my grow room too hot!!!

Discussion in 'First Time Marijuana Growers' started by geeone, Apr 22, 2011.

  1. hi there,
    as you may all notice i am new to this site, i am a 1st time grower and i thought hey i need to sign up to a forum..... so here i am. :)

    i have just started my 1st grow, i am growing 3 lowryders under a 125w DUAL SPECTRUM CFL,
    they look as tho they have had a good start they are about 7 days from a seed,
    THE PROBLEM i am having is heat, now i am kind of doing a stealth grow so open space is a problem for ventilation. from the start they have been in here and it gets between 34-38 degrees C, they seem to be growing okay at the moment, but is there any advice for me? will they indeed die in the end or will they survive?

    pleaseee help

    IF PHOTOS NEEDED I CAN UPLOAD

    many thanks

    GEEONE
     
  2. Thats a 100f that's way to hot. You want it no hotter than 85 and that's hot. Your heat stressing the planta
     
  3. well first off your going to need more lights than just that to grow three plants...with 3 plants your looking at more around 200w just to let you know.

    Now of course with more lights that will be more heat, and 34c is WAY to hot! I dont know Celsius but you want your room to be around 70-85 degrees Fahrenheit. To get these temps down is quite simple...your going to need an intake fan and and outtake or exhaust fan.

    Now you cant just stick to random sized fans in your grow box and think it will work right. Put your intake near the bottom of your box and the outtake near the top (heat raises). You will also have to make the outtake slightly larger than the intake i think its about 1/5 larger (correct me if im wrong blades)

    But hope that helps good luck with the plants
     
  4. hi guys thanks alot for the help :(:(:(:( basically im killing my plants.... NOT GOOD,

    ok so i just went online, as i am stealthing is there an idea of the size fan? a good place to buy small fans and a rought price i should look to pay forboth intake and outlet??

    thanks again

    GEEONE
     
  5. I agree.
    1. More ventilation. A fan in the cabinet giving the plants a draught will help, but as mentioned, an exhaust fan is needed.
    2. More light.
     
  6. i would also add a 6" clip on oscillating fan. depending on the temp out side the grow space and the inside area you might be able to get away with just an extraction fan. especially if your space is sealed off. look into vortex type fans. you can find some variants pretty cheap. good luck
     
  7. ok thanks alot guys, im going to work on ventilation and i will be back with updates, as from now apart from heat i think im going pretty good :).....

    im on the search for a good quality fan in the mean time iv managed to get heat down to 34 degrees c at peak... still WAYYY to high i know but hey im trying :p

    thanks alot again for the help, may sound silly but was a BIG help,

    many thanks

    GEEONE
     
  8. You could allow 90 degrees F if you added compressed co2 to your grow. Not only that, but you would have a larger yield.
     

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