Booja
Well-Known Member
A new member with my first question. I'm in the Michigan U.P. and started my first grow in the beginning of the summer but ran into a few pitfalls that I think I have managed. A long story cut short is my current grow should be ready for harvest right around October 1st, which happens to be the first normal day of frost. The grow is inside a 32x32 tent with LED lighting, but placed inside an unattached garage with no heating. I would like to start a winter grow in the same location.
Last winter temps reached as low as -34F but was usually in the low single digits for extended periods of time, ie weeks. We went months with daytime highs below freezing. I can not bring the grow into the house, so the thought is to build a roughly 4x8 grow room in the garage and heat it with an electric baseboard heater. With insulated walls I think I could regulate the inside temps without costing an arm and a leg, except for one thing.
If I need to exchange inside and outside air I would have to pull in unheated air. To me, that sounds like death to my girls and a hole in my wallet trying to fight it, or am I wrong? An alternative would be to place my existing grow tent inside the grow room and recirculate the heated air into the tent. I'd still have to recirculate the room air but would burn a hole in my wallet trying to heat it. Am I not finding winter grow info because it's just not done?
I don't smoke much and my current grow, if all goes well, should provide me plenty for the year, so I don't really need to grow in the winter. I've been smoking for 45 years and never had more than a 1/4oz at a time. This is mostly for grins n giggles because I can and find it enjoyable to grow. A winter grow just may be a pipe dream but at least the grow room could extend my season.
Last winter temps reached as low as -34F but was usually in the low single digits for extended periods of time, ie weeks. We went months with daytime highs below freezing. I can not bring the grow into the house, so the thought is to build a roughly 4x8 grow room in the garage and heat it with an electric baseboard heater. With insulated walls I think I could regulate the inside temps without costing an arm and a leg, except for one thing.
If I need to exchange inside and outside air I would have to pull in unheated air. To me, that sounds like death to my girls and a hole in my wallet trying to fight it, or am I wrong? An alternative would be to place my existing grow tent inside the grow room and recirculate the heated air into the tent. I'd still have to recirculate the room air but would burn a hole in my wallet trying to heat it. Am I not finding winter grow info because it's just not done?
I don't smoke much and my current grow, if all goes well, should provide me plenty for the year, so I don't really need to grow in the winter. I've been smoking for 45 years and never had more than a 1/4oz at a time. This is mostly for grins n giggles because I can and find it enjoyable to grow. A winter grow just may be a pipe dream but at least the grow room could extend my season.