Grow Location and Air Quality

[LoSGrower]

Hi guys and gals, need some help.

Have just moved and have some space to set up a personal grow. The space in question is a cellar/basement (whatever you call it). The issue i have is, i cannot see any air bricks from the inside but there are some when looking from the outside of the building. Also, i have a max height of 5ft (tight)

Am i going to have issues with air quality?
Will i be ok recirculating the air with no direct access to air brick?
Am i going to have issues with height? (I will be growing auto's only, LST?)

Any other advise would be great!

My Plan:

3ft x 3ft Tent
MH TS2000
Living Soil (Could use some advise on this as i'm UK and all i can find online is US suppliers)
FastBud Auto's
4in Exhaust System with Carbon

Aim - 3oz and up, per cycle

Appreciate all advise possible!

Thanks!

[Jingo]

All you can really do is give it a try, I would not recommend growing more than one plant starting out. They can give off a lot of moisture once they're mature and if that moisture stays in your basement you can have issues with mold.

3 oz a harvest should be very achievable with one plant from the fast buds lineup.



J

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[LoSGrower]

All you can really do is give it a try, I would not recommend growing more than one plant starting out. They can give off a lot of moisture once they're mature and if that moisture stays in your basement you can have issues with mold.

3 oz a harvest should be very achievable with one plant from the fast buds lineup.



J

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Cheers Jingo, Its going to be a lot of money to give it a go but i guess its the only way i will find out! I will be able to leave the basement hatch open for about 4hours a day, most days, so hoping that will help a bit!

[Quotientcatalysed]

Hey, There are some mold resistant strains available too..
Quality of air is definitely affected. Can u make a hole urself? I'm having many challenges growing it in good condition lol give it a try anyways... Good luck

[M_C]

Air recirculation is going to be your biggest issue mate

[Herbitual]

5ft height is ample, but as has been said, air transfer is going to be a problem.

Can you poke the air brick from the outside and see what's blocking it? I wonder if the air bricks are above a suspended ceiling in the basement?

[LoSGrower]

5ft height is ample, but as has been said, air transfer is going to be a problem.

Can you poke the air brick from the outside and see what's blocking it? I wonder if the air bricks are above a suspended ceiling in the basement?

The basement has been tanked with a liner, going to do some poking around, through the air brick from outside. If i can find a way to it, the plan is to get a plate made slightly larger than the air brick, with a duct adaptor fitted, screw it over the air brick and have an intake fan on the other end.

I hope this works as i have just made my first purchase, 120cm x 60cm x 150cm tent and a M.H TSL2000

[Bethmeg]

I would suggest taking some humidity readings down there before you spend any money.
Although my cellar wasn’t tanked I found after spending a lot of money it was too far too humid.
The extraction fan drew water up through the floor so it was always wet.
Just something to consider.

[Vlad the Inhaler]

I grow in a mouldy ol’ cellar, have been for many years!

You’ll definitely need to find a way of getting dry air in there or your buds will rot. I have a 4” intake fan that sucks air in from my front porch (indoors). The extractor fan just blows out into the cellar.

A few pointers...

-Try to buy a tent without a back vent- the less holes the better.

-Find somewhere to cut a hole and run a piece of preferably foil ducting to an in-line fan. (Passive intake won’t be enough.

-If there’s likely to be any bugs where your vent is, add a bug screen over the vent or you’ll be blowing bugs into your tent.

-Keep the screen clean! They block up with dust after a month or so.

-Leave the intake and extraction fan on 24/7

You can hear the in fans when the TV is off, so that’s another thing to consider.

Hope this helps,

Vlad.

[Vlad the Inhaler]

The basement has been tanked with a liner, going to do some poking around, through the air brick from outside. If i can find a way to it, the plan is to get a plate made slightly larger than the air brick, with a duct adaptor fitted, screw it over the air brick and have an intake fan on the other end.

I hope this works as i have just made my first purchase, 120cm x 60cm x 150cm tent and a M.H TSL2000

Sorry, just read this post!

Are you in the uk? Just thinking... sucking air in from the outside is pretty fookin cold in the winter.