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Weighing my best grow space options.

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So its been a while since have done any indoor, but I want to start playing around with it again, after this outdoor season. I have this tiny room in my garage, with a permanent desk built into it. Basically their are two spots I could potentially setup a grow. One of them is on the desk, which would be much more comfortable to work on, but it only has 5 ft from the ceiling. I also have a smaller less convenient spot on the floor that would have much more vertical space, but less horizontal space and it would block my shelves . Which spot do you all think I should use?
 
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You dont really need a lot of height if done right. I would stick with what's more comfortable and convenient.

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BigCube said:
You dont really need a lot of height if done right. I would stick with what's more comfortable and convenient.

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Home made micro tent.

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Thanks cube, sorry I didn’t see this before. Good to hear, that will be a much better layout.
 
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@BigCube
I have got a rough version of the room set up so I can get some feedback.

Please let me know what you think I should improve.

@One drop @Aqua Man I would appreciate your thoughts as well if you have a sec.

The three lights are 2 viparspectra “par 600” 100 watt, and a 150watt hps. The seedling light is a 45watt generic chinese led.
 

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tomatoesarecooltoo said:
@BigCube
I have got a rough version of the room set up so I can get some feedback.

Please let me know what you think I should improve.

@One drop @Aqua Man I would appreciate your thoughts as well if you have a sec.

The three lights are 2 viparspectra “par 600” 100 watt, and a 150watt hps. The seedling light is a 45watt generic chinese led.
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Sounds look a good plan. Where is the fresh air coming and how do you plant to control temps?
 
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Aqua Man said:
Sounds look a good plan. Where is the fresh air coming and how do you plant to control temps?
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Planning of doing active air in through a duct coming in from outside.

For temps I was going to run it during the cool season, hoping that would be enough, maybe that is a little optimistic.
 
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tomatoesarecooltoo said:
Planning of doing active air in through a duct coming in from outside.

For temps I was going to run it during the cool season, hoping that would be enough, maybe that is a little optimistic.
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You will be in large part at the mercy of the weather. I'm not sure of your climate so that may not be an issue. We hit -40 in winter here so I know for me it would be.
 
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Aqua Man said:
You will be in large part at the mercy of the weather. I'm not sure of your climate so that may not be an issue. We hit -40 in winter here so I know for me it would be.
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Oh yeah the yearly low here is positive 40 in January at night. I don’t think the room would get that low though even with active in.
 
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tomatoesarecooltoo said:
Planning of doing active air in through a duct coming in from outside.

For temps I was going to run it during the cool season, hoping that would be enough, maybe that is a little optimistic.
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Careful with outside air for intake. Need good air filters and they will likely need changing/cleaning often.
 
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Just went down to the local grow store and it had changed owners. The new staff didn’t know shit. Everything worthwhile was out of stock. Very disappointing, it was a good shop.
 
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tomatoesarecooltoo said:
Just went down to the local grow store and it had changed owners. The new staff didn’t know shit. Everything worthwhile was out of stock. Very disappointing, it was a good shop.
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That seems to be what happens to most of the good shops around here.

I stopped buying ocean forest because i can never be sure i will find a properly stored fresh fluffy bag.

Pro mix was at the feed store and only a couple months old. The farmers know whats up. New weed business folks just keep coming and going.
 
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MIMedGrower said:
That seems to be what happens to most of the good shops around here.

I stopped buying ocean forest because i can never be sure i will find a properly stored fresh fluffy bag.

Pro mix was at the feed store and only a couple months old. The farmers know whats up. New weed business folks just keep coming and going.
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I will check my local feed store, I go their anyway for ecoflake which I use to balance my compost pile.

Their is a local garden store that is ok. Not as good selection as the old grow store but way better than the new store.

Previous owner was a well respected local grower.
 
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Can fan makes little HEPA filter boxes for intakes
 
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Aqua Man said:
Sounds look a good plan. Where is the fresh air coming and how do you plant to control temps?
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tomatoesarecooltoo said:
I am leaning more towards investing in temperature control, since I am planning to use that space as a dry room before I get it set up as a grow space.
A youtube grower recommended an AC infinity. Thoughts?
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After digging a little deeper, the AC infinity is not an AC at all, its just a fan that kicks on and off based on the controller / sensor.
@Aqua Man What are do you recommend for temperature control?
 
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tomatoesarecooltoo said:
After digging a little deeper, the AC infinity is not an AC at all, its just a fan that kicks on and off based on the controller / sensor.
@Aqua Man What are do you recommend for temperature control?
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I use an AC infinity fan, but as you said it's just a fan. I pull in room temp air (72) passively in my tent and exhaust into a can-33. It works fine; my mother can stand next to it with no smell. I do also use a dehumidifier in flower.
 
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