Winter is such a great time for indoor growers. The cool air from outside is such a powerful tool in your arsenal to maintain optimal temperatures in your garden. What happens when the air outside is hotter then the air inside? What do you do when that air from outside is not enough to keep your room cool? Allot of growers these days use a sealed environment that includes an air conditioner, in which case they are not affected as much, they just need their AC system to work a little harder during the summer. I always try and avoid using AC and always prefer outside air to AC, but in some cases AC is totally unavoidable. For this post, I am going to talk about getting by without AC during the hot summer months ahead.

• The first thing you will need to do is air cool your lights if your not doing so already. This will remove the largest portion of your heat signature away from your plants and out of the grow room.
• The next thing you will want to do is change your on/off times and run your gardens 12/12 period starting at night, when the sun has gone down. You will have a much easier time
• The other thing to consider is to raise your lights slightly higher then usual to bring that extra heat just that much further from your babies. The benefit of less heat far out ways the minimal loss of lumens created from raising your lights a little higher.
• Bring in cool air from outside and into your room (in addition to the air coming in cooling your lights)
• Increase the number of oscillation fans and keep the air in that room moving!
• Increase the size of your can filter. This one is missed by most people. It requires a little more investment, but the fresh, happy and cool air you get from it is totally worth it.
• Water your plants at the start of your plants cycle… This makes for cooler happier root zones, in case temperatures get too high.
• Use a High Temp Shutoff

After you have put your mind to all the tasks above you should be able to run your indoor garden during the summer without AC. If you have any questions or concerns, give us a call 1-866-PGS-GROW