trying to kill a 4x4 tent, 2lbs is it possible?

Running your ballast at 50% will shorten the life span of your bulb and make it much less efficient via watt for Lumen ratio.

mr sunshine said:

I hate tents they are always 10 to 15 degrees hotter then the room they are in...

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Without ventilation and proper cooling, of course they are. But who would be foolish enough to overlook that?

The_Herban_Legend said:

Without ventilation and proper cooling, of course they are. But who would be foolish enough to overlook that?

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Your mom.

mr sunshine said:

Your mom.

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Keeping a perfect environment year round is harder in a tent..u can do it but not without a window ac during the summer..In the winter you can just crack a window.a tent will always be 10 to 15 degrees hotter then the room it's in. Also huge temperature swings in a tent..

mr sunshine said:

Keeping a perfect environment year round is harder in a tent..u can do it but not without a window ac during the summer..In the winter you can just crack a window.a tent will always be 10 to 15 degrees hotter then the room it's in. Also huge temperature swings in a tent..

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That's kind of true but not really. What if you're running a ventilation system that is passive and circulates air from the room to the tent. The air would be the same and so would the temperatures, would it not? Add in a window ac unit and you have the perfect temperatures for growing in a tent.

The_Herban_Legend said:

That's kind of true but not really. What if you're running a ventilation system that is passive and circulates air from the room to the tent. The air would be the same and so would the temperatures, would it not? Add in a window ac unit and you have the perfect temperatures for growing.

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That doesn't work like that.. The only way would be to air cool your light using fresh air from a conjoined room and out of the wall into another room then you would need the ventilation system sucking everything out of the tent and spitting it into the attic. And probably a window ac with a thermostat during the summer. You will need to keep the room your tents in at 68 to keep your tent below 80 degrees. It sucks. During the winter it's alright.

mr sunshine said:

That doesn't work like that.. The only way would be to air cool your light using fresh air from a conjoined room and out of the wall into another room then you would need the ventilation system sucking everything out of the tent and spitting it into the attic. And probably a window ac with a thermostat during the summer. You will need to keep the room your tents in at 68 to keep your tent below 80 degrees. It sucks. During the winter it's alright.

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No doubt it's more work and money to keep it going but I know for a fact, that the way I described, works. My temps peek at 82 F. and I run two 1000w lights in the 8" x 4" tent.

You can air cool the hoods from another source of air (don't suck air from the room the tent is in), add a window ac to the room an exhaust the tent back into the room not the attic, you won't be wasting your cold air by sucking it straight out of the room, plus you won't have negative pressure in your house. The negative pressure only needs to be in the tent. You just have to size the window ac to the size of your room plus the heat from your light. Your essentially creating a lung room.

I forgot to add that I exhaust outside.

The_Herban_Legend said:

I forgot to add that I exhaust outside.

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You also forgot to add that this is your first grow..

mr sunshine said:

You also forgot to add that this is your first grow..View attachment 3476552

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We weren't talking about the quantity of grows. The subject was temperature in a tent. Have trouble staying on topic? How are my plants? Considering I am a first time grower and according to you, I am growing in the most difficult environment possible, I would say I am doing pretty good.

Dead silence, is sometimes the greatest compliment you can receive. Run weasel, run.

The_Herban_Legend said:

We weren't talking about the quantity of grows. The subject was temperature in a tent. Have trouble staying on topic? How are my plants? Considering I am a first time grower and according to you, I am growing in the most difficult environment possible, I would say I am doing pretty good.View attachment 3476557

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Looks alright for a noob, kinda gray looking. Ditch the tent and you will get better results. A tent cost more to keep in check year round. Nobody said it was the toughest environment to grow in just less efficient is all.

mr sunshine said:

Looks alright for a noob, kinda gray looking..

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It's a new strain called 50 shades of grey.

Your gonna need more AC.....4x8 with 96 in hydroton or rockwool. 70 gal rez.
From cut to 12/12 5 weeks and you should come very close to 4 bows.....

i feel blessed....i havent had to deal with any of the so-called negative things that have been pointed out here, temps swings in tents........CONTROLLED ENVIROMENTS! not that hard imho.

It's funny, I've never had the issues that a lot of people speak of with tents. With my 600 watt in my 2ft x 4ft x 5.5ft I can keep it below 80f with an ambient room temperature of 72. The issue I have, is loosing space from negative pressure.

Midwest Weedist said:

It's funny, I've never had the issues that a lot of people speak of with tents. With my 600 watt in my 2ft x 4ft x 5.5ft I can keep it below 80f with an ambient room temperature of 72. The issue I have, is loosing space from negative pressure.

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LOL... that gives a hell of a mental image!

There is always the double bulbed hood..

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