I know it is a little late to start growing peppers, but i have a problem. I really want to grow these in a shed because of the heat, but the shed does not have any electricity for lighting. is there any battery powered option i could take to give my plants light. and what kind of lights should i use? If it helps at all i am going to be growing bhut jolokia peppers.
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lighting Lighting without electricity?
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How far is the shed from electricity ? -- If not too far you could run a good outdoor rated extension cord to the shed -- If too far for that then there are gas powered generators or could set up some sort of 12V system that runs off of a car type battery with a few batteries you could swap them out and recharge them with a battery charger back where there is electricity (not sure how long a car battery could run some lights but should be doable) -- Of course you'd have top work out the cost and see if it was worth it or was cheaper to have an electrician run a power line to the shed.
millworkman
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Tear the roof off and make a greenhouse type structure.
millworkman
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Why pay for batteries or generators when the sun is free?
Burning Colon posted this link in another thread:
http://www.wimp.com/lightenup/
Ridiculously cheap, efficient use of sunlight.
You still have to figure out what to do at night, though.
http://www.wimp.com/lightenup/
Ridiculously cheap, efficient use of sunlight.
You still have to figure out what to do at night, though.
buy/build a wind turbine inverter and battery....
http://www.solatube.com/residential/index.php
These things work really well from what I hear. I am considering replacing lighting in my growroom with one of these next year.
These things work really well from what I hear. I am considering replacing lighting in my growroom with one of these next year.
wow i freaking love that idea!
well im am extremely new to growing and know almost nothing at this point so those are a little bit out of my price range lol
I just got around to watch this video. That is an amazingly simple and effective solution to your problem. I would love to be able to test it with a light meter and see what kind of lumens/sq ft you can get from it.
Would be interesting to see - they mention in the video that it is comparable to a 55W light - but if you placed several of them it might be able to provide a decent amount of lighting
a while ago on inhabitat.com they showed these florescent office lights that used natural day light....but I think your better off with solar or wind and led...or maybe just a skylight/window.
^^ This, get rid of some of the walls and the roof, still use the structure of the shed but just cover with something like PVC sheeting
A make-shift kind of polytunnel.
