Agriculture Reference
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that will extract the hot air which is being generated by the heat from
the bulb. This vent and fan would be near the top of the cabinet near
the light. Hot air rises and that is why it is placed there up top. The
intake hole is on the opposite side of grow area and can have a fan in it
also. This fan is generally moving a bit quicker than the extractor fan
to allow a fresh supply of air to circulate before leaving the grow room.
The walls are painted flat white or Mylar is hung for
reflective purposes. The plants are usually placed in separate pots and
go through their entire life cycle within the cabinet environment.
Clones are taken from the plants and placed either on a second shelf in
the cabinet or near a window in your house. Some people have made a
small compartment in their cabinet for clones and germination. This
can be any size, but is kept small because you only want to just keep
the clones alive. This small compartment will probably have one or
two fluorescent lights in it for the clones. It would be best to keep the
compartment at the top of the grow chamber near the exhaust fan. You
do not need an intake fan for these clones unless it is a big set-up. A
simple hole in the side will allow the plants to breathe. After the
harvest, these clones are put into the grow room and the process is
repeated. It is a Perpetual Grow. The legal term is a Marijuana
Factory. You can harvest bud every 30 days if you have the right
strains.
Your light can be air-cooled in a few ways. The most common
way is to mount a 4" dryer flange on the hood and link from the hood
flange to the exhaust fan flange with a 4" dryer hose. A fan can be
mounted on the hood also.
