Please critique my setup

Clutchcargo_1

Clutchcargo_1

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Hi All, new here and new to growing anything.
I just finished setting up my light and vent in my 28x54x78" tent. While I still have 2-3 weeks until anything gets added and it's still easily changeable (I don't purport to know what I'm doing) please critique my setup.

600W 10000K for veg.
600W HPS for flowering.
4" Active Air fan
4" x 12" Phat filter

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Bareback

Bareback

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Clutchcargo_1 said:
Hi All, new here and new to growing anything.
I just finished setting up my light and vent in my 28x54x78" tent. While I still have 2-3 weeks until anything gets added and it's still easily changeable (I don't purport to know what I'm doing) please critique my setup.

600W 10000K for veg.
600W HPS for flowering.
4" Active Air fan
4" x 12" Phat filter

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Add a oscillating fan
 
Clutchcargo_1

Clutchcargo_1

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The oscillating fan would be blowing over the top of the plant's canopy, right?
The fan is only 175CFM so for intake, I was simply going to use a screen on one of the tent openings. it pulls the sides of the tent in a bit, but not a huge vacuum.
 
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Xevlo_Milano

Xevlo_Milano

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yea your setup does looks pretty good, and sounds like u got a pretty good plan too. good luck..
I think you will get good yields playing around with that kind of setup
 
Budley Doright

Budley Doright

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That's not a small fan lol. If you are using passive intake a 14" d hole will be required to keep velocities around. 1000 fpm and quite loud. Do you have a fan comtroller?
 
Clutchcargo_1

Clutchcargo_1

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Gotcha, I gave that some thought too. That would mean going from 4" filter to 6" pendent back to 4" fan; not a big deal but I tried to minimize ducting looses.
Plus with the pendent in a vacuum, that could potentially be an unfiltered air leak.
 
Antman15

Antman15

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You should make sure that your light is sealed anyway. You could also put the fan outside the tent, on top, to minimize heat inside and to clear up some vertical movement for your light.
 
Xevlo_Milano

Xevlo_Milano

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Clutchcargo_1 said:
Hi All, new here and new to growing anything.
I just finished setting up my light and vent in my 28x54x78" tent. While I still have 2-3 weeks until anything gets added and it's still easily changeable (I don't purport to know what I'm doing) please critique my setup.

600W 10000K for veg.
600W HPS for flowering.
4" Active Air fan
4" x 12" Phat filter

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I was just wondering are you growing Hydroponics or are you using soil?
 
Clutchcargo_1

Clutchcargo_1

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I did loose a few inches of lamp movement going this route. Maybe I should rethink this. I wish I had just a little more room inside but this is the biggest tent I can fit.
As far as heat, I'm not too worried, I'm in the northeast and this is in my basement. Temps in my basement range from low 40°s to low 50°s in the winter. I ran it for 4 hours yesterday and the air coming out was 70.5°F and the temp inside was in the high 60s.

Edit: I plan on doing simple hydronics
 
Xevlo_Milano

Xevlo_Milano

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Clutchcargo_1 said:
I did loose a few inches of lamp movement going this route. Maybe I should rethink this. I wish I had just a little more room inside but this is the biggest tent I can fit.
As far as heat, I'm not too worried, I'm in the northeast and this is in my basement. Temps in my basement range from low 40°s to low 50°s in the winter. I ran it for 4 hours yesterday and the air coming out was 70.5°F and the temp inside was in the high 60s.

Edit: I plan on doing simple hydronics
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Nice... thats what im doing....im in the northeast also in the basement so watch water temps if ur in a cold spot cuz i tested my water today and it was 63°, a little cold but their thriving now.... hydro is the way to go + i think everything will warm up when I turn on my HPS light
 
Clutchcargo_1

Clutchcargo_1

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I'm only starting with 3 plants; still early in the seedling phase. I've got some aquarium heaters lying around that should keep the water temps around 70.
Hopefully, I can move them into the tent around January 7th.
 
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