How to Build the Best Basic Indoor Grow Setup?
What to consider when choosing your basic indoor grow setup? Read our tips here and harvest the best buds possible.
Choosing to switch from outdoor growing to a basic indoor grow setup is quite the milestone for a medicinal plants user. Indeed, growing outdoors – a popular choice for many – can be fairly easy if the weather is not too demanding: throw germinated seeds in some soil, water, harvest, dry, consume, repeat. This is why growers can feel overwhelmed by the difficulties that seemingly go hand in hand with indoor growing.
Find Grow Room Space
The first step to setting up a indoor grow room begins with finding a space that is out of the way with no traffic.
You will need to know how many plants you are planning on, what types of growing mediums you plan on using, the lighting that will be utilized and how to supply the electrical needs to the grow room are the important factors to consider. Having a well thought out plan will save you money and time. Choosing an indoor grow tent kit may be the best choice.
ECO Farm 4'x4' 680W COB LED Grow Light Essential Grow Tent Kit
ECO Farm grow kits are simple to set up and makes it easier to begin growing.
The first benefit of buying a ECO Farm Essential grow tent kit is that it’s compact. Even if you have a small apartment with little closet space, you can set up a Essential grow kit there.
ECO Farm Essential grow tent kits are moveable, so you can take them with you wherever you go. This is especially useful because grow tent kits are a big initial investment. Being able to pack up them up with you saves costs of setting up a new growing operation.
Light
When it comes to lighting in your grow tent, you want as much as possible. Plenty of lights is going to be one of the key factors in how well your plants grow. Keep in mind that it is possible to have too much light. Lighting technology has advanced considerably in the last decade
If your budget allows then purchased LED lamps for your tent. Full spectrum LED grow lights are designed to emit light in a full spectrum of color without getting overly warm, providing you with the best option for grow tent lighting.
Light reflection
Many people don’t consider this aspect, but having a growing system with a reflective material on the interior of the growing tent will be incredibly convenient. Not only does this help to keep light pollution from infiltrating your house but it will also help plants grow more optimally.
All of these conditions are simply rough guidelines. The absolute best thing to do it to play with all of the grow settings until you find the best combination that works for the plants you are attempting to grow.
Make your basic indoor grow setup other-friendly
There are various reasons why you would want to minimize the smell of your crop – be it for the benefit of your neighbours, or your own. This is why you may want to invest in the following accessories.
A carbon filter
Grow tents can generally be fitted with an exhaust system consisting of ducting, a carbon filter, and a matching fan. The purpose is to fan out any smell emanating from your growing plants towards a safe spot – that is, not directly into someone else’s air-conditioning.
First and foremost, you need to ensure your filter and your fan have matching sizes. And once you have chosen your carbon filter, also consider the CFM (Cubic Feet per Minute) rating, i.e., the air volume shuffled by it. Both items should have the same CFM rating for optimal ventilation. But don’t lose your sleep over this; as is the case for lighting, carbon filter kits can easily be found.
Air freshening products
If you do not have the possibility to install an exhaust system on your grow space, consider palliating to the situation with air fresheners. Plenty of such products can be purchased in growshops, and are manufactured for this purpose. If you’d rather take a more natural approach, certain plants, such as lavender, can be grown in proximity to your medicinal plants(but not in the grow space itself) in order to lessen the smell factor.
Humidifier
When working in such a large space you’ll need to add humidity to the air somehow, and the best ways to do this is by using a humidifier, or maybe even a few. During your plants’ first few weeks, relative humidity needs to be a bit higher than usual – if it’s not, your plants may not grow to be the best that they can be.
For the best results, you should place the humidifier in the middle of the room alongside a fan, which helps to distribute humidity evenly. If you can, try and move it to the other side of your plants after a few hours in order to avoid the plants closest to it getting a bit too much humidity, which can end up causing fungi.
Installing The Growing System
The final step in the process is to move the growing system (soil containers, hydroponics, etc.) into the area with the plants and set them up in the room as required.
At this point, you might need to re-adjust your light’s distance to the plants, move plants around and adjust the flow of the fans circulating in your room…getting everything in its place and set right.
After you have everything in place inside of your grow, you will want to keep a watchful eye out for any problems that may occur such as high/low humidity levels, high/low temperatures, heat stress, etc.
If a problem occurs you will need to adjust different aspects of your grow room from more/less ventilation, more/less circulation, more/fewer lights, etc. and making any changes to balance the growing environment to ensure your plants alive and well.
Do you have additional advice to give to anyone wanting to build their very first basic indoor grow setup? Let us know in the comments.
