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11tc2

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been doing a lot of planning on starting a perpetual grow using 2 tents. Wanted to run my finding by some people who actually have experience. I have 2 people i can get clones from so that wont be an issue i'm more focused on getting the set up correct.

i plan on doing this in one room of the house or possible a basement. not worried about stealth as this will be legal but i do want it to be done neat and clean.

Veg Room: 12 plants
Tent = 48"48"78" grow tent
Lighting = 8 - 4 foot T5 bulbs - See Bulb fixture here
Ventilation = 220 cfm inline fan - 4" ducting - carbon filter - passive intake

Flower Room: 12 plants
Tent = 96"48"78"
Lighting = two 1000 watt HPS with vented hoods
Ventilation = 440 cfm inline fan - 6" ducting - carbon filter - passive intake - sucking the heat out of the light hoods

thinking i can set up the timing where i can push 6 plants through at a time so when i take 6 out of flower to harvest 6 more are ready to be moved into the flower tent and 6 more into veg tent.

i will be venting out of the tents into the same room the tents will be in, the door to the room can be left open if need be or closed with an AC unit if opening the door isn't enough. in the winter months i can probably even vent into the hallway to warm the house XD free heat well not free but you know what mean.

the law allows me 12 and 12 hence the set up.

nothing has been purchased yet im still in the planning stage so let me know what yall think advice, opinions, just feel like telling me im a dumbass lol anything is acceptable, trying to work out as many kinks as possible during the planning process.

how are my tent sizes? remember in the tents will be 6 big and 6 small not 12 full size plants at once as ill be pushing 6 through the rooms at a time.

Hows my lighting? T5's a better option the Mh lighting? considering the amount of growth vs energy consumption

planning on using soil for a while until i build up some confidence in my growing abilities

any pointers or fun facts i should look into?

any and all help appreciated.
 
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Carolina Dream'n

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400 to 600 watt hps will destroy that T5 in veg.
How long of a flower does your strain have? Your veg time will be half of that for this kind of perputaul. Should work no problem.

Venting the hot back into the room will not work. Especially from 2 1000s. If you can't vent out. Go sealed with open air reflectors.
 

11tc2

New Member
i feel silly for not noticing that 49" light in a 48" tent. duh, see this is why i posted. and that grow light looks much better then the one i had in mind and a few dollars cheaper, thank you very much.

any more pointers anyone?
 

Tone5500

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You might run into some heat issues running two 1000 watts I run two 600 and a 6" us barly able to keep the heat out ..
 

11tc2

New Member
400 to 600 watt hps will destroy that T5 in veg.
How long of a flower does your strain have? Your veg time will be half of that for this kind of perputaul. Should work no problem.

Venting the hot back into the room will not work. Especially from 2 1000s. If you can't vent out. Go sealed with open air reflectors.
Haven't picked a strain yet, i have access to a few strains of clones one being Jack Herer which peaked my interest. also have access to lemon skunk, AK47, chem dog, shark bite, candy island.

ill have to look into venting out then didnt think it would be enough heat to get a whole room hot, what do you mean by sealed with open air reflectors? sorry still someone new, just getting my research all together
 

Carolina Dream'n

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A sealed room is one the uses an AC for cooling needs. There is no intake or outtake holes. Hence the name "sealed". Open air reflectors are ones that you do not air cool (push or pull air through the hood to cool bulb). Therefore you would have no vented needed anywhere.
 

Terry385

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i use one of those lights in a 52 x 28 tent one fan to move air no exhaust fan works for me
my plants are all different sizes one go's in flower tent every two weeks as one comes out
it's a longer veg time than 4 weeks with t5 lights
 

Carolina Dream'n

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using a hood like this i will still have heat issues inside the tent?
Yes, if you are jus pumping the same hot air back into the same room. That hot air then gets sucked back into tent. Your temps would b 100 plus by the time lights went out with that setup.
 

Carolina Dream'n

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Haven't picked a strain yet, i have access to a few strains of clones one being Jack Herer which peaked my interest. also have access to lemon skunk, AK47, chem dog, shark bite, candy island.

ill have to look into venting out then didnt think it would be enough heat to get a whole room hot, what do you mean by sealed with open air reflectors? sorry still someone new, just getting my research all together
Go in YouTube and find monstergardens videos on types of grow rooms. Might give you a little more insight.
 

11tc2

New Member
Go in YouTube and find monstergardens videos on types of grow rooms. Might give you a little more insight.
i will look into that. i'm trying not to damage the room i'm growing in. i could vent out of a window but wouldn't that look weird to the neighbors lol. hmm if i end up in a basement maybe i could just run duct to the other side of the basement so its not sucking up the same air again.
 

11tc2

New Member
or, what if i was to put an AC in the room where the tents are to cool the room down so its not sucking up hot air?
 

Carolina Dream'n

Well-Known Member
Sounds like you need to do a sealed non air cooled room. Put the ac in your actual tent. No ducting anywhere. That is your only option IMO.
 

Carolina Dream'n

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If you have a window in the room. Put a window ac through the window then cut a hole in tent and put the front of ac into tent. You will need a 12,000 btu ac to cool 2 1000s non air cooled.
 

Tone5500

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yea running two 1000 for your first grow is going to be challenging make sure you test run your setup for a week or so you no you will be good with your heat and such good luck
 
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