Heli's magical greenhouse adventure

[fdfederation]

CAD it...

 

[mylesG]

subbing to this already page two... gunna be an info packed thread by the time its all said and done!!

 

[Heli]

Wouldnt also putting vats under the shelves help catch water and increase humidity? I may also install one of those monsoon misters.

 

[mylesG]

any water caught that is spread out increasing surface area will help maintain the humnidity for sure.

 

[mylesG]

hey! have you solidified the plans any farther?

 

[Heli]

Nope, my mother is still deciding whether to fund it

 

[mato]

Get a job, slacker!

 

[Heli]

My summer is completely taken up by Brooklyn botanical garden internship

 

[mylesG]

internships are for suckers .....tho paid ones are just fine with me hehe

 

[Heli]

Finally an update!
My parents and I have discussed on how funding for this project will work, they will pay for half and I will pay for the other half.
My father has given me a portable AC that was sitting around in storage, it is about 12,000 btu so it should be effective.
As for the greenhouse, I scrapped the idea and decided to just get a real grow room, I decided to go with the secret jardin DR150, the room is 60" x 60" x 80".

I still need to figure out what lighting system would work best for the grow room and how to efficiently humidify it.Any tips?

 

[mcmcnair]

what about using an HPS with a large clear tub of water beneath it, the light will probably reach the plants, it will heat the space significantly and evaporate the water humidifying the place. If that sounds a little ridiculous what about using a few dozen ultrasonic humidifying discs or you can get just a couple big ones. the small ones can keep a 20 gallon terrarium at around 80-90% humidity so i'm sure you could figure out how many it would take to keep your grow room humidified.

 

[Heli]

Thanks for the info. I was thinking about getting 4 disk humidifiers and another regular house humidifier. I also found a really cool humidifier that hooks up to a tap do you never have to refill it. The device is like 230 dollars but I think it's worth the investment because it outputs a crazy amount of humidity.

 

[richjam1986]

Envious of the project ahead of you. I love building stuff! Looking like a pretty good plan you have

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I've never seen a prefabricated reflective growth chamber. Didn't know they made those. Good to know

 

[31drew31]

I use a similar humidifier as Kyle on the forum. Its a 3 disc pond fogger in a large bucket with a fan. Humidifies my 6.5' square grow tent no problem and only have to refill every 10 days or so.

 

[Heli]

31drew31, Very cool. I might build one in the future, do you think a couple disk humidifiers placed around the GH would be similar to your device? What humidity levels do you get from it?

 

[31drew31]

I have it hooked up to a Hygrotherm so I can set it to whatever I want. I believe it is set to 75% and the humidity is anywhere from 70-90% throughout the day. One 3-disk fogger is plenty for my grow tent and should work well for you. If there is no fan blowing the mist out it would be much less effective though.

 

[Heli]

My magic greenhouse is coming together!! Although im not close to finishing

The wood board is going to turn into a vat of water with a false bottom, I'm getting some airstones to put in that.

Sunblaze t5HO 4' 8 bulbs

12,000 btu portable AC, luckily we had a spare AC sitting around

 

[That One Guy]

Looks great!

 

[mylesG]

woohooo visual progress lookin good so far

 

[mass]

very nice. Won't be long now..