Reddit reviews VIVOSUN 30"x18"x36" Mylar Hydroponic Grow Tent with Observation Window and Floor Tray for Indoor Plant Growing

VIVOSUN 30"x18"x36" Mylar Hydroponic Grow Tent with Observation Window and Floor Tray for Indoor Plant Growing https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079DM1WCW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_O7wZDb25HYHGP

I absolutely love my drying tent. Let me tell you how I made it and why I love it so much:

I have a small 18x30x36 tent, an Inkbird humidity controller, a small humidifier, a filter/blower, and an inline fan. The Inkbird controls the humidifier and filter/blower to hold humidity at 60%. The inline fan is combined with a length of 4" duct and a speed reducer to very gently circulate the air in the tent. A wire rack provides a place to hang colas from.

There are a bunch of things that this tent is doing for me that I love:

1. I'm always growing because I'm not waiting for my colas to dry in my grow tent anymore.
   
   
2. I'm slow drying for two weeks at 60% humidity instead of one week at 50% humidity, resulting in a much smoother smoke. I'm really surprised how much of a difference this makes.
   
   
3. Staggered harvests are super easy- When I see my plant is ripe up top, I take off the top half of the plant and pop it in the tent to dry. A week later after the bottom of the plant has ripened, I take it down and pop it in the tent.
   
   
4. Multi strains are super easy- Since I don't have to harvest everything at once, I can grow strains with different flowering times. On my last grow, my fastest plant came down at F80 and my slowest plant came down at F101.
   
   
5. I do not have to worry about over/under drying my bud. I don't even have to check the dryness. If a cola has been in my dry tent for two weeks or longer, it's ready to trim and jar.
   
   
6. I trim and jar at my convenience. If I want to spread my trimming out over several weekends, I can do that. I can leave my colas hanging for months if I want, and have fully cured bud going into jars at trim time.

Yep. Good point. There's no good way to mount a 4" inline and 4" filter inside a 2x2x4' tent. The wiki/sidebar is a problem.

But, since you bought the parts, best option is probably to tie/ziptie the filter to the inside/top of the tent. Run 4" ducting from the filter, to the inline which will have to be outside of the tent (so much for "secret"). Then 4" ducting from the outflow of the fan to wherever you are exhausting air. You'll need a fan speed controller, and/or a programmable thermostat, otherwise you are whipping air through the tent 24x7.

Wherever you do mount the fan, be sure to have it hanging. Not solidly bolted to something. They do better freely swinging bit. Even if that just means by chain or ziptie.

Your best option, if it's still an option, is to buy different gear. A better sized tent, at minimum, so you can actually fit your ventilation inside.

You should get a good grow book. I recommend Cervantes' Marijuana Horticulture. He's been revising & updating this work for 35 years. The ebook is $10. He takes you from what you need for your first grow all the way up to how to grow top shelf bud.

/r/microgrowery

I used a Marshydro 300 in a small grow tent to grow 2 plants at a time. Also an inline fan and a carbon filter during flowering phase. Basic generic potting soil and fertilizer. Nothing else special.

My yield was a little more than 2 oz cured bud per plant (+ some very strong cannabutter made from the leaves, small stems and shake). So I produced 4 oz per crop, and I could do 3 crops per year. 12 oz/year + several lbs cannabutter, far more than I could use for my personal use.