The Beaver's Lodge - Covered Wagon Green House

BeaverIslander;2895028 said:

BeaverIslander;2893201 said:

Thanks for joining me DocFez.

Here's my idea of a Covered Wagon

Everything & everybody needs a little sunshine to ward off the winter blues.

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Here are the details on my CCW (Cannabis Covered Wagon)

The wagon bed is 4X8 with 10 foot, 1/2" PVC pipe for the hoops
Clear plastic can be rolled down on one or both sides
When watering or feeding I just add a brick under the tongue to help run off
I can still get 18/6 by rolling it in my garage and plugging the Marshydro 192X5 into a timer
I put a small electric heater in there at night on the lowest setting and can maintain 59-61F.
Early morning when the sun is just coming up I wheel it out of the garage with everything still plugged in. The heater maintains the temp until the sun is warm enough to take over.
As it warms, I lift one or both sides depending on the wind and temps. Gotta watch it cause it goes to 90F in there pretty fast
I generally move it with my golf cart (homemade trailer hitch) but it's light enough I can turn, or move it, by hand too
For a light rain I'll probably drop the sides and let it stay outdoors but for down pours and heavy winds it'll go back in the garage
Hopefully I'll be able to adjust my day/night hours to keep everything in veg and avoid going into flower and having to reveg them
OH yeah, the wheels are wooden, off a 1932 chrysler I'm told. (with updated steel belted radial tires... ha ha)
My only costs were for the PVC pipe and 10X10 foot plastic, less than $50, had everything else already
Time required.... Don't know but I'm retired, and retired guys gotta have something to do

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BeaverIslander;2897802 said:

Here is what I have been doing Cannafan, maybe it'll give you a better idea of how my setup works.

At 8:30pm I put the wagon in my garage with the plastic side flaps down so when the heater comes on (60 degrees +/- 2 degrees) the heat will be mostly retained. I think all the soil in the pots helps to continue throwing off heat as well. Then I shut the garage door... the dark period begins.

The timer is set for the light to come on at 1:30am and go off at 7:30am, I'm trying to shorten the night so they won't flower when I leave them out 24/7 later on, so 8:30pm to 1:30am gives me 5 hours of darkness before the light turns on.

I have 2 dogs that can't sleep past 7:30am anyway so this isn't a big issue around here. When they go out I pull the wagon outside into the morning sun but leave the heater on (extension cord) until the temp inside can be maintained by the sun alone.

As it gets warmer I roll up the sides and clip them together up on the top center so they'll get fresh air and the breeze (within reason) If it's too windy I can leave the side flap down to block it.

If the weather does not co-operate, like yesterday, I just leave the whole thing inside with the Mars unit on.

I'm not saying there won't be problems but I haven't found them yet.

Another advantage is I don't have to bend down or lift anything (back issues) as being on the wagon they are at a good working height. I can also move the wagon around to keep it in the direct sun if needed. (think shade as the sun moves during the day.)

I have been contemplating this all winter so I'm happy to see that "so far" everything seems to be working as planned.

Hope this helps with your setup plans.

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