Ventilation Question

[dwyndorf]

Hi All,

 

My plants have stretched 300% so I had to move them out of the wardrobe and into the middle of the room . Would ventilation be required if the plants were in the middle of a room with an open window and an oscillating fan blowing 24/7 ?

 

Apart from the stretch the plants are looking excellent, only 5 more weeks to go

 

Cheers

 

dwyndorf

[LoveMeBucket]

i would say tie em down and keep em in the wardrobe if u can... i tried putting em in the middle of a room b4 and it didnt work

 

goodluck

[dwyndorf]

What do you mean it didn't work? Did it get too hot or the plants died??

 

dwyndorf

[Pure]

I started out in an open a big room with with a window open and two ocolating fans and I had no ventilation or over heating issues . BUT I did see the following issues

a ) allot of the light is wasted if you don't build a pnada frame around it

 

Odour Controll is gonna be a bigger issue, you will eighter need a huge fan that can clean out the whole room through a carbon filter or you will need to resort to ozone\

 

 

If you need them in an open area put them in a corner so you can atleast cut down on the lost light

Thoughs where the problems I saw with using an open room but with that said I think I'm gonna have to do it again myself come flowering time :: , my cubourd will get awful cramped with 6 lady's in there

 

so I have to finish my BIG double wardrobe or grow half in my open room which I think I have figured out how to enclose a little

Edited July 4, 2004 by Pure

[LoveMeBucket]

well in my case it was heat, they didnt die they just stopped growing and looked sick so i made a giant cardboard grow box :: and they were fine after that....

 

i think its a wasteful way to grow like pure says, alot of light is wasted... maybe try building some sort of frame around it?

Edited July 4, 2004 by LoveMeBucket

[pipeman]

you shouldn't have any problems as long as you keep your temps under 30 degrees. Do a search for posts by sols on this site and you might find pics of some very impressive plants just grown in an open room with a light hanging off a curtain rail.

 

As others have said you will make more efficient use of your light if it is in an enclosed area but sitting it in a room will work well enough if that is your only option.

[dwyndorf]

Thanks for the quick responses guys. I semi-enclosed the area with mylar and have saved a lot of light. The plants look much happier out of the wardrobe and temps are around 27 degrees. Bud sites are starting to appear everywhere, I'm stoked

 

Cheers

 

dwyndorf

[Pure]

sure ya already figured it out but your window is gonna need to be 100% light sealed as it sticks out like dogs balls to any passers buy personaly I used a sheet of panda from one side to the other behind the curtains that ensures zero light is viewable from outside, I also placed the plants in a corner of the room so I could line the walls with panda to minimise my light wastage at least from 2 sides,

the main reason I changed was not the light wasteage but the dificulty to controll the odour if you don't have this issue I think you will do fine

[LongFingers]

Hey Dwyn, hope those bitches get real sticky for ya. Talking about wasting light, I was just thinking about building a mirrored room, for the reflective purpose, how fucked up would that be??!!!! Heh heh....... and I know a few glaziers too...

 

Good luck with ya grow dwyn, good to hear you sorted that shit out.....

 

LF ::

[States Zone]

Hey Dwyn, hope those bitches get real sticky for ya. Talking about wasting light, I was just thinking about building a mirrored room, for the reflective purpose, how fucked up would that be??!!!! Heh heh....... and I know a few glaziers too...

 

Good luck with ya grow dwyn, good to hear you sorted that shit out.....

 

LF ::

that would rock and be trippy as hell, but dont mirrors absorb alot of light??