re: Cannafan's Perpetual Grow - Where Everything Changes - Autos - Photos - Seeds & More!
Sorrenna!
No need to wait long. I have pics ready.
First of all, I wanted to show you Top Gal's new fence. I hated the chicken wire and it was interfering with the shoots growing on the sides. So I used a piece of plastic garden fencing. I think she feels free now.
Now, here's the new Fall/Winter Grow room.
I will not be putting the old truck in the garage this winter, so I have a full side of the garage available for use. I already have most everything set up. There are ropes hanging from the beams to hang the lights. I have a piece of carpet on the floor so the plants won't be sitting on cold cement. I might even put some wooden pallets under that to get them off the floor entirely.
I had a tarp that was by coincidence just wide and long enough for the space to separate the two garage stalls. Luck. LOL
There is a work bench to store essentials and to work on when needed. The soil is stored in the bins against the door.
I made sure that I could still open the rolling door if needed.
The total plant space for growing is 21' x 11'. That is a nice amount of space for sure. The height that the plants can grow to is about 8 to 9 feet before hitting any lighting, and if I get plants any higher than that they go between the rafters.
There is room to hang a LOT of lighting should I expand the grow.
The major job I left to do is insulating the eaves. There are soffets on the outside, but no insulation between rafters.
I have two choices on heating it. One is a heater on a timer.
The best choice is the wood stove which is directly outside the back garage door. It is piped into the wall to the basement stairwell and connected to the furnace ductwork from there.
I'm going to disconnect that (I'm not heating the house with wood this year, it's way too much work anymore), and re-direct the pipes into the garage. Then I can just keep a low fire in the wood stove to heat the garage. That won't take up a lot of wood like trying to heat a whole house to a comfort level.
So, that decision is yet to be made.
There is a very large window in the garage to let light in, and I have overhead fluorescent lighting when needed also.
I am not worried on fumes from vehicles. I start the car and back out. What little fumes generated in that short amount of time are being sucked out by the open garage door as I'm leaving or arriving.
I don't worry about light leaks too much, unless they are major. It's plenty dark in that garage, so much so that I have to feel my way around if I don't have my keychain light working when I get home at night. ;-)
I think that's about it.
If the plants in the Haven start looking like they won't survive the bug beatings, I may uproot them and bring them in the garage for the remainder. I dunno.....
I'll be growing perpetual, I have 6 seedlings ready to up pot and start in the Veg stage. Good time to test out the Garage grow.
If you have any concerns or comments, please feel free. I'm always looking for ideas and seeing things I may have missed.
BTW, I don't want to continue growing flowering plants in the house because of one major thing. The smell.
I am having family Thanksgiving and Christmas at my house this year, and I don't want that smell in the house. If it was only a couple of plants, that wouldn't be so bad. But I have a lot of plants and plan to keep it that way.
Qkrop! Thanks for the optimistic outlook on Ms. Purp. 
They are all 4 girls...
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Cant wait to find out what it is. Oh, the suspense!
can't wait to see more! 
