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 beadyeyes
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 Building own tent 
#832079 - 03/06/18 05:37 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Hi there. New to the forum. I've ordered some seeds and I wanna build my own grow tent. What is the best fabric for it and where can I get it?
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beadyeyes
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 Re: Building own tent [Re: beadyeyes]
#832081 - 03/06/18 06:54 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Well after some serious search I found dubious quality material in ebay/AliExpress, some of which is announced as reflectors for photographic setup. I found here Mylar where you may order some but not to Portugal.
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Re: Building own tent [Re: phychotron]
#832108 - 03/08/18 08:08 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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The place I wanna squeeze my tent into is 5.3 feet high. I am thinking about 6 feet in both lengths. The scaffolding will be PVC tubes. Would 1-1/4 inches diameter tubes suffice?.
To cover light I am gonna use a rain protection for garden tools.
I want to use permaflect but it's too expensive. About that reflectix it seems similar to the heat reflecters house insulators I have seen in local stores. Is it identical to mylar? Also where I live most US sites don't ship.
So I need to poke a couple of holes in the ceiling to support the apparatus. I will need to get busy.
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So i made a lot of research and finally found a good supplier near me. I am not building the scaffold in pvc but in wood. I already made a wood scaffold cube 1.7x1.7x1.7 feet, to harbour the seedlings. still need to cover it. I ordered a 125 watt fluorescent bulb 6500k for the incubator. I am going to cover the cube with thin prensed wood, covered with reflective surface. Need to drill a hole in the top and in the side to have some ventilation, in a way that no light will get in at night. The seedlings will be exposed to a normal 18/6 vegetative cycle. Going to dilute the nutrients 1/4 of recommended normal vegetative growth. I have ordered sensi growth for coco.
The main tent will be 4.7 long, 5.4 tall and 3.3 feet wide.
Going to start with 3 seeds of critical auto, with a 250 watt, 6500k MH lamp. The supplies should arrive next week. When i can i will post photos.
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Re: Building own tent [Re: beadyeyes]
#832353 - 03/31/18 05:41 PM (7 years, 8 days ago) |
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I got my seeds on the jiffys and the incubator is almost finished. covered thin wood boards with silver light reflective paper and nail them to the cube. I tested temperature with a 25 watt lamp and it remains to roughly constant around 25 celsius. Humidity around 48 %.
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Re: Building own tent [Re: beadyeyes]
#832367 - 04/02/18 04:51 PM (7 years, 7 days ago) |
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My first seedling is popping up. I filtered the water with a pro gardening filter, but still waiting for the pH/EC measurer, which i bought in groho,a local supplier. Now i need more prensed wood boards to go for the main tent. Still need to work on the ventilation of the incubator, which will be essential when seedlings show a couple of leaves.
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Re: Building own tent [Re: beadyeyes]
#832372 - 04/03/18 09:51 AM (7 years, 6 days ago) |
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Got some pics of my progress so far
  
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Re: Building own tent [Re: beadyeyes]
#832389 - 04/05/18 04:35 AM (7 years, 4 days ago) |
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After much consideration decided to buy a stealthy pure tent, 80cm×80cm×180 cm. A lot of problems arised when i was planning the tent in the paper, also the cost was much higher. I did bought the wood for the scaffold and half the plates to cover it, now i must cut my losses. I can use the stuff to repair the shed in the garden. Anyway the incubator was a sucess, my two seedlings are sprouting, the third remained silent. Since this is my first grow two de dlings are easier to manage. I will start with a 250 w hd lamp when i transfer them to the tent.for now they are in the incubator.
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