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 Tank333
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Registered: 08/19/10
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 Re: Going to be starting a 1000w 4x4 tent grow  [Re: KaptKid]
#564659 - 06/15/11 04:02 PM (13 years, 9 months ago) |
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I plan on growing the plants in a SOG style so that their canopies reach at least 5' tall (7' tall tent). Also, I want a full bush of plants, they will be grown in 10 5-gallon buckets
So, I see a couple possible problems here... Have you considered just how many 5 gallon buckets you can actually fit inside a 4x4 tent? I have 5 in mine now, and it's pretty full. Are you gonna have an oscillating fan? if so, that'll take up a lot of room.
Also, you want the canopy to be at 5', but have you considered the higth of your hood? Mine is a good 10-12 inches tall, and then the hangers drop it down even more, making the usable space underneath much less than originally anticipated. Even if you've got your hood directly attached to the ceiling, do you really want your canopy only 12 inches away from the light?
Our 1k watt MH keeps our tent so freakin' hot that we have 5 different fans running almost 24/7! Two window fans in the window next to the tent. The one on the bottom is facing in, and the one on top is facing out. There are tubes connected to the fans with duct tape (ghetto as hell, I know, but it works decently well), and this gives a nice inflow of cool air, and assists the 424 CFM inline fan with expelling the hot air from inside the tent and hood. The hose that lets air in is attached to the back of one of the oscillating fans, and the fan blows the cool air over the canopy (we turn this off at night sometimes, if it's been a cool day). Then there's TWO full size oscillating fans inside the tent, blowing air around. With these, and the mainly moderate temperatures in Seattle, we are able to keep our tent cool.
Last thought: You had mentioned that you want em in 5 gallon buckets, but you haven't mentioned a medium... if you're doing DWC, you'd better tie all those buckets into a main rez, otherwise you're going to have to hire someone on at 20 hours a week just to check the PH and levels in each of them every day! lol and if it's soil, how are you going to check the PH? and flush? do you know how heavy that'll get? you'd have to take out everything just to get at the ladies in the back...
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Tank333
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Registered: 08/19/10
Posts: 1,241
Loc: Washington
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Re: Going to be starting a 1000w 4x4 tent grow [Re: alienscience]
#564678 - 06/15/11 05:24 PM (13 years, 9 months ago) |
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I hear ya with the too much work with DWC. Once I take a couple runs of clones off these mothers, I'm gonna get rid of them in favor of a single res drip system. I have a friend with one he wants like $80 for, and I think that's worth not having to check and change 5 or 6 different buckets every day!
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Tank333
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Registered: 08/19/10
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Loc: Washington
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Re: Going to be starting a 1000w 4x4 tent grow [Re: dmtcorey]
#564988 - 06/16/11 10:19 PM (13 years, 9 months ago) |
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And cheap tents come with light leaks, too... mine glows like the daystar when the lights are off in the living room and the light is on inside it. I'm sure light gets inside it just the same during the dark cycle...
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Tank333
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Registered: 08/19/10
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Loc: Washington
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Re: Going to be starting a 1000w 4x4 tent grow [Re: alienscience]
#565149 - 06/17/11 04:44 PM (13 years, 9 months ago) |
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How are you going to ventilate the closet? Puttin' some holes in the walls?
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