Thank you. I was impressed with myself considering I dont have the greenest thumb in my household.Nice work!
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Well I live up in nor ca right about the snow line under South Lake Tahoe so I have lots of tall pines and struggle to get 6 hours of full sun a day. My greenhouse is on the side of a hill and I never planned for it to be a greenhouse. I originally just built two long raised beds on the hillside. It has evolved now into my greenhouse over the course of like 3 or 4 summers. I actually put up the walls and roof on it around a fully budding garden the first year and yes its just corrugated plastic from home depot. Just cemented in some posts connected them across with a few 2x4's and plastic to that frame. Sounds easy enough but was quite the project since it was not built on level ground either way but with the help of grumpy old man we had a roof by mid September. I don't remember exactly what the dimensions are and its about to snow out there or I would go measure for you but its roughly 15'x20' 15 going down the hill and 20 long (down another slight hill). As for the height it just depends on where your standing. The walls don't go all the way to the ground and its pretty jagged but I tried to make them around six inches off the ground all the way around to allow for a little air flow but sunk some wire fence into the ground and attached it to all the posts all the way around to keep out any critters. Should have used smaller fence holes like chicken wire cause I have a lot of lizards that cruise around in there. I used a couple large fans with louvers one at the top and one on the opposite end that kicked on when it got to be about 70 degrees. Also had 4 inline 8" fans that went along the ridge with a little duct to vent out the hot air. They also kicked on around 70 degrees. Inside i also had 4 reciprocating fans to keep the air moving. It gets really hot in there during the summer I've seen it reach 120 degrees in there so I also put in foggers to keep the temp down but after my buds get so big I turn them off scared of mold and rot. I also have at one point put black white plastic along the walls due to the fact that when the sun hit a certain point in the evening all you could see from the outside was this silhouette of giant buds. A friend gave me a large swamp cooler which I have blowing in at the top on a y with a long piece of 10" duct running along the wall down to the bottom. When I got that is when I put in some lights. I dropped some medal halides vertically down in like 4 spots. I also had an led fixture that I was not using so I hung it in there as well. Due to the extra heat they put off I had them come on for few hours in the morning and few hours in the evening. I try to keep the temp in there below 90 degrees or at least don't add heat with lights when its over 90 degrees. During the peak of summer it does get over 90 degrees in there for multiple days and there's not a lot I can do but keep em hydrated. I get a lot of stretch with the high temps so I end up buds to the roof sometimes.:eek: I'm not sure if I answered your question or not I actually wrote this in response to a message someone else left me with the same sort of question. I don't know if I have any pictures that really show the set up. Here are a some that kinda give you an idea I hopeVery nice work. Don't suppose you could show more pics and info of the greenhouse itself could ya? I would be curious to see more of how you did the climate control, ventilation, etc.
The humidity was ok I think due to the fact that there is so much air moving and exhausting still. There is also the 6 inches on the bottom of the walls that provides air from outside. The efficiency was not great however it did cool it down in there quite a bit. I live in the mountains so by the time the buds got real big the need for the cooler was not there as much so it just naturally works out. As for the foggers I got them from this place online and for pretty cheap actually. This link will probably not work but if you copy and past it you will get there.Really cool greenhouse, thanks for sharing more details on it. I love how it has evolved over the seasons and how you built it to fit your site. I have not seen many terraced greenhouses like this before.
How did using the swamp cooler affect the humidity in there? Also what type of fogger system did you use? I'm looking at building a better greenhouse starting this winter and I know the biggest issues I will have is controlling heat gain in summer.
No worriessrry amber...lol
this is the best quote ive herd today "socal has the best weed but thats because they get it from norcal" this is very true the local collective i go to I only go in there when I know that the homies from norcal just dropped there lol its the best stuff that collective ever gets norcal has it going on with that fire looking legit on the gh action AmberThanks, good luck to ya in Colorado. I can definitely see its appeal and I imagine with your degree there may be some work in the industry also. I myself just can't seem to get past the cold or maybe I'm just a Cali girl (you can call me bro if want) at heart. So cal has the best weed but that's because they get it from NOR CAL.
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