Hi All!
Today I was planning on pulling the trigger on a cheap grow tent before the winter weather kicks in. Even in the summer, I grow most of my plants indoors because my patio is too shaded and the deer keep eating stuff! censor Anyways, I've run into some issues that I hadn't accounted for and so I thought it best to see if I can get some advice. Not to mention, some of the more critical reviews for the tents that I'm looking at are off-putting (leakage, broken zippers, size misrepresentation, etc.). But, since I'm going cheap, this is probably unavoidable and I'll just have to make the best of it.
I am going for just a general tropical setup--warm and high humidity, nothing super specific, but I'm hoping to keep some succulents in there as well since I have nowhere else to keep them over the winter. I did a couple searches and saw some setups that were posted in the past here, but I am hoping to see what some people's current setups look like and if there are any things that I need to account for that I might have missed. Like how do you keep it from leaking or keep the leaks from ruining the floor? I am intending to have this in my apartment bedroom, so there's carpet that I need to protect.
I'm thinking if I just get a waterproof rug to set it on top of that it might be okay. Maybe I can put something between the waterproof rug and the tent to raise it up so that air can flow underneath it and dry it out.
I have two 4ft T5 lights (these) that I'm intending to hang in there somehow. I was thinking I'd get some sort of cheap shelving to put inside of it and mount the lights to that. I'm planning to improvise that part when I get the actual tent since many of them seem to have the same "empty" setup.
I've narrowed it down to these two on amazon, but I'm absolutely open to other suggestions:
VIVOSUN
APOLLO
I'm leaning towards the VIVOSUN one mostly because the warranty is better and their customer service looks good too. Most everything else is identical.
What do you guys think and do you have any suggestions? Anything else I've missed when considering a grow tent in a carpeted room in a small apartment?
Today I was planning on pulling the trigger on a cheap grow tent before the winter weather kicks in. Even in the summer, I grow most of my plants indoors because my patio is too shaded and the deer keep eating stuff! censor Anyways, I've run into some issues that I hadn't accounted for and so I thought it best to see if I can get some advice. Not to mention, some of the more critical reviews for the tents that I'm looking at are off-putting (leakage, broken zippers, size misrepresentation, etc.). But, since I'm going cheap, this is probably unavoidable and I'll just have to make the best of it.
I am going for just a general tropical setup--warm and high humidity, nothing super specific, but I'm hoping to keep some succulents in there as well since I have nowhere else to keep them over the winter. I did a couple searches and saw some setups that were posted in the past here, but I am hoping to see what some people's current setups look like and if there are any things that I need to account for that I might have missed. Like how do you keep it from leaking or keep the leaks from ruining the floor? I am intending to have this in my apartment bedroom, so there's carpet that I need to protect.
I'm thinking if I just get a waterproof rug to set it on top of that it might be okay. Maybe I can put something between the waterproof rug and the tent to raise it up so that air can flow underneath it and dry it out.
I have two 4ft T5 lights (these) that I'm intending to hang in there somehow. I was thinking I'd get some sort of cheap shelving to put inside of it and mount the lights to that. I'm planning to improvise that part when I get the actual tent since many of them seem to have the same "empty" setup.
I've narrowed it down to these two on amazon, but I'm absolutely open to other suggestions:
VIVOSUN
APOLLO
I'm leaning towards the VIVOSUN one mostly because the warranty is better and their customer service looks good too. Most everything else is identical.
What do you guys think and do you have any suggestions? Anything else I've missed when considering a grow tent in a carpeted room in a small apartment?