Hey everyone!
This is my first post here and I’ll be starting my first grow in a few weeks. I’ll be growing a sensiseeds northern lights auto and a dinafem industrial cbd auto in a 4’x4’x8’ grow box. I have a 2’x8 t5 ho fixture for above lighting and a 4’ t5 ho strip in each corner of the box. Unfortunately I’m dealing with some heat issues and while I am putting in some more exhaust ventilation I probably will only be able to get the temps down to around 80 with restricted side lighting usage.
To combat this i will be running the lights at night when my grow area is cooler. I was also wondering if anyone has any experience using an intermittent light cycle. Not really sure if that’s a term. I’m planning on doing a 20/4 lighting schedule but was wondering what would happen if i setup my timers to run the lights 5 hours on, one hour off, five hours on, one hour off, over and over again. With photos this would obviously be a problem but would it effect autos at all? They would still be getting 20 hrs of light a day just not all at once. This way the box could cool down for an hour which should help lower temperatures a lot.
Thanks for the help!
This is my first post here and I’ll be starting my first grow in a few weeks. I’ll be growing a sensiseeds northern lights auto and a dinafem industrial cbd auto in a 4’x4’x8’ grow box. I have a 2’x8 t5 ho fixture for above lighting and a 4’ t5 ho strip in each corner of the box. Unfortunately I’m dealing with some heat issues and while I am putting in some more exhaust ventilation I probably will only be able to get the temps down to around 80 with restricted side lighting usage.
To combat this i will be running the lights at night when my grow area is cooler. I was also wondering if anyone has any experience using an intermittent light cycle. Not really sure if that’s a term. I’m planning on doing a 20/4 lighting schedule but was wondering what would happen if i setup my timers to run the lights 5 hours on, one hour off, five hours on, one hour off, over and over again. With photos this would obviously be a problem but would it effect autos at all? They would still be getting 20 hrs of light a day just not all at once. This way the box could cool down for an hour which should help lower temperatures a lot.
Thanks for the help!
