heat (how to keep my room warm)

stoney_stoner

stoney_stoner

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ok were i live its the dead of winter and temps are like 5* out what is the most easyest way to keep my grow room warm for proper temps because rigth now its only stayin with 55-70 at the highest maybe a bit lower.

PLEASE HELP ME
 
Bigbud

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stoney_stoner said:
ok were i live its the dead of winter and temps are like 5* out what is the most easyest way to keep my grow room warm for proper temps because rigth now its only stayin with 55-70 at the highest maybe a bit lower.

PLEASE HELP ME
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a heater on a timer maybe..?

try in finding a oil heater that way there is nothing that can catch fire as its only heating the oil inside

get more lights= heat

or just put the heating on higher
 
OhioGrown

OhioGrown

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well depend on how big your grow room is....is it a grow box...a full room??? what?

but for most spaces, a small space heater with a thermostat.

or just go buy a reptile heating pad ( for lizard tanks). they work great!!! just place it under your plant container...it brings your root temp to around 73-78 ish.... its what im using
 
stoney_stoner

stoney_stoner

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ok its a grow box. its like 2x2x4 (wxdxh) and now that i have moved my plants to the bottom of this grow space so they can grow upwards (because i had the plants on a tray half way up)with the top part of the grow room is almost perfect lil bit cooler then i wanted but it worked b4 i moved then so now ther like at floor level so its staying cooler



also if anybody knows could this cause the leaves to start to drooping,plants still look heathy.
 
ngtybear

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Send us a pic... Mine chage every day. Sometime the droop a little. Sometimes the stand up high.
 
stoney_stoner

stoney_stoner

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ngtybear said:
Send us a pic... Mine chage every day. Sometime the droop a little. Sometimes the stand up high.
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i can but its night time for um now . and my cam sucks at taking pics of them but ill try when light come on.(be like an hour till i can get pics.)

so it can be normal for this to happen they been like this for about 2 days.
 
ngtybear

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Hmn... throw an HPS in there. That will warm things up. ;_)

What is the lights off temp, 55f? If this is the case, I would just add a couple of more lights to get the lights on temp up and the lights will never hurt. If it is colder, I would select a heater which will also produce some CO2 for you in the process.

Keep an eye at your RH levels, as a heater will often dry things out a bit.

I am concerned about ventilation with your setup. You need to have fresh air coming into your box and air flow through the plants for healthy growth. What are your plans for ventilation?
 
stoney_stoner

stoney_stoner

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ngtybear said:
Hmn... throw an HPS in there. That will warm things up. ;_)

What is the lights off temp, 55f? If this is the case, I would just add a couple of more lights to get the lights on temp up and the lights will never hurt. If it is colder, I would select a heater which will also produce some CO2 for you in the process.

Keep an eye at your RH levels, as a heater will often dry things out a bit.

I am concerned about ventilation with your setup. You need to have fresh air coming into your box and air flow through the plants for healthy growth. What are your plans for ventilation?
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there is i can get more pics thers about a 2"x"2 intake and exhaust. but witht the fan on the temps get crazy cold, also im planing on adding tons of lights just waiting for the money for one and 2 the plants to get a bit bigger. thers gonna be clf's all up and down the sides about 10 more atleast and ther gonna be atleast 30watters. so that should be good but im was hoping for a quick ways to keep it warm till then .


what do you think of the grow box so far
 

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ngtybear

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Through a heater in from on your intake and keep it on 24.

What is your lights off temp? What is the temp of the air outside your box?
 
stoney_stoner

stoney_stoner

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ngtybear said:
Through a heater in from on your intake and keep it on 24.

What is your lights off temp? What is the temp of the air outside your box?
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um out side temp is really low were its at because it really close to the ground and also its on out side walls i could remove my room and put it by a heat vent but thats not gonna be an all the time on thing but it would be warmer.

lights off temps are about the same as lights on maybe 5* cooler. because thats about how much cooler the room is.
 
ngtybear

ngtybear

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Put a heater with temp control by the intake. All should be fine. It iwll shut off when not needed.
 
stoney_stoner

stoney_stoner

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like somthing easy i know its not the best for the plants but can i use a normal 60watt bulb to help heat it up a bit i know they product quite a bit of heat.
 
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