noob question about fans pls help lol
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grandpa 1949
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You need a fan to keep things from causing mold and enough soft breeze to help the plants straighten their branches to hold the buds they will produce. I use a couple 6" clip on fans.
Flash4211
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There are actually three kinds of air movement to consider:
1. Overall air exchange. You want the total cubic feet of the air inside your tent exchanged with outside air at least once every five minutes. Two inexpensive 240cfm 6" duct fans, one blowing in and one blowing out, will usually do this.
2. Cooling the light. You may or may not want separate outside-to-outside ventilation for your light, especially if it's an HID in a cool tube.
3. Internal air movement. You want a small oscillating fan set on low to blow very gently on the plants. This ensures CO2 absorption and makes the stems stronger.
This is just my idea of what works for me. Others here on RIU will have other ideas, so try to get a consensus. Just my $.02 worth, and YMMV. Peace!
1. Overall air exchange. You want the total cubic feet of the air inside your tent exchanged with outside air at least once every five minutes. Two inexpensive 240cfm 6" duct fans, one blowing in and one blowing out, will usually do this.
2. Cooling the light. You may or may not want separate outside-to-outside ventilation for your light, especially if it's an HID in a cool tube.
3. Internal air movement. You want a small oscillating fan set on low to blow very gently on the plants. This ensures CO2 absorption and makes the stems stronger.
This is just my idea of what works for me. Others here on RIU will have other ideas, so try to get a consensus. Just my $.02 worth, and YMMV. Peace!
Gastanker
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I really like oscillating pillar fans. They provide even air current over a varied height with no installation necessary and often have several convenient built in settings. They take up little room and are cheap as fuck - I've never been to a garage sale that didn't have one for $5 or less.
juts
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thanks! this is nice! ima try finding some cheapo ones like this if the budget is right onI really like oscillating pillar fans. They provide even air current over a varied height with no installation necessary and often have several convenient built in settings. They take up little room and are cheap as fuck - I've never been to a garage sale that didn't have one for $5 or less.
juts
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so which one would you choose if i can't find the kind of fan above?
grandpa 1949
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I'd go with a short oscillating. For a few plants. You don't want to blow them away. You just want to move some air, OK?
How many plants have you got? That will have to do with what you get. More then a few plant's you may want to go with the tall stand fan.
juts
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il be starting with 9 regular seeds in a 8x4x4 room small SOG til i find out their sexes and transfer the males to another room
grandpa 1949
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I don't save my male plants. I chop them up and put them in the trash. Some people do to make hash. Some use them in compost. What do you plan to do with your male plants if I might ask?
juts
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ima select the nicest male from the batch, kill the rest then seed a part of the best female
so btw w/c fan should i choose for this haha
safari420
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be carefull i was using a tall fan everthing was ok, but i started seeing leaves drying up. first i thought it was over watering then nutes but i am not using any nutes. i found out it was the fan by mistake. i moved the fan then forgot to put it back and after 2 days ther green on the leaves came back fewwwwww....
juts
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thanks for the info! ima look for a smaller diameter fan.. just enough to circulate air lol btw what diameter is your tall fan?
grandpa 1949
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I hate to quote myself but I use clip on fans 2 or 3 of them
thatsmessedup
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I am still new to growing but I would be very careful with that male plat you grow... iv heard that pollen can travel from one tent to another quite easy. Might impregnate your sensimilia. 
juts
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dont worry i have it all plannedI am still new to growing but I would be very careful with that male plat you grow... iv heard that pollen can travel from one tent to another quite easy. Might impregnate your sensimilia.
