Need Some Advice.

[808toker]

Im not really a indoor grower but i have a bit of expirence outdoor and have been using t-8 fluroscent lights at night to keep my plants in veg. The room i bring them into is your basic tool shed completely empty. My question is should I install some sort of vent system since the shed is sealed? I was thinking of buying a fan and I have a old air conditioner that i could install in the future. Would a air condtioner be okay for a grow?

 

[firsttimeARE]

You do want fresh air on the plants and an air conditioner is needed if the temps are above 80.

That'd be cool to have a tool shed to grow in, it'd be one cold room where I live though.

 

[scroglodyte]

welcome to indoor gardening......yes, keep the air moving. passive in, exhausted with a fan. change the interior air of your shed a couple times a day at least. good luck!

 

[808toker]

You do want fresh air on the plants and an air conditioner is needed if the temps are above 80.

That'd be cool to have a tool shed to grow in, it'd be one cold room where I live though.

Temps are waaay aboe 80 in the day but at night with the T-8's all on its around the low-mid 70's. Which isnt a problem for me as i only bring plants in once the sun has gone down. Low temps are not a problem for me as i'm in hawaii. And ohh yes a tool shed is the perfect grow room setup except the no window thing which is gonna make it a bitch to install a A/c

welcome to indoor gardening......yes, keep the air moving. passive in, exhausted with a fan. change the interior air of your shed a couple times a day at least. good luck!

Thank you! haha.

 

[FootClan]

Well if its sealed then you must do like everyone said above and Create Air exchange your plants need Co2 during Lights on period.. New Co2 must be enterduced into the room and the easyest way is by creating "negative" pressure with one big exhaust fan which will give you "passive intake" ....... This means you will need An intake hole at bottom and and Exhaust hole at top and one Inline fan at top connected to the Exhaust hole .....

Or you can leave it sealed and supply supplemental Co2 eather by Co2 burner(natural gas, propane) or exchangable compressed Co2 bottles...... Eather way you dont want your plants sitting staggnet in a shed....Not only that but you should have a vew Osilating Fans in the room to keep air circulating around the leafs...This will help with mold issues too....

Also i would exchange the air more then a couple times a day.... Large plants can quickly use up available Co2 in the air in minutes and should be exchanged with fresh c02 supplies most likely more then a few times a day......

 

[808toker]

Well if its sealed then you must do like everyone said above and Create Air exchange your plants need Co2 during Lights on period.. New Co2 must be enterduced into the room and the easyest way is by creating "negative" pressure with one big exhaust fan which will give you "passive intake" ....... This means you will need An intake hole at bottom and and Exhaust hole at top and one Inline fan at top connected to the Exhaust hole .....

Or you can leave it sealed and supply supplemental Co2 eather by Co2 burner(natural gas, propane) or exchangable compressed Co2 bottles...... Eather way you dont want your plants sitting staggnet in a shed....Not only that but you should have a vew Osilating Fans in the room to keep air circulating around the leafs...This will help with mold issues too....

Also i would exchange the air more then a couple times a day.... Large plants can quickly use up available Co2 in the air in minutes and should be exchanged with fresh c02 supplies most likely more then a few times a day......

I only bring them in at night.. i will definatly get a fan in there asap and which do you think would be better supplemental co2 or a vent system?

 

[FootClan]

I only bring them in at night.. i will definatly get a fan in there asap and which do you think would be better supplemental co2 or a vent system?

Ok vent system would make the most sense since there outdoor plants anyways plus vent system only requires you to buy a Fan and cut some holes...But supplementing co2 would cost you HUNDREDS........so if you still interested in spending lots of money then we can get into it further but if not just buy a 8inch fan and cut an intake hole and hook up your fan to exhaust out put a timer on the fan so you run it in entervuls and your good to go......