Tent or Closet DIY?

[PopAndSonGrows]

Tents are a great way to IMMEDIATELY isolate your grow space from things like carpet, cracks in the walls or gaps in the closet doors etc. I've never grown in a closet but I do have my tent sticking out of the closest, doors removed. I love it.

 

[craggin]

@craggin Make sure you vent all the way out the roof. Fuck didnt say that. DO NOT vent into the attic. Itll be mold paradise if you dont.

I live in a dry climate, especially in the winter, which is my growing season for that and other reasons. I vent into the crawl space, as my closet is in the basement, and we don't have much of an attic anyway. The extra humidity helps bring our home to a better range for humans - and my guitars. Primarily the guitars. Always about the guitars... Or weed.....

 

[magnetik]

pull the doors and put up a panda film wall around the frame with a zipper door if you need it.

 

[Antidote Man]

Gaps in closets wont hurt your grow. I'm currently in the process of testing it out and have no hermies and nice buds forming

 

[Rwomen]

Thanks for the feedback! Was going to put weatherstripping/foam on the door jamb to block the light air. Still haven't figured out how to stop the light at the bottom tho

Are you team tent or team closet for my first grow?

I don't have a tent, but I am out of the closet {did that come out rite? LOL}
Tents work wonderfully, so you need to decide.
I would first grow in your closet to see if this something you
will do again. Lot of good advice given with all the replies so far.
I forgot to mention before, that is a great light you got!
Good luck

 

[YnotHomegrow]

Thank you all for the input! I'm only planning to grow occasionally, so for now my plan is to give the closet a go with some auto flower seeds. If it sucks I can always add the tent, but its called weed how hard can it be to grow... right? Right?!

I can't vent to the attic (HVAC ducting) so I'll just return it to the room and leave the gym door open. The CFM stuff I've read makes my head spin. Assuming I use the gap under the closet door for the intake what sort of fan+scrubber should I look for?

 

[riuTEMPriu]

a room that small, you probably don't need to worry about specialized fans and CFM. Just use whatever fans you can grab cheaply. The key is that you need a clear path for air to come in and out of the closet, if you want to minimize risk of mold. But you're right, it's not a huge deal, just grow and grow until you outgrow that space, that way you can get up and running quickly.

 

[thefullspectrum]

Yeah start in there for sure. If you're like most of us, you'll end up getting another set up running as well either during or straight after this grow. One small set up leaves fuck all to do once its up and running.

As for exhaust fans, better off getting a ducted dc motor 6 inch with variable speed and run it on low. Quieter than a 4 inch screaming. Last a lot longer too. You'll need a carbon filter if youre exhausting into a habitable room. It'll stink in there after theyre a few weeks old. So will anyone who goes in there to work out. I'll also add, you can never have to many fans circulating air. Try to get every leaf moving during flower if dealing with high humidity.

No sure of your situation, but in the perfect world you'd vent up through the ceiling, place the fan up there in the crawl space, you'll barely hear it. Then duct it out (add a carbon filter if you have close neighbors) through a vent outside ideally under the eave if possible. Saves roof penetration.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

It's legal to do so, so I thought why not grow! I've quickly found out there is an overwhelming amount of info/opinions. The only thing I've done so far is buy a HGL 200 Diablo LED light (mostly because it was on sale haha).

I'm unsure if I should go with a tent in the chosen closet, or to DIY the closet into a grow room. Some dimensions of the space:

37" W x 17" L x 66" H

There is a shelf I could take out to get the height to 8 feet, but I would prefer to keep it and mount the fan+filter and store materials. I don't need to keep the closet door closed (it's in my gym) so I could position a tent half in/half out.

I think some of the appeal of a tent setup is easier ventilation with some sort of tent+fan+filter package. There's an inch and a half gap under the door (45 sq in) and I could cut a hole in the drywall above the door for the exhaust of the fan+scrubber (mounted to the shelf). This would require extending the shelf to the door, but should save me some money and look cleaner.

Would that be enough air movement for the space?
66" sounds like a limitation, but I'm also more concerned with quality than quantity. How limiting is it?
Was thinking two 5 gal buckets for the pots but that may further limit my space. Should I use different pots?


Interested to hear your thoughts and anything I'm missing - thank you for the help!

I love HLG, but that sucks you can't dim that bad boy.

 

[farmingfisherman]

Tent is the way to go. Moisture in the closet isn't a good idea unless you set it up to handle it properly.

 

[dirtydoper1991]

I always just killz/flat white my room every other grow and bleach with a sprayer couple times a grow and a good ol scrubbing

 

[dirtydoper1991]

As long as his intake rh% isnt to high and his exhaust is in line(which shouldnt take much) the closet should stay pretty stable. Im guessing his budget isnt that high. The money spent on a tent could buy this guy some vitals. I think his money is better invested elsewhere for a budget grow.

 

[dirtydoper1991]

After he gets his feet wet I'm sure a upgrade will be in line if he wants/has room. If your intending on sizing up your room eventually I'd oversize everything and dial it down. Less costs later on when/if you buy a tent.

 

[Hairybuds]

My current grow closet isn't really an actual closet, rather it's a small area of unfinished basement originally intended for storage. Instead of adding sheetrock & floating/painting, I opted for the plastic light-block tarps you can get at just about any local grower's supply shop. I then installed some of that thin bubble-like, mirror-ish insulation, followed by the tarp. My growspace doesn't fill the physical space entirely, so the outermost "4th wall" is only the tarp with one of those light-blocking zippers (again, the grow shop) for access in/out and no worries of light pollution. Maybe this helps with more ideas around perfecting your available space as best can be. Oh, and copious amounts of white duct tape to seal everything up nicely!

I did mine similar but damn the smell still makes it out.

 

[dirtydoper1991]

What size is your room/fan

 

[dirtydoper1991]

You need more cfm on your exhaust. Id oversize and speed control so that you get a real good negative airflow coming from any/all cracks/gaps. If your negative air flow is good enough the smell will go away even if its not sealed good

 

[Hairybuds]

What size is your room/fan

6”, 7.5x4.5x7.5, yeah gotta get a few more spots patched and a better carbon filter

 

[dirtydoper1991]

You got any pics I might be able to throw some ideas at you.

 

[Apostatize]

the door on your closet shouldnt leak crazy light. the issue is the bi-folding doors youll never get the light tight

bi-folding doors? say no more, fam -- get yourself an instagram chick.
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[dirtydoper1991]

bi-folding doors? say no more, fam -- get yourself an instagram chick.
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