Maine 4-Season Greenhouse Grow

More random GH shots...

Holding camera above head, standing on 5-gallon bucket (both views)



Plants facing sun...



Kush clone stacking and ATF taking it's time...


 
Gonna yield really nice for ya!
I am pleased with the overall improvement from last summer (my first grow)...lot of lessons learned then and several more learned this summer....already started making space in my 16x48' GH for next summer...too many squeezed into this one...thinking of more lateral trellising to pull them into bushy trees...
 
Ok, looking for recommendations/feedback for a grow tent. Last winter proved it was possible to grow in my GH, but it was a little nerve-wracking with power outages etc. I have access to a more environmentally stable space....our guest cottage. The basement of the cottage usually hovers around 50F through the winter (we don't heat it). My main rationale for a tent is to contain the light since locals know we don't sleep there and I would run 18/6. I have plenty of space so I am thinking 4x4x7+. The idea is run a grow through the winter months (Dec-April) and disassemble in the Spring.

Can I naturally ventilate? I don't care about fragrance. What else am I missing here?
at 50 f, you're gonna get to cold, during lights off period. if my room gets below 60f, plants slow down dramatically. I use an electric space heater a few days per. yr.. But my room never gets 50f. The heat of my hid/mh lights keep the heat up during nights. What you gonna do when it dips to -0. I was moving some folks to Bath Me., in the late 90s, when it all of a sudden, It got -50f for 3 days. And we had to unload a 50 foot moving van. then back to the only motel in town that could park our truck and froze our ass off, because the little heaters in that motel , just couldn't keep up. We took furniture pads from our trailer and added them on top of our blankets. Without some heat, I don't think you got a chance.
 
Way to go Blew. Good luck. Gretsky the crap out of them. I agree with you on the high prices. I have to wonder what the life of a cheap tent vs an expensive one is. I know it's nice to have the best zippers and material, but is it going to really last a whole lot longer? I wonder how long folks actually keep a Gorilla in service?
I have 3 4x4x6.5" tents. The 1st. one i paid $250 for in 2008, and it's still in use. then 5 years later , I paid $200 for a 4x4 dark room tent, which is a piece of shit, but works. zippers don't have over lapping flaps, so light leaks are possible. Then a year ago I bought a 4x4 for $65 off ebay, and other than no side excess, like the dark room, it's the same material and i think same same workmanship. problem is with these tents, they all calapse when running an extraction fan , which makes a 4x4, more like a 3.5x3.5. All these tube tents need more side support. Make sure the zippers have cover flaps. And no, the cheap one will last just as long and work just as well. But those side excess windows are a back saver !!
 
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