Can I Get Away With This???

Hello everyone!
I’m just learning or trying my hand in Mycology n the cultivation of mushrooms. I’ve realized that the key to success or a way to almost guarantee success is to always practice sterile teks. The more sterile, the better the chances are for you or anyone 2 cultivate mushrooms w/o the worry of contamination. Certain things are essential in a successful grow, but many have gotten away with not using the sterile tek n still manage to have success. Items such as a flowhoods prevent germs, bacteria, mold, n other contaminates from ruining your grow n these contams are more likely to be present n survive if precautions aren’t used. UV-C lights are also used in conjunction with flowhoods for xtra protection. With this being said, I have a question.... I myself am working in a grow tent that’s normally be used for the cultivation of cannabis. The tent is 4.5 x 4.5 x 6’ ft tall. I’m also using a LED growlight for now as well until I can order a actinic blue light that I heard works wonders for shrooms. Since I’m working in an enclosed area, I was wondering if I would be able to get away with a hepa filter with UV-C sanitizers built in. Or, would I be able to get away with just UV-C lights within the tent n kill off 99% of the harmful bacteria n contams that’ll affect the shrooms? Eventually, I will be able to either build or make a official flowhood n not have to worry. At the moment, my pockets won’t allow me to do so, so I’m looking for other ways to assure sterility w/o breaking the bank so 2 speak. Is there a specific spectrum of UV-C light needed to kill bacteria n contams that I’m looking to kill w/o the disturbance to the mycelium n fungi that I’m cultivating? Would the hepa filter alone be enough to rid of contams? I’m adding a pic or 2 of what I’ve thought to be a great substitute, since I’m working in limited space. I like to thank you all in advance, whether helpful or not. Just appreciate you all taking the time out to respond to me. Thank you again! This goes with the following info.....these are just a few that I’ve seen n thought would be idea due to size of tent area. Looking forward to feedback!

I feel like those air sanitizers would just be a waste of money. You'd be pulling in air with bacteria and contams in it to sanitize it to release the clean air back into the tent which has non clean air being constantly pulled into it so the air would just mix again. Might cut harmful bacteria down a little bit but not worth the money tbh, just spraying the area with a disinfectant would probably work better

Noinch said:

I feel like those air sanitizers would just be a waste of money. You'd be pulling in air with bacteria and contams in it to sanitize it to release the clean air back into the tent which has non clean air being constantly pulled into it so the air would just mix again. Might cut harmful bacteria down a little bit but not worth the money tbh, just spraying the area with a disinfectant would probably work better

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Thank s for the reply @Noinch!
I hear ya totally. I thought I’d might be able to get away with it due to the natural cut outs in the tents for hoses n filters. The circular openings I was gonna stuff with polyfil for FAE n the square vent boxes that are on the bottom of tent, I was gonna place the square hepa filter cartridge. So, that’s 2 major holes on top of tent, 1 in back, 1 on each side, n square vents on bottom. Was also gonna buy small clip on circular fan to push some of that air around in hopes 2 keep a good air flow in general. Definitely gonna think about it now Noinch! I truly appreciate your input!!!