Thu, 2010/09/09 - 12:50pm
Proper Grow Tent Grow Room
A long awaited project to construct a 'proper grow area' to get some decent plants going...
Quick list of ingredients:
Jardin Dark Room DR120 Grow Tent (200cm x 120cm x120cm)
Diamond Grow Light and Ballast
Grolux 400w Dual Spectrum Bulb - does veg and flowering with one light
Ruck RKW 100L Temperature Controlled Extractor Fan - for removing the heat from the tent
Maxiswitch 10 amp Light Controller - used to switch the light on/off via the ballast, stops the timer from being fried!
Grasslin Mechanical Timer - to control the lighting period
Digital Temperature/Humidity Meter
6 inch clip-on Ventilation Fan
4 inch Acoustic Ducting
EZ Light Hanging Rollers
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(1 vote)
Thu, 2010/09/09 - 2:17pm
#2
Very cool, Peat! Remove heat... Is your garage heated, then? My garage doesn't get very warm, even in summer.
WTG, Judith! I hope it goes well for you!
Fri, 2010/09/10 - 9:58am
#3
Hi Judith, will be good to see what your growing again. 
Gisette - the extractor fan resides in the tent itself and removes the heat from the light, you leave a port open at the base of the tent and the fan pulls cooler air through this and exhausts the heat higher up. You use ducting to connect to the fan inside and feed it through, and away, from the tent to outside, higher up is preferable.
Sun, 2010/09/12 - 8:07pm
#4
So, Peat. When these tomatoes have done their thing... Will you grow cucumbers in the grow tent? 
Tue, 2010/09/14 - 12:19pm
#5
Hydroponic cukes of course, in a decent container with room to spread their roots using the FloraMato/FloraMicro nutes again.
Here's what the three tomatoe plants currently look like, about 20 inches high now and planted in 10 inch pots - will be good to get them under the grow light and see how they do.
All bits supposed to be arriving on 20th, hoping to get everything running by mid week.
Tue, 2010/09/14 - 12:41pm
#6
Yeah, the light's probably getting a bit limiting by now. What's in the green pot?
Tue, 2010/09/14 - 2:07pm
#7
Spinach, first time with this - they are just sprouting at the moment.
Tue, 2010/09/14 - 7:24pm
#8
Oh, good luck! It's ... surprisingly not-easy to grow spinach. 
I've planted 6 recently... 1 has sprouted...
Wed, 2010/09/15 - 11:10am
#9
Oh, didn't know that.
I planted eight, five are up and look well, the rest have not emerged.
Wed, 2010/09/15 - 12:34pm
#10
Could be that my potting mix is too acidic for them, dunno.
WOW! Sounds 'proper' all right! This will be very interesting to watch.
I've finally started my planting again. Hoping to be able to continue it. Will be watching your progress.
Enjoy!