I am going to convert these storage shelves in the garage to a "seedling grow area".
The shelving is 16" wide and 8' long. 3 Shelves will give me room for 144 seedlings in 6" pots figuring 3 wide and 16 long...if I only get 15 across, that will be 135. As you can see this will kill two birds with one stone. It will make me clean up this mess and throw away a lot of junk (I'm a packrat) and not use up any space in the garage that is not already used.
I will enclose one end and top with 1/4" plywood. The inside of the one end, back, and top will be covered with Mylar. Thee other end will be open to the hot water heater for efficient use of thermal loss. Electric so I don't have to worry about fumes, CO, etc.
Haven't decided how to close the front yet, but was thinking of just using 60 mil visquene as a starter since I have a roll of it in my storage building.
4 dual light fluorescent shoplight fixtures will be used per shelf.
Will use a combination of 6500K and 4100K bulbs for light. I figure since this grow area is in the garage, enclosed, and having 960 watts of lights running, I should not need any heat. I will also close in the hot water heater
Pictures showing the days progress will be posted through the day.
Design in progress. I have 2 hours before I go to Home Depot.
The shelving is 16" wide and 8' long. 3 Shelves will give me room for 144 seedlings in 6" pots figuring 3 wide and 16 long...if I only get 15 across, that will be 135. As you can see this will kill two birds with one stone. It will make me clean up this mess and throw away a lot of junk (I'm a packrat) and not use up any space in the garage that is not already used.
I will enclose one end and top with 1/4" plywood. The inside of the one end, back, and top will be covered with Mylar. Thee other end will be open to the hot water heater for efficient use of thermal loss. Electric so I don't have to worry about fumes, CO, etc.
Haven't decided how to close the front yet, but was thinking of just using 60 mil visquene as a starter since I have a roll of it in my storage building.
4 dual light fluorescent shoplight fixtures will be used per shelf.
Will use a combination of 6500K and 4100K bulbs for light. I figure since this grow area is in the garage, enclosed, and having 960 watts of lights running, I should not need any heat. I will also close in the hot water heater
Pictures showing the days progress will be posted through the day.
Design in progress. I have 2 hours before I go to Home Depot.
