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    Small grow room setup help/heat advice

    Fan is a 4" fan duct and carbon filter kit I bought from a proper grow shop online. Is the ballast safe to hang from roof of grow tent?... It's an old metal ballast..quite heavy so bit worried about using it!!? But if ok? I think I will Try the hanging idea suggested.
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    Small grow room setup help/heat advice

    dont have another hood/socket for another bulb im afraid...ballast for the 250 bulb is pretty big..so bit reluctant to use..as want to keep everything inside tent...ballast for 150 bulb is tiny! and plant has been going about10/12 weeks now i think...seems to have been in forever!...... had a...
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    cooltube and cfl

    Hi, I tried a cfl grow a few years ago... but i found that the cfl bulb i was using virtually created no heat at all... was plenty of light... but room was just warming slightly when it was time to turn off!!...lol Not an expert in this but if there isnt much heat from your cfl would it be...
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    Small grow room setup help/heat advice

    so the carbon filter sucking out...fan on... vents in tent sucking in slightly,,,and window open in room were tent is... is this enuff? and what about plant pick...how do they look?.. is it worth keeping it in there..or should i just start a new one.
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    Small grow room setup help/heat advice

    Thanks again for the sound advice guys... Put light in tent this morning....(150w hps).. going to try it on this light for a day or two..check the temperature etc. and a desk fan...(yes i know the fan is a little big!!...planning to get a smaller one today..) And ive put in the plant that i...
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    Small grow room setup help/heat advice

    will do a trial run tommoro... will try the 150 i guess..just for peace of mind...then see how the 250 is... Withthe flaps open will this be enuff air flowing into tent without fitting an intake fan?...or is the fan advisable for more air. Will post a pic of my plant too once its in...
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    Small grow room setup help/heat advice

    Ive just purchased a small grow tent... 60 x 60 x1.40 (cm) I bought a 4"fan/ carbon filter which i have installed like this,... Carbon filter at top INSIDE tent...then the ducting going to to fan which i have secured to one of the rear top outlet,,so it just pokes out from rear of...
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    Heat or Light

    thx webb...how many would u suggest...was thinking maybe a 250w cfl? dont forget it is only a small room...do they let off any heat at all? Will they flower and fatten up under gfl aswell?
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    Heat or Light

    Hi all, So i finally got my room sorted out. 2m High 50cm Deep 34"/86cm wide I covered the walls and floor/ceiling of it with white marlar, And am running a 250w sodium bulb in there... I did start with a 400w sodium buld but that was way too hot so i had to change, Here is my problem...
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    Grow space....

    So using the 4.5 gallon tubs how many do you think i could get in the space i have..... Would it just be 2 or could i squeeze 3 in there or maybe more? The reason i was thinking dwarf lowryders was that there is 2x 3feet areas and i have read these plants take about 2 months from seed to...
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    Grow space....

    Hi All, Im thinking still of getting a grow on... So i thought i`d upload some pics of the space that im planning to use...and then turn it into a photo journal of the full steps...making the grow room...and then all stages of my grow... Can you guys help me with suggestions about the space...
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    new to growing

    Hi all, Firstly great site...spent ages on here already just reading stuff and checking out the pics etc. Im thinking of getting my own grow on!, We have a cupboard/shelved area in one of our rooms..... The size of this with the shelves removed i would say is approx.... 3 feet wide.... 2...
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