IS YOUR TENT SITTING ON THE COLD FLOOR/GROUND?

Logan Burke

Logan Burke

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What size air pump are you using Demon? Mine stays between 65-70, depends on the room temp mostly. I try to keep it under 70 the best I can though. Anyways, I was gonna upgrade from my 45LPM air pump to a 75LPM air pump. Would this be a waste of money and be too much for my plants to use? (I know it's very off topic, my apologies)
 
DemonTrich

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I grow in soil. my water res is my 45 gallon water holding tank so I don't have to make 10 trips to my wash sink to get water on the other side of my grow shop. I put a bubbler in there to help dissipate the chlorine/chloride, and aerate the h2o 24/7 so the water doesn't get stagnant in-between waterings. my flower room takes 15 gallons of h2o per watering/feeding, my veg room takes 12 gallons, my clone room about 3 gallons.
 
Yekke

Yekke

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The floor is cold, it good for DWC but for soil or soilless I would always lift the pots if the floor is cold.
A transportation wooden platform like the ones used for pallet moving with a forklift fits nicely in a 1.2x1.2m tent.

I also like to use grow trays to control my runoff so usually I don't even think about putting my plants on the floor...
 
mandy1

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GroErr said:
I believe in getting them up off the ground in a basement or garage concrete floor. You can easily build a small platform for it, like a 2x4 frame with a sheet of plywood, or even an old skid with a slab of insulation on top. The platform keeps a layer of warmer air and will help maintain the temps on top of it more to ambient temperature of the room. I finished my outdoor in the garage this fall, just threw a bunch of 1x6 boards on the floor and a couple of pieces of plywood to set the pots on.
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that platform is a good idea. rather than build it, shipping pallets are easy to find, then put a layer of the reflective foam insulation on top of the pallet
 
Yekke

Yekke

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I like it that the pallets can allow some ventilation benefits, I wouldn't cover them with a film.
In very cold places that might be necessary but not in Israel.
 
greasemonkeymann

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TwistItUp said:
I assumed the same thing that a insulation foam sheet might be beneficial. But wasn't sure and kind of forgot that I wanted to do that.
My tent sits on the bare floor. We use to have carpet but it got old and smelly so ripped it out.
Now there is what I believe to be asbestos tiles and that is what my tent sits on. Also my tent bottom liner when I slide a pot and saucer one day it ripped a small hole in the tent liner. I can't find a replacement liner, and I'm not about to buy a brand new tent before I get the full use out of this one. I could patch the hole, but meh, my plants don't flood the tent too often unless I make a mistake, I just use a saucer for every pot. But yeah, I was also thinking if i go with the insulation foam board that stuff is also built with a reflective layer so that might help reflect some light upward too is its inside the tent.
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holy crap man! Asbestos tiles?!
Scary shit right there, and then you smoke your herb brother?? I lost my Grandfather, grandmother, aunt and uncle all from mesothelioma...
It affects your lungs... just be careful man, i'd move my tent anywhere else!
 
TwistItUp

TwistItUp

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Its not that bad, not like the roots come in contact with the tiles. There's a couple layers of tent material, saucers, fabric from the smart pot.
 
Logan Burke

Logan Burke

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I was meaning your own safety, but that's good. :bigjoint: I would try to get rid of it after your grow, just because I have no idea how much asbestos it takes to be deadly or dangerous...but I'm glad your grow is going well Twist, best of luck and happy growing! :weed:
 
TwistItUp

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I'm actually not too sure how safe those tiles are either, but they are throughout the whole house. Back family room, kitchen, my room. Under the carpet in the living/front room, hallway, and two other rooms. The bathroom was redone so there is ceramic tiles in there.
 
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have you thought of putting your pots up on those wheeled castor trays? keeps them a few inches off the floor and makes it easy to move the plants around for any trimming or whatever you want to do.
 
TwistItUp

TwistItUp

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That probably would have saved my tent liner a while back. I slide a smart pot on the tent liner and it ripped a hole.
After that I had to start using saucers for every pot/planter. Before ripping a hole in the liner it seemed to hold runoff water.
If I had those castor trays that hole might not have happened, and I also hate stretching my watering can way to the back of the tent,
all while working my way through the other plants/branches. Would be nice to roll the front plants out the way and the back ones forward.
 
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