At first I started in my kitchen, using a telescope pole for hanging shower curtains to hang the lamp.
After a while I came to the conclusion: yes, a tent would come in handy. And then I spiraled into the money spending vortex... finally I ended up with following setup:
-grow tent 4x4 by SF (6" inline fan + carbon filter, 1 clip fan, GGS AC5 power strip, all SF sensors)
-2x Hortione 600 Full Spectrum LED (220 Watt) - manufacturer's product sheet -
-Hortione Bluetooth and Knob-Dimmer 0-10V controlled via Tuya app
Supplemental lighting:
-1x SF UV60 & IR30 (IR not in use, too lazy to install)
-2x Ralight Under Canopy LED 120W
Pots:
I started to grow in cheap plastic pots, 14l (3.7 gallons)... at later stages I transplanted the ladies into Superoot Air Pot 7 20l (5.3 gallon).
As you see in the picture above I placed the lamps uneven, for following reason:
3 of the plant grew a bit higher than the other 3. Those 3 plants also don't need as much light, as they're either in early flowering or late flowering stage.
So I decided to move the 3 bigger ones into the "backrow". Then I hanged the lamp so, that there is ~600ppfd at the back wall of the tent. The front lamp hangs lower, because the plants are smaller in height. Further I moved the lamp in the back a bit more than the manual says towards the front light.
Works perfect for me: because of the height difference the lower lamp doesn't not really add light to the backrow's canopy. But the higher lamp adds massively to ppfd above the front row's canopy. Exactly as intended.
So I have ppfd reaching from 600 (back wall) over 900-1000 (space between front and backrow) up to 1196 ppfd above front row.
(All measurements taken approx. 1" above the height of the highest buds in each row)
CO2-Supplementation (LOW budget!!!):
I'm using "natural" CO2 supplementation. 1 to 2 humans + 2 large dogs breath a lot of CO2 into a living room.
CO2-Control-Kit (LOW budget!!!):
Analogue hand-driven controller for CO2 level [technical term: "balcony door"].
3 settings possible:
1. "Door wide open" -> stabilizes at 800-900ppm
2. "Door open, just a little" -> stabilizes at 1,100-1,200ppm
3. "Door closed" -> raises CO2 to 1,600ppm+
After a while I came to the conclusion: yes, a tent would come in handy. And then I spiraled into the money spending vortex... finally I ended up with following setup:
-grow tent 4x4 by SF (6" inline fan + carbon filter, 1 clip fan, GGS AC5 power strip, all SF sensors)
-2x Hortione 600 Full Spectrum LED (220 Watt) - manufacturer's product sheet -
-Hortione Bluetooth and Knob-Dimmer 0-10V controlled via Tuya app
Supplemental lighting:
-1x SF UV60 & IR30 (IR not in use, too lazy to install)
-2x Ralight Under Canopy LED 120W
Pots:
I started to grow in cheap plastic pots, 14l (3.7 gallons)... at later stages I transplanted the ladies into Superoot Air Pot 7 20l (5.3 gallon).
As you see in the picture above I placed the lamps uneven, for following reason:
3 of the plant grew a bit higher than the other 3. Those 3 plants also don't need as much light, as they're either in early flowering or late flowering stage.
So I decided to move the 3 bigger ones into the "backrow". Then I hanged the lamp so, that there is ~600ppfd at the back wall of the tent. The front lamp hangs lower, because the plants are smaller in height. Further I moved the lamp in the back a bit more than the manual says towards the front light.
Works perfect for me: because of the height difference the lower lamp doesn't not really add light to the backrow's canopy. But the higher lamp adds massively to ppfd above the front row's canopy. Exactly as intended.
So I have ppfd reaching from 600 (back wall) over 900-1000 (space between front and backrow) up to 1196 ppfd above front row.
(All measurements taken approx. 1" above the height of the highest buds in each row)
CO2-Supplementation (LOW budget!!!):
I'm using "natural" CO2 supplementation. 1 to 2 humans + 2 large dogs breath a lot of CO2 into a living room.
CO2-Control-Kit (LOW budget!!!):
Analogue hand-driven controller for CO2 level [technical term: "balcony door"].
3 settings possible:
1. "Door wide open" -> stabilizes at 800-900ppm
2. "Door open, just a little" -> stabilizes at 1,100-1,200ppm
3. "Door closed" -> raises CO2 to 1,600ppm+
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