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[chinamon]

Originally Posted by GpsFrontier

We a are still getting 107 degree days where I live. If your winters are that cool reversing the fan so it sucks in the outside air will work far better than trying to suck out the hot air from the tent. You may need to regulate it so it doesn't get too cold. Like using a Y connector, and a butterfly valve on the side that runs to the window. The other end of the Y connector would run outside the tent but inside the window. Unless the tent is air tight this will cool down the room somewhat.

During the summer, if the room the tent is located in has a central heating and ac vent and your parents don't mind, you may be able to utilize that source for the cool air. The lights give off heat and there is nothing that you can do to change that unless you get different lights, so that heat needs to go somewhere. If you can use the AC for cool air during the summer then you can vent the exhaust out the window, though I think that the lights would genorate much more heat than you can get rid of. You may need to still use a system like I described in the other post as well as insulate each bucket and the reservoir to achieve the right water temp.

Again, I know that you want to keep everything inside the tent. But if you could talk your parents into letting you keep the plants outside, you could use the free sunlight for light, and just keep the nutrient holding tank inside the window. Then just run the feed and return lines through the window. You would need to keep the plants above the window level so gravity will bring the nutrients back inside the window, otherwise you would need another pump for that. You will still need to do something to cool the nutrients down but you wont be heating up the room the tent is in and wasting all that AC, as well as saving all that electricity the lights and fans would be using. (NOTE: you will need to insulate the buckets the plants are in to help keep the root zone cool. If the nutrient solution is cool the root zone will be cool.)

i just realized that if i dont zip up the tent then it doesnt get that warm and i dont need to use the fan at all cuz there is enough air circulation in this room.
running the lines through my windows would mean i would have to cut holes in the screens and i would get shot for that. the only way i would be about to do an outdoor system is if i put the reservoir outside. i think i know how i can do it... i can put the reservoir under my deck! i just need to find the plans to build a nice system (possibly NFT?)

[GpsFrontier]

Originally Posted by chinamon

each bucket is its own nutrient. it is a DWC (deep water culture) system and each bucket has its own air stone. they are 3gal buckets but i only have about 2-2.5gal in there right now. when the roots grow more i will decrease it.

Sorry, I just read this post. This wouldn't change what I have described for the winter though it defiantly does for the summer. For this you could use a system like the coils and Styrofoam that I described earlier, but you would need to run a separate feed and drain line to and from each bucket. You would also need a serge tank for the pump and to run the lines from. I will need to draw it out because it is kind of confusing to explain. Though I would seriously consider changing the design so that all the plants were using the same nutrients. For that you would just need a base container big enough to support the plants and wide enough for the plant spacing keeping in mind the size of full grown plants. Make the holes where needed, paint it if needed. Then it should only take you a few minuets to transfer the nutrients, plants and air stones to the new base container. This will also make it much simpler to design the coils and Styrofoam cooling system if still needed, as well as changing the nutrients out.

[GpsFrontier]

Originally Posted by chinamon

i just realized that if i dont zip up the tent then it doesnt get that warm and i dont need to use the fan at all cuz there is enough air circulation in this room.
running the lines through my windows would mean i would have to cut holes in the screens and i would get shot for that. the only way i would be about to do an outdoor system is if i put the reservoir outside. i think i know how i can do it... i can put the reservoir under my deck! i just need to find the plans to build a nice system (possibly NFT?)

Let me know If you want help designing a outdoor system. I would just need to know some particulars, but I can come up with some ideas for you. I am in the process of building a second website and "Free Design Plans" for hydroponic gardens is one of the sections that is on the website. Although there is none listed there yet I have many plans in the works and even a few others are going to send me. So that is right up my ally. You can see the link to my new Home Hydroponic Systems in the signature of my posts if you want to have a look at the new site. It's a new site (only live about a week), so I am still working on it and adding content to it daily.

[chinamon]

Originally Posted by GpsFrontier

Let me know If you want help designing a outdoor system. I would just need to know some particulars, but I can come up with some ideas for you. I am in the process of building a second website and "Free Design Plans" for hydroponic gardens is one of the sections that is on the website. Although there is none listed there yet I have many plans in the works and even a few others are going to send me. So that is right up my ally. You can see the link to my new Home Hydroponic Systems in the signature of my posts if you want to have a look at the new site. It's a new site, so I am still working on it and adding content to it daily.

i will definitely let you know about that probably over the winter. im thinking maybe just two rows (7 each). i would like to grow anything small like lettuce to big like peppers.

[GpsFrontier]

Originally Posted by chinamon

i will definitely let you know about that probably over the winter. im thinking maybe just two rows (7 each). i would like to grow anything small like lettuce to big like peppers.

Great, I would love to help. When growing outside weather is a factor. Their are some things you can do like cover it with a plastic tarp to keep frost out, and shade cloth during summer to help block the suns heat. Also winter can be tricky because some plants don't do well in cold claimants. The short daylight hours can be a problem also. Though you can use lights, and turn them on 1-2 hours before the sun comes up and again just before it goes down to extend the daylight hours. If you send me a private message I can give you my personal e-mail or you can just use the e-mail address on the contact us page of the home hydro systems website. It's a temporary one right now but I do check it about once a day. I plan to have the permanent one setup within the next week.

[chinamon]

Originally Posted by GpsFrontier

Great, I would love to help. When growing outside weather is a factor. Their are some things you can do like cover it with a plastic tarp to keep frost out, and shade cloth during summer to help block the suns heat. Also winter can be tricky because some plants don't do well in cold claimants. The short daylight hours can be a problem also. Though you can use lights, and turn them on 1-2 hours before the sun comes up and again just before it goes down to extend the daylight hours. If you send me a private message I can give you my personal e-mail or you can just use the e-mail address on the contact us page of the home hydro systems website. It's a temporary one right now but I do check it about once a day. I plan to have the permanent one setup within the next week.

i would only be able to grow starting late spring until fall. being in canada no plants would survive our winter. the nutrient water wouldnt even be able to stay in liquid form.