Ganjagrandaddy
Well-Known Member
I have been an avid tent user for stealth here in the uk. Our homes tend to be crammed in together with no safe outside buildings .To create rooms of every size and description, using tents means we can grow in any available space and still have a controllable environment without kicking children out and procuring their bedrooms.lolI still just don't understand the appeal of the tent, lol...
I do understand the appeal as Old Salt so ably detailed but I fear all the equipment people are buying to grow may deter new growers or convince people they need much more than they do.
I grow in my basement and by keeping the environment to my liking it is happily good for my plants too and sure if I strictly controlled the environment I could likely get more yield but since I am growing several-fold more than I need I see no point in such a big expenditure. Also, the smell doesn't bother me at all and isn't that bad outside the basement. People who visit say upstairs say they can't smell it.
But the biggest reasons besides what I see as a lot of extra unnecessary cost is that I could not imagine the hassle they are with cleaning them and especially trying to water and trim and such in such a small confined space. When I do anything like that I can just move my reflectors and I have tons of space and have total access. To each their own!!
For stealth reasons soon turns to environment though so we need the air circulation which is where the cost and stuff can be offset with d.i.y depending on size of the tented area. Tents have a lot of thought in them now and create excellent reflective surfaces with custom built sealable air inlets ect.... Once that zip is done up , my grow becomes fully stealthy for smell and often sound dampening too. My tent cost me £99 5 years ago and has been up and down more times than a festival campers yet still serves me to this day. I have now lined my attic better with insulation and the tent has been cut up to provide panels,zips ect forna more permanent build with space. Aside from this , they are so bloody useful mate. We dont get cellars in home here and out attics are just to support roof trusses , never for us to use effectively. just saying matey.
Here is my simple flowering setup and behind it is my vegging room. I am fortunate we do have basements here.
I concede my reflectors do reflect light like the walls of a tent but that is where the similarities end. My reflectors have no ceiling or floor and are self-supporting so they can be moved in about five seconds to totally expose my plants for whatever work I have to do. If someone can show me a tent that can be disassembled in five seconds to completely expose their plants to work on I will agree this is a tent.
. Now you understand the advantages they hold for others. That's progress in my book!
