Best light for my tent

[Toke+Choke]

good evening my fellow RIU member!
I'm high as fuck and debating my setup, currently running a 300w dual spectrum with reflector in my 1.2x0.6x1.8 tent.
Doing some autos and it's going well so far very well actually.
Got a 240m3h inline fan sucking through a filter and out a window with passive intake (perfect smell eradication)
I'm wondering what light I could get away with in there maybe a 250w hps?
The room has an ambient temp of 24-29 outside the tent due to some reptiles tanks in that room.
Now if I'm going hps with them room temps going to need a cool tube right would this work thought I'd ask before spending mega bucks for my next run of plants.

Thanks bros happy smoking

 

[kiwipaulie]

good evening my fellow RIU member!
I'm high as fuck and debating my setup, currently running a 300w dual spectrum with reflector in my 1.2x0.6x1.8 tent.
Doing some autos and it's going well so far very well actually.
Got a 240m3h inline fan sucking through a filter and out a window with passive intake (perfect smell eradication)
I'm wondering what light I could get away with in there maybe a 250w hps?
The room has an ambient temp of 24-29 outside the tent due to some reptiles tanks in that room.
Now if I'm going hps with them room temps going to need a cool tube right would this work thought I'd ask before spending mega bucks for my next run of plants.

Thanks bros happy smoking

Personally I'd run a 400w min

 

[Toke+Choke]

Personally I'd run a 400w min

Really in that small of a space?
Surely then I'd HAVE to run a cool tube right?

 

[kiwipaulie]

Really in that small of a space?
Surely then I'd HAVE to run a cool tube right?

I would run a cool tube if I were you anyway. Put it this was I run a 1000w in a 1.2x1.2x2, however my fan is double that cfm.

In a 1m x 1m I have a 600w and that has about the same size fan an temps are fine in both tents.

 

[kiwipaulie]

One other thing, next time round. Ditch the autos, they suck to grow.

 

[Toke+Choke]

Already got the next round of the same seeds so I can learn from the 1st round then improve for the second then I'm going to go to photo seeds or clones just wetting my feet at the moment.

 

[WattSaver]

A past member here jella rocked a tent your size, he ran a 400 in the winter and LED in the summer, ended up using a pair of 160w Area 51 led's yr round. He would grow two 2gal hempy bucket and would pull around 1/4lb each depending upon strain.

With HID you'll need an additional fan for the hood. A cool tube will work in a pinch, but a real hood will serve you better. Going LED will be double the cost of a basic HID hood, fan and venting stuff. Depending upon where you live and if heat is an issue then the LED might be worth the investment.
Here's a few shots from jella's grows,






If you want to check out his grows, they are buried in the World of Hempy thread.

 

[Toke+Choke]

That's a seriously nice kola right there yeah like I've said wetting M feet at the mo I might not even have the ability to grow anything but I'm doing okay patience is your best friend I've found aha

 

[moonstar45]

holy crap. you could use that cola to hit someone. hahaha

 

[Dr. Who]

A past member here jella rocked a tent your size, he ran a 400 in the winter and LED in the summer, ended up using a pair of 160w Area 51 led's yr round. He would grow two 2gal hempy bucket and would pull around 1/4lb each depending upon strain.

With HID you'll need an additional fan for the hood. A cool tube will work in a pinch, but a real hood will serve you better. Going LED will be double the cost of a basic HID hood, fan and venting stuff. Depending upon where you live and if heat is an issue then the LED might be worth the investment.
Here's a few shots from jella's grows,

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If you want to check out his grows, they are buried in the World of Hempy thread.

See the brown and necrotic leaf centers? You need to use more Ca/Mg with LEDS as I've heard......Kinda looks true from this...


Anyway, I just left a thread about buying LEDs over HPS and even the LED experts say to stick with the HPS for top performance....

Stick with the HPS....