Thanks for the suggestions and opinions everyone. The timers came on about 2.5 hours ago and the 4x4 tent is at 74.6 and the 2x4 is at 79.7. The small ceramic heaters are the smallest I could find at 250 watts. I would have liked to get one that has a programmable thermostat, but those were all a bit too big and I thought they would be too close to the plants. I do have my exhaust fans (6" in large tent and 4" in small tent) going as well, so oping this all helps.
Also, I should point out that the basement floor is concrete, but I have some of the gym floor mats down and the tent is on that. The plants are also in saucers with risers so there is some space between the plants and the floor. That said, it's still a very cold floor and a room temp of 64, so hopefully the heaters do the trick.
What's the reason yulou dint like the heaters
@MrOldBoy ?
I could so a single 48x20 mat in the 2x4 and two side by side in the 4x4 I auppose..just thought the mini heaters would work better...currently between 77 and 80.1 in both tents.
Heat is uneven and whatever plant is close will suffer .... if / when you see the leaves curling inward that’s a symptom .....
Heated floor, heat is even throughout tent .....
Preference is to heat room outside tent and pull in 70 degree air into the tent but sometimes not possible .....
Can you hang “tarp walls” around tent and heat inside the walls .... tossing out ideas .....
Ask yourself this ..... Would you like a room with
A. Heater just in one location, even if middle
B. Entire Floor evenly heated
Myself I’m taking the heated floor ..... With heat radiating from one location somebodies going to be too hot and someone’s going to be cold .....
Plus with single heat you’ll need to blow it around to distribute somehow - If you single source blow straight up and have fans in opposite corners pushing warm air down but then that’s f__ked up as you don’t want hot air falling downward ......
Personally I tried heating outside an intake vent and blowing in, didn’t work, but then different setups, who knows, certainly not me, I have no side by side tests, just Stoner Science!
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