Temperature inside tent basement grow

[Franco74]

Hello all, first inside tent basement grow with led lights on my temp is only 68.2 is this ok to start plants in basement is about 71

 

[gorillaglueaaron]

Hello all, first inside tent basement grow with led lights on my temp is only 68.2 is this ok to start plants in basement is about 71

I mean they'll survive but to thrive you want them to start at high 70's at least.

 

[dred]

I start mine about there
gets colder at lights out
im normally 70 to 72 during veg
i have more light for flower then it gets 77ish

should grow would likely grow faster another 5 to 10f

 

[gorillaglueaaron]

I start at around 85 during early veg and slowly lower it to 79 for transition and then slowly lower to 75 by late flower and for the last 2-3 weeks i turn off the heater and it goes down to 68-70 on its own.

 

[Franco74]

Will a small ceramic heater
be sufficient heat in a 48 x48x 60 tent

 

[gorillaglueaaron]

Will a small ceramic heater
be sufficient heat in a 48 x48x 60 tent

Probably.
Are you using a temp controller?

 

[Franco74]

No I have a small cube heater with just high low setting to try

 

[gorillaglueaaron]

I'd try to get one

 

[dred]

Is your tent in a room
if you run the heater to warm up room
a bit probably help

 

[Franco74]

Tent is in a 1300 square ft basement wide open. hoping to just be able to heat in the tent enough to make difference if not I'll just use tent in early spring for cloning and drying

 

[Beachwalker]

My tent is about 68 degrees all winter but I start seeds and cuttings in a domed tray on a propagation mat with a temperature controller set to 78°, works great, highly recommend, good luck!

 

[gorillaglueaaron]

I just don't feel safe leaving my heater on in a pretty small tent unsupervised so I use the controller but if you're not worried about fires or over heating then you can give it a try and see what the temps get to. Controllers are around like $50cad but you could also experiment with a plug timer and have the heater on and off every x amount of minutes.

 

[thedubside]

i use a heater with a thermostat so it will automatically turn on and off to maintain the required temprature. once you get it dialled in its quite effective. wont lie tho for the first few weeks, i was a paranoid mess at work doing 12 hour shifts. was always rally driving home praying i wouldnt see flames bilowing out the window!

 

[gorillaglueaaron]

i use a heater with a thermostat so it will automatically turn on and off to maintain the required temprature. once you get it dialled in its quite effective. wont lie tho for the first few weeks, i was a paranoid mess at work doing 12 hour shifts. was always rally driving home praying i wouldnt see flames bilowing out the window!

Exact same for me

 

[fishbuds]

My tent is about 68 degrees all winter but I start seeds and cuttings in a domed tray on a propagation mat with a temperature controller set to 78°, works great, highly recommend, good luck!

what are your lights out temps in veg?

 

[Beachwalker]

what are your lights out temps in veg?

Veg tent is ambient, usually 68 ° I don't heat veg, only bloom

 

[Madbud]

Keep them off the floor; a pallet, grate or something.

 

[gorillaglueaaron]

Keep them off the floor; a pallet, grate or something.

+1

 

[PipeCarver]

What lights are you using? I use t6 florescent's surrounded by 5ft x 5ft Sq. panda walled frames made of 1" x3" pine & then by a fabric curtain / (black out) and it keeps the temps in my basement in the 70's . I use bathroom fans I boxed up to vent the rooms. I do the same for my 1000w hps for flowering , it gets up to 80 f through the winter but come June I can no longer run it because it gets too hot and humid.

 

[IhatePM]

Temps seem good. When its so cold in the D and my garage heater can't keep up . I've vegged full weeks at 63 w lights on. No problem