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Grow Tent
Since we began growing vegetables here I have found it difficult to germinate seeds in our raised beds, especially in the early season. Partly, I believe this is affected by the imported soil, and also by the cool temperatures in spring.
Listing in the Amazon catalog for grow tents caught my eye, for their contained environment. I figured I could put a tent in the garage and get seedlings hardened off quickly enough to beat the cool part of the season.
Some tent gardeners claim to grow vegetables (or cannabis) entirely within a tent, but that didn't interest me.
I chose a small 2'x2'x4' tent from Vivisun, which has space for standard germinating trays, heat mat, exhaust fan and “one plant.”
"Intelligent", connected tent
The tent included an LED grow light, an intelligent nerve center for managing temperature and humidity. The sensor monitor, called a “controller.” connected to my home wi-fi network and allowed viewing and controlling of attached devices loally and over the web.
Lots of features appealed to me in addition to the ability to manage light and temperature for germinating seeds. Highlights are the LED grow lamp, which can be adjust in the app for color temperature and intensity. Needless all this appealed to the geeky side of my nature.
Remote control
Turn on/off, manage intensity and color of the grow lamp, speed of circulation and exhaust fans …
And remote readout and monitoring of conditions in the tent.
Germinating seeds
Growing and hardening off seedlings
Potential use for fruiting
Maybe pepper or tomato
Growing pains
Control of humidity and temperature lulled me into complacency about watering
Controlled growing space
Temperature - eventually added a heater - managed the relationship between humidity and temperature for a consistent environment.