bulbs but i am rapidly running out of room. I will be adding more lights soon i think lol. I also tested out my greenhouse sprayer today since it was nice out . Seemed to work pretty darn well :-) here is the link to it on youtube.

    https://youtu.be/mq_mwqhxC8g

    Sorry If you have to copy and paste the link to show it. Any how here are my plants thus far.

    So far so good. Accidently over watered one set of them and its not happy with that right now but otherwise.. all is great

  • 10 years ago

    Some are extremely small on the starters but honestly I'm not worried about how they look now compared to how they will be in the coming weeks.

  • 10 years ago

    Get rid of the box and you will double your space. It is not needed as others have said

  • 10 years ago

    There's not even a box there. It is a piece of wood that is on a pulley system. It only has two walls and they are fixed to my walls lol no moving that unless i tear out the walls and i dont see that happening lol.

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