Hi everyone ! We’ve got a first timer over here ! So glad I made the decision to grab a grow tent. Bought a small 3x3x3.4 grow set up. Came with everything you would need. I was like a kid on Christmas Day ripping the boxes open and then my anxiety kicked in and I realized I had no clues what I was doing. Through the help of some good friends and by luck finding this forum, I’m actually on my way (knock on wood)! Homegrown Cannabis Company is where I scooped my G13 and WW feminized Auto Flower. I’m using a ipow grow tent kit. Full spectrum light and I have a small fan on low giving lots of fresh air. I’m currently on day 14 ! My ladies seem to be doing great. I’m using a 18-6 light cycle. I had a small snafu with my timer which resulted in being on for close to 24 hours. I also think that I was trying to be mindful of over watering ended up not giving enough. I was watering only at the base but have come out a little wider now. Anywho would love some thoughts and opinions on my first set up. Plans in place for a much larger set up on the way. Will keep y’all posted !
Welcome @Igrowthings to ILGM forum. I hear you on getting going on the grow. I kinda went overboard when I started full on. I just left some things out. School of hard knocks was a humbling experience. You want some killer weed but there are some obstacles along the way that can impede your progress.
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A couple of things I see from your pictures is your fan on top of your tent and exposed soil.
I would cover your soil with some non-organic substrate like washed sand. That is a way to keep bugs out of your buds. Most bugs need water and organic material for their lifecycle.
Heat will rise out of your tent.
Open up your top vents and position your fan in front of one of the bottom vents that is open.
You need to pull air from the bottom of your tent. That is where the cool air and CO2 will be located. Hot air rises and CO2 is the heaviest component of air.
This or till the top two inches of soil regularly with fingers or a fork. Some people even use perlite but that seems like a waste to me.
You should invest in an inline ventilation fan as well as a carbon filter if smells are an issue, weed gets loud when its flowering especially if you have a lb of flowers growing in there!
If you can i would look into the ventilation stuff as well. I bought two cheap inline fans from Amazon and cinched them into the side holes of the tent. Lower fan is intake and upper fan is exhaust
You install an exhaust fan on top sucking out air I’d imagine you’ll need a 4” fan.
iPower 4 Inch 130 CFM Inline Duct Fan with Variable Speed Controller HVAC Quiet Exhaust Blower for Heating Cooling, Grow Tents, 4", Hydroponics Ventilation
