Small Indoor Grow Room Design & Setup Examples
One of the most common locations for your first indoor grow is a spare bedroom. Or in some cases, your closet.
This is a great way to get started. Not only is it very easy to check on your plants indoors. But, you never really have to go out of your way to feed or inspect! It’s a win-win situation.
We are going to base all our examples in this section off a standard 12′ x 10′ spare bedroom.
2′ x 4′ grow tent setup and design
This is the smallest, most simple growing room example we will show you. The 2′ x 4′ grow tent design will allow you to grow 2-4 full sized plants, or you can substitute with smaller pots to grow more small-medium-sized plants.
There are a few options when designing your grow, as you can see above.
Note that the third example is a closed loop, and the inline fan circulates air within the tent without expelling it.
This is a great option for those growing in their closet or bedroom, with no ideal place to duct the air.
4′ x 4′ grow tent setup and design
A 4′ x 4′ grow tent is a very popular option for hobby growers. With a typical soil grow, you can fit 6-8 full size plants.
We recommend beginners start with soil before jumping into a hydroponic grow, but if you are ready, there are a number of ways you can set up a small hydro grow tent.
With a 4′ x 4′ grow tent, you will be working with a smaller hydroponic system, which is perfect for those new to this style.
As you can see, you can use a system with four different growth modules. Or, you can use one large reservoir with individual sites within it.
4′ x 8′ grow tent setup and design
If you have an entire room to devote to your grow, a 4′ x 8′ grow tent will be perfect for you.
Again, you can decide between hydroponics and soil.
You will grow less plants hydroponically, but there is a reason so many growers opt for this method.
You can focus on less plants, putting all your energy into a smaller area. Hydro plants grow faster, and generally yield heavier as well.
If this is your first grow, however, it is a better idea to stick to soil at first. You can add a hydro system after you have a few harvests under your belt.
You can grow 6-8 plants hydroponically. Or with soil, you can grow 12-16 plants.
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10′ x 10′ grow tent setup and design
If you have an entire room to dedicate to your grow and want to use as much of the space as possible, you can setup a grow room like this example.
Even in a 12′ x 10′ room, you still have room for a water reservoir, dehumidifier, and nutrient/tool storage. You can grow 24-32 full size plants, or use smaller pots and grow more small/medium sized plants.
The beauty of designing your grow room is that you get to decide how many plants you grow and how they grow.
Small Perpetual Harvest Indoor Grow Room Design Examples
The best way to get good at growing is to grow as often as possible. You can do this is with a multi-chamber grow tent, or with multiple tents for vegging and flowering.
This is only possible if you have the room for it, of course. If you do, you can harvest plants as often as every 6-8 weeks!
This is a far superior method to growing with one tent. This is not only for the increase in harvests, but because you can fine-tune the environment in each tent for that stage of growth.
For example, you can have your veg tent running on an 18/6 light schedule with a veg spectrum grow light. In the flower tent, it is a whole different atmosphere. You can run a 12/12 light schedule with a flower light spectrum.
4′ x 4′ veg tent with a 4′ x 8′ flowering tent setup and design
A common multi-chamber growing room is using a 4′ x 4′ grow tent for propagation and vegging, and then moving plants into a 4′ x 8′ grow tent for flowering.
In the veg tent, you can have two mother plants you constantly strip clones from (more information on cloning here), 2 propagation trays for early life, and 9-12 young plants.
Then, you can move plants that are ready into the flowering tent. In this tent, you can easily fit 9-12 mature plants.
4′ x 8′ veg tent with a 4′ x 8′ flowering tent setup and design
That last example not quite enough for you?
You can double the veg space, and use a 4′ x 8′ veg tent. This way, you can have up to 6 mother plants, the same 2 propagation trays, and up to 25 young vegging plants.
You would then follow the same process and move plants into the flowering tent when the time comes.
This way, you will never have to worry about a shortage of plants.
Large Grow Room Design Examples
If you are lucky enough to have a larger room to grow in, you can get really creative with your setup.
The sky is the limit, and you can have as few or as many tents as you’d like.
We are going to show you some designs you can copy for your own room, based off a 15′ x 15′ room.
8′ x 8′ grow tent setup and design
This single tent set-up allows you to seriously dial in your environment. You can set up a mini-split AC in this tent, keeping your plants nice and cool.
The other reason you may consider sacrificing quantity is because of the quality you can achieve with this tent.
By adding in CO2 producers, like in the bottom two examples, you can supercharge plant growth, and drastically increase the weight of your harvest.
You can learn more about using CO2 in your grow tent here.
With an 8′ x 8′ tent, you are still able to grow up to 30 plants. Notice the ventilation system on these tents too.
8′ x 8′ hydroponic grow tent setup and design
Since you have the extra space in this larger bedroom, you can afford to fill it with a hydroponic grow tent. An 8′ x 8′ grow tent can house 9 hydroponic plants.
This diagram shows a simple setup with a Current Culture DWC system, and four LED grow lights.
