G.J. Stoner
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Despite my seemingly endless searching I have failed to find a round or dome shaped grow tent. Can anyone help me out here, or am I going to have to be the first again? 
Why not round?
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Serapis
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Maybe because reflectors direct light over a square or rectangular area? Nah, that couldn't be it, that is too simple of an answer....Despite my seemingly endless searching I have failed to find a round or dome shaped grow tent. Can anyone help me out here, or am I going to have to be the first again?
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G.J. Stoner
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Light radiates equally in all directions, Einstein.
Serapis
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ROFL..... You need to lurk more newbie.... All light and lumen and wattage calculations are done by square feet, not by circumference and radii. I'll accept the complement on my intelligence, while I suggest you lurk and read so you'll actually know something about the topic at hand. I think with your smart ass answer, you won't be getting much help here. there is plenty of information in the forum's stickies.
Good luck to you Radius!
LOL
Good luck to you Radius!
LOL
G.J. Stoner
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Serapis
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Alright genius, then you go right ahead and build one and be the first. You are obviously smarter than everyone else using tents.
I'm sub'ed so I can see if you get any other responses other than flames. Maybe you are on to something, but I don't think so.
G.J. Stoner
Member
To enclose a four foot by four foot square area (i.e. 16 sq/ft) requires 16 ft. of whatever material you choose to enclose it with. A 16 sq/ft circular area only requires 14.1825 ft. Where's the waste? In the corners. A circle yields the least surface area for any given volume. The less the surface area the closer to the plants.
Serapis
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LOL, yep, then why is that igloo built with squares?Not quite sure how you figure round is a waste of space. It fits perfectly IMHO.
ive built one with snow balls and i say amen to this man tryn to grow the same amount of plants and watts in a smaller space. you guys are just know it alls appearently and if people stopped designing things and only went with the conventional then think of where we would be nowLOL, yep, then why is that igloo built with squares?
G.J. Stoner
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I never considered snowballs. Don't think I can make that work, but I'll give it some thought.
Not trying to grow watts either. Nor am I trying to grow the same amount of plants in a smaller space. What I am trying to do is make more efficient use of the same amount of space. 16 sq/ft is 16 sq/ft, no matter what shape it is. Hell, the plants themselves are round. No?
Serapis
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Not if properly pruned and staked or scrogged.
Where are you going to place this circle tent? In a corner or against an igloo wall? What about the space your wasting outside the tent? You using circular reflectors or hoods? Got OCD?
j to the c
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I totally agree with the round..... then why are vertical grow rooms round?- the bulb. Why is the bulb round?- strength.........straight lines and squares don't exist in nature, we make them. Squares are easier to measure than circles. A circle is 2 halves of a dome, which is a rounded triangle which is the "strongest" shape, displacing a load from 1 point to two points. So the stem of your plants are actually infinite triangles perfect for transportation and strength. All in all a circular tent would be the bees knees!!
j to the c
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its not about wasting space, its about using your space efficiently
Serapis
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and again I ask, where are you placing this round dome tent? What about the space you are wasting around it? What are you going to do about traying off a huge round floor inside? It hardly sounds efficient to me, but please children of the corn, continue with the discussion.... Maybe we can build round houses and cars too!
I still think this is a troll thead...
I still think this is a troll thead...
dyzel
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Round tents would be a waste of space, more than anything. a 10 foot by 10 foot square room would comfortably be 100 square feet of usable space, as straight lines would allow for easy stacking of pots. You can generally squash a lot more in here than in a circle.
A circular grow area, 10 feet in diameter (therefore using the entire 10x10 room, wall to wall, wasting corners) would give a surface area of roughly 75 square feet. You instantly lost yourself 25% of useful grow space. To match the space made using a square grow, the circle would have to stretch out a few more feet to accommodate the 25% loss.
On a whole other story, circular walls would have improved reflectivity over flat surfaces. Circular structures are also generally stronger than straight edged ones, although this should not be a factor if you build your room well.
Additional troubles will arise when adding accessories to the tent/room. It is much simpler, and cheaper to mount fixtures such as light bulb holders and intake/exhaust fans to a flat, flush surface, than to modify equipment to fit the curved walls securely and in an air and light tight manner.
A circular grow area, 10 feet in diameter (therefore using the entire 10x10 room, wall to wall, wasting corners) would give a surface area of roughly 75 square feet. You instantly lost yourself 25% of useful grow space. To match the space made using a square grow, the circle would have to stretch out a few more feet to accommodate the 25% loss.
On a whole other story, circular walls would have improved reflectivity over flat surfaces. Circular structures are also generally stronger than straight edged ones, although this should not be a factor if you build your room well.
Additional troubles will arise when adding accessories to the tent/room. It is much simpler, and cheaper to mount fixtures such as light bulb holders and intake/exhaust fans to a flat, flush surface, than to modify equipment to fit the curved walls securely and in an air and light tight manner.