Is it Necessary to Buy an Intake/Exhaust System Starting Up on the Grow?

I can easily start right now but my set up would be ghetto as fuck as I still need to get some more stuff, but i NEED to take clones off my mother plant thats outdoor cuz the bitch is gettin too fat hahahaha

So right now, I got the lights, DWC set up (18 gal, which im actually startin to think is a bit too small :\

got this humidity dome, cloning jell.

I got panda mylar

but I just dont have the grow frame besides wall which I still need to tear down some shelves to PROPERLY have the mylar in place, but change of plans occured and I want the grow in a seperate room because fans make noise, and im sure when I sleep it will get annoying.


help me out guys hahaa once again: Is it ABSOLUTELY necessary to use a exhaust/intake fan at the start of a grow? or will an auscilating fan and open window suffice for 1 month-a month n a half.?

You should be fine with a window open or a door open.

If you can keep your temps in heck then yeah, you shuld be fine.

However i have to say, before growing i bought everything i might need and read everything i might need to know for that first basic grow, as such i encountered few to no problems other than those caused out of being cheap (non-digital PH meters GAH!) when i read around the forums a lot of the issues i come across are as a result of not being completely ready to grow and jumping the gun and trying to buy things as issues start to crop up. That's just a rule of thumb i like to follow, but hey, no fans in nature so if temps are in check then well, the temps are in check

tip top toker said:

If you can keep your temps in heck then yeah, you shuld be fine.

However i have to say, before growing i bought everything i might need and read everything i might need to know for that first basic grow, as such i encountered few to no problems other than those caused out of being cheap (non-digital PH meters GAH!) when i read around the forums a lot of the issues i come across are as a result of not being completely ready to grow and jumping the gun and trying to buy things as issues start to crop up. That's just a rule of thumb i like to follow, but hey, no fans in nature so if temps are in check then well, the temps are in check

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Yeah but for me I did a lot of planning lights, pump, reflect for walls, etc. Than next thing you know when I try to start... i bumped into the problem of not knowing that lights require ballast.. and something about a socket? i have a built in one so it was easy on me.

Than for pump.. holy fucking shit! that was wierd! my pump came with all these connectors when I never even had to use any of them.. just hadda connect a metal rod to it with some water distributor on top with lines and tips.

than for the reflection I always knew mylar FTW but than I go to shop and they dont have it, they just have this panda mylar, and this other mylar,

Its just the small shit no one really helped out with, I go to the forums and see people who asked the same questions I did and they had tons of ppl who answered RIGHT AWAY. lol but when I asked I had 0-1



PH METER: What kind do you have? I always intended on getting digital.. but I see so many god awful reviews on all kinds for different problems, I want one around 80 dollars but Idk what brand or what small things THOSE need! (calibrations)

So for me before I even knew about growing tree I always intended on growing vegetables and so I look it up and find out everything than I started getting into crop cycles for the soil and THAT just finished it for me all that research burned me out and I said "man fuck that shit"

Depends on what kinda light you are using. With CFLs you should be fine with opening a door or window. But by opening a window you are letting light be shown from outside, letting bugs inside to the grow space. Asking for problems IMO.
Intake/Exhaust doesn't have to be expensive. Just be creative with it.
You should read around on here quite a bit more and have a plan for when they get bigger..
Look in the DIY Section of the forum..

Whats your intake/exhaust set up looking like? and yeah at grow shops each fan system is 190 dollars-220 for a 6 in.

However I see need to learn how to muffle out the sound.. and thanks I will def take a look m8

Where is the fan location that you need to muffle it? they do sell fan mufflers but the are like 80 bucks. I guess I don't care about the fan noise, just sounds like I left a fart fan on in the bathroom.

BluBerry said:

For intake I cut a hole in the floor of the room outside the grow cab.
I have a 6 inch duct that runs thru the hole and is drawing air from underneath the home.
My fan pulls the cooler air from below and into the cab.
I bought an inline exhaust fan 435 CFM 6 inch from eBay for under $100 and I made my own carbon filter for like $35-40.
I prob have $150 in mine but I also wanted a bigger fan in case I ever wanted to upgrade to a little bigger space.
Check eBay for cheaper stuff. They have fan/filter combos for cheaper than the prices you stated for just the fan.
Thats where I got my nutes, light and other stuff.

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I saw on this retail catalog a fan that cost 269$ and its circulur inward shapes and its a 6in 435CFM but its supposed to be hella quiet cuz the way its designed.
I didnt even know fans come with mufflers until I randomly heard about it one time.. And yeah I heard about making a carbon filter, how did you make yours though?

Following the same route as Bluberry I Got a 6" Inline 700CFM farn on eBay for like $89... haven't gotten it in the closet yet but I have turned it on and it seems normal on the noise level and moves a hell of a lot of air!



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bigslama912 said:

Following the same route as Bluberry I Got a 6" Inline 700CFM farn on eBay for like $89... haven't gotten it in the closet yet but I have turned it on and it seems normal on the noise level and moves a hell of a lot of air!



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''Bluberry thanks for the info! i was takin a peak at the valuline it seemed pretty cool. and Bigslama dam bro 89 bucks sounds like a great price for me ahaha how many watts does it use up per hour?
Also thats ONEEE BIIIG Closet m8 haha 700 CFM ahaaa I was looking for 600-800 range

FriendlyGuy said:

I can easily start right now but my set up would be ghetto as fuck as I still need to get some more stuff, but i NEED to take clones off my mother plant thats outdoor cuz the bitch is gettin too fat hahahaha

So right now, I got the lights, DWC set up (18 gal, which im actually startin to think is a bit too small :\

got this humidity dome, cloning jell.

I got panda mylar

but I just dont have the grow frame besides wall which I still need to tear down some shelves to PROPERLY have the mylar in place, but change of plans occured and I want the grow in a seperate room because fans make noise, and im sure when I sleep it will get annoying.


help me out guys hahaa once again: Is it ABSOLUTELY necessary to use a exhaust/intake fan at the start of a grow? or will an auscilating fan and open window suffice for 1 month-a month n a half.?

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my advice to you its to always start slow dont rush shit. you will regret it.

Glad I could help ya out!
I would also look on eBay and look for a speed controller for $25. Plugs into the wall and fan plugs into the speed controller. And adjust the fan speed.
The fan will be quieter once the duct is hooked up.