Going indoors this winter and I would like to go Auto on less than a grand. Hope to get a 5x5 or 6x6 setup. I was going to build a room but I am curious about grow tents. Never did well indoors because of moisture problems in my basement but I have fixed that issue and want to try again.Open to all ideas. Thanks to all who contribute.
Indoor Going Indoors On A Budget This Winter--Helpful tips appreciated
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Here's a dirt cheap unbranded Black Orchid 80x80x160 grow tent http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/221286120100 . Enough for 4 plants. Usually retails around £60 or so buts its only £42 there. Got one myself. Think they have rope ratchets on sale too for a fiver. Oh and a few inline exhaust fans and carbon filters. Always looking out for sales so just thought I'd give a heads up.
thank you supernaan
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Grow tents work very well. There are three things why they are better then just to grow in the room, at least in my case. I have one room with tent and I use it because of the circumstances described bellow. And I have another room, where I do not use it, because none of the circumstances bellow make any problem for me and I would lose some precious space.
If you use tent:
1. You do not need much preparation with your room, so almost everything remains the same as before, I mean, if you have to disappear with your grow, you just colect the stuff and pack your tent and there is no trace of growing in the room, if that is important for you at all, of course.
2. You get some temperature buffer between cold outside and plants. With tent, windows may be open also when quite cold outside, not too cold, of course. If winter fresh air would contact your plants, it would be too cold for them, slows growth. If there is tent full of hot lights, temperature in the tent could be 10C higher that outside room and 20-30 higher then outside, despite half open window.
In winter, cold air comming from outside does not carry much water so it helps with humidity too. To some extent, of course. The rest is dried with dehumidifiers.
This part is hard to handle at the very beginning, until you learn how things behave. And you need some fans, hoses, etc.
3. Smell control is easier with tent or in many cases possible at all.
If you have not seen one, they are very, very well manufactured for this job and I can not find a single bad word for it. I use Secret Jardin.
In fact, tent only needs to be solid enough, mostly they are, and the rest is your duty. I mean to circle air, provide right temps, right RH, etc.
Good Luck.
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