I will start of with the starting chamber I made. It is basically a window box that is inside my deck greenhouse. I also have aquaponic growbeds in the GH. The fish tank is in the basement to keep fish through the winter. I wanted to utilize the sun light and solar heat that the GH generates. I can typically get a 50 deg increase on p. cloudy days and up to 70 deg increase on sunny days. It is to cold to grow in for 18 hrs a day without heating.
Here is the chamber. It has dropped to 45 with sub zero temps but usually stays between 55-60 at night and up to 90 on sunny days.
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This makes it very easy to pull the plants out for some play time when GH is warm.
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Here are the peppers. They get morning and afternoon light from the T8 and sun the rest of the day for a total of 16 hrs.![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi249.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg220%2FRairdog%2FIMG_20150216_113315508_HDR.jpg&hash=7077259c08208dbe28734e76daaa1bb9)
All plants were started in Optisorb DE. I have very lightly fertilized with buffalo loam, maxicrop with iron, compost tea and shultz'.
View from inside the house.
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Here is the heat mat for germinating and keeping the peppers warm since the chamber can drop to 55. It is flexwatt tape and jumpstart thermostat. I have 2 ft and 4 ft sections.
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There is a fan in the window that kicks on at 75 in the GH to exchange air with the house. It also keeps chamber from overheating and strenghtens plants.
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Other veggies in DE
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Here is the chamber. It has dropped to 45 with sub zero temps but usually stays between 55-60 at night and up to 90 on sunny days.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi249.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg220%2FRairdog%2FIMG_20150303_144151690.jpg&hash=7413ae7a49d5854018b613ba4911e5d8)
This makes it very easy to pull the plants out for some play time when GH is warm.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi249.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg220%2FRairdog%2FIMG_20150303_144123483.jpg&hash=9590238f75820db300b5ee5ffaff534f)
Here are the peppers. They get morning and afternoon light from the T8 and sun the rest of the day for a total of 16 hrs.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi249.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg220%2FRairdog%2FIMG_20150216_113315508_HDR.jpg&hash=7077259c08208dbe28734e76daaa1bb9)
All plants were started in Optisorb DE. I have very lightly fertilized with buffalo loam, maxicrop with iron, compost tea and shultz'.
View from inside the house.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi249.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg220%2FRairdog%2FIMG_20150210_185012424_HDR.jpg&hash=3d6c3f1d1311cdb9d1e149b592955376)
Here is the heat mat for germinating and keeping the peppers warm since the chamber can drop to 55. It is flexwatt tape and jumpstart thermostat. I have 2 ft and 4 ft sections.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi249.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg220%2FRairdog%2FIMG_20150124_103520380.jpg&hash=7f9f8a906d69b20f1dea93701a1223b3)
There is a fan in the window that kicks on at 75 in the GH to exchange air with the house. It also keeps chamber from overheating and strenghtens plants.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi249.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg220%2FRairdog%2FIMG_20150124_101711761.jpg&hash=faa5c39e02ffa5750531de2079e232c2)
Other veggies in DE
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