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.
This makes it very easy to pull the plants out for some play time when GH is warm.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Other veggies in DE
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.
This makes it very easy to pull the plants out for some play time when GH is warm.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Other veggies in DE
