Well it's September which means only 7 months or so before I'll be transplanting to the garden for next year. Hark, only 7 months??
But also it's about getting ready for overwintering and, if my cheap-o means of keeping my favorite plants alive works better than expected, maybe they'll even produce.
It was a hard job but I managed to haul an 8 foot table into an 8 foot wide room and get it upright experiences only minor cuts and scrapes. That was a job in itself. Then I slowly, and I mean slowly, applied some mechanical metal tapeto my 4-foot shoplights. And then popped a grow light and bright florescent light (1 per unit) and tada.
Plans are to add a timer to them, since I did an awful job keeping the timings right last season.
Odds are I'll skip the heating pad, since I'd rather not spend the money to cover the amount of area the table covers. But I may use window plastic to insulate the area the same way I did last season. The results I had germinating this year with that method makes me not want to deter away from it. I might run a house fan to keep air moving, too.
Any other cost efficient ideas to make this little grow area yeild better results? I really wanna keep the plants I'm overwintering stay in good condition, and even maybe produce some flowers. And germinate some seeds come late December/January.
But also it's about getting ready for overwintering and, if my cheap-o means of keeping my favorite plants alive works better than expected, maybe they'll even produce.
It was a hard job but I managed to haul an 8 foot table into an 8 foot wide room and get it upright experiences only minor cuts and scrapes. That was a job in itself. Then I slowly, and I mean slowly, applied some mechanical metal tapeto my 4-foot shoplights. And then popped a grow light and bright florescent light (1 per unit) and tada.
Plans are to add a timer to them, since I did an awful job keeping the timings right last season.
Odds are I'll skip the heating pad, since I'd rather not spend the money to cover the amount of area the table covers. But I may use window plastic to insulate the area the same way I did last season. The results I had germinating this year with that method makes me not want to deter away from it. I might run a house fan to keep air moving, too.
Any other cost efficient ideas to make this little grow area yeild better results? I really wanna keep the plants I'm overwintering stay in good condition, and even maybe produce some flowers. And germinate some seeds come late December/January.
