Saturday, May 22, 2010

Plants require airflow

How To Set Up An Indoor Garden In A Small Closet Space 
Plants require airflow to help strengthen their stalks. Without proper airflow they will have weak and skinny stalks. They will not be able to hold their selves up.

Circulating fans are very important in your indoor garden because they will circulate airflow around the room to keep hot air from building up and burning your plants. Also it is important to help circulate your CO2 distribution, Spider mites and other insect pests dislike the continuous wind and will slow reproduction rates.

Ventilation Fans (intake and exhaust blowers) will rid your grow space of heat and humidity. They will replace stale stagnant air with fresh clean air. Plants require fresh air to survive.

Intake & Exhaust fans are rated by there volume of air movement in cubic feet per minute. You will need to know how many cubic feet your grow room has, to do this you measure the length x width x height of your grow space. For a space 3'x4'x10' you will have 120 cubic feet of air space. You will want to be able to clear your space of stale air as quickly as possible. By being connected to a thermostat controller, the blower fans will turn on when the temperature reaches your high set point and then shut off when it reaches your low set point. So the larger rating of vent fans the better.


source : hydroponic

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