4x4x7 secret garden tent CLOSED GROW ENVIRONMENT: final inspection before go time

theo212

Active Member
so ive finally collected everything i need to put together my grow tent and before i set everything up just wanted to run it by everyone and see what you guys think. this'll be my first CGE attempt...

GROW METHOD
so we get 3 plants SET IN 9" mesh pots (9" cuz imma be vegging longer than normal) placed in a DWC/Aero/Fog hybrid hydro system built into a 37 gallon rubbermaid tub serving as massive rez bubble bucket thing. above this is a mesh screen for training my girls, ill be using the SCROG method (respect to rumpleforskin). for those who don't know it, this will be my first attempt but from what i've seen, i'm sure it'll blow your mind.

AIR QUALITY
just below the screen are fans and a scrubber hooked up to an inline fan that will pipe air back up to the top of the tent(important cuz ill be using co2 which sinks to the floor of the tent). all this will serve to circulate the air in the tent.
Also in the tent is a 20lb co2 tank piped up to the top of the tent. the tank is hooked up to a regulator which is in turn hooked up to a co2 monitor/controller. the moniter/controller is hooked up to an environmental controller meant to control humidity, temp and co2.
Outside of the tent is a portable A/C, one tube pumps cool air into my tent and the other pumps hot air out the window. the A/C is also plugged into the environmental controller and will turn on automatically when it gets too hot.

LIGHTING
1 600watt dual spectrum HID in a cooltube. the cooltube vented with a 8" inline fan. of course, full ducting on either side of the cooltube so the inline fan can't be a source of co2 leakage.

what d'you guys think? any glaring problems or things i missed?
 

Fykshun

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I apologize for hopping in and not supplying an answer, but I too have a 4'x4'x7' (6.5' really) grow tent (Secret Jardin Pro DR120 II), along with a 6" Can Fan / Filter combo (around 300 cfm with full resistance), and one 400w HPS/MH with switchable digi ballast in a cooltube - I butted in because I was a bit nervous on space with just these items (since my tent can't successfully hold more than 65 lbs) - how cramped is your tent? And do you have creative tips for me regarding stuffing such a small tent with such sizable equipment?
 

theo212

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final set up called for a 1/10th hp chiller since the foggers caused a ton of heat, no aero because it knocked the fog outta the air and the pretty much do the same thing, fogs way more amusing anyway. doubled the airstones and put a total a 4 run off two airpumps as well. after looking at rumpleforeskins grow (who i modeled mine off of) i opted for two plants rather than three, the res. holds 37g, i only fill it up to 20 so as to have enough room btwn the roots and the nutes to provide a thick fog layer. chiller also mixes the res. so the nutes dont settle at the bottom. Moniter/controller fell through :( craigslist not as good as hoped, plus i had to replace my regulator twice (finally settled on amazon) also still gotta install the scrubber but smells not been an issue so all good i guess. everything seems to be working nicely tho. scrogging's harder than i thought, i by mistake topped my right plant, tameka which was ok i guess cuz she was way bigger than her sister and the scrog requires an even canopy but now nadjai (the left plant) seems a bit stronger which considering the way things started seems like quite a jump. anyways i hope you guys enjoy the photos and lemme know what you think. thanks
 
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