Attic grow pro's and con's

[Paht_Hed]

Man I can't wait... Soon (maybe early 2008) I am going to be moving into my own house with a nice sizable attic in it. I hope to set up some type of false walla and set up a hydroponics grow room up there. I was just wondering, since I have read some things that tell me so, is it bad to grow in an attic? I read that the overwhelming heat can easily make your plants wither and die overnight. I plan on having a beastly exhaust with a carbon filter on it and I was also planning, since there is a closet under the area in the attic that I want to set up, to cut a hole in the roof as the intake so I can get cooler air from the air conditioned room right under my grow room. Hopefully that would keep the heat down. Also I was curious about humidity since I do live in the south. Way way south that is.... GO SAINTS!
Thanks in advance to any posts made here!

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Paht_Hed Reviewed by Paht_Hed on 09-09-2007. Attic grow pro's and con's Man I can't wait... Soon (maybe early 2008) I am going to be moving into my own house with a nice sizable attic in it. I hope to set up some type of false walla and set up a hydroponics grow room up there. I was just wondering, since I have read some things that tell me so, is it bad to grow in an attic? I read that the overwhelming heat can easily make your plants wither and die overnight. I plan on having a beastly exhaust with a carbon filter on it and I was also planning, since there is a Rating: 5

[rhizome]

Attics are cold in the winter and way too hot in the summer- It will be expensive to be cooling air that you're then going to exhaust thru the room. Kinda like having a window open and a fan blowing out while you're running your AC. If you're going to run AC'd air thru, I'd insulate the space and have exhaust return to the part of the house that was climate controlled. I'd also use air-cooled fixtures to dump as much heat as possible, with the intake sucking attic air, and then exhausting to attic air- and you have an attic fan, right?

Really, you'd be better off in the basement. It's really tough to keep an attic space cool, what with heat from the house rising and the sun on the roof all day. Attics are doable, but you need like 3-4 times the cooling capacity.

[PharmaCan]

Next time there's a big hurricane, when you see the guy on his roof trying to ward off the rescue boats, that will Paht Head.

:rambo:

[hybridracers]

Really, you'd be better off in the basement. It's really tough to keep an attic space cool, what with heat from the house rising and the sun on the roof all day. Attics are doable, but you need like 3-4 times the cooling capacity.

unfortunately there are vast portions of the country that dont build basements as part of the housing structure.

Very little of the lowest south have them as well as the far west coast.

[Cannabis476]

Fact: Your going to need at least two air conditioners up there in the summer if you dont inulate properly and it will be very expensive to run!

[Paht_Hed]

Well here is the thing... 1. No bills... parents are building a new house and have a lot of property so they are moving their house to the back side of their lot which is a total of 5.5 acres I think so I won't have to worry about bills and I also plan to insulate the crap outta the area before even thinking about growing. Secondly I don't live in NO, worst hurricane I have ever seen was andrew and that really didn't hit us too hard anyways. Never seen flooding never seen a tree fall on a house anywhere near me. And yeah it sucks that we don't have basements in the south... Really is a good find if you can come across a house with one... I know I would definately move if I could.

[PharmaCan]

Do your parents know that you'll be growing? If they do, why don't you get a shipping container and bury it under the house with a stealth access. You'd have a whole lot fewer environmental worries.

PC :smokin:

[khronik]

It's doable, but your yields will not be as high as if you grew in a cooler space. I've done this successfully though, so here's some tips off the top of my head:

1. Only grow during the cooler part of the year. You can try growing during the summer, but it'll be harder.
2. Have your lights come on at night. You don't need both the sun and your lights heating your attic.
3. Get heat-resistant strains. Mandala Seeds has some good ones.
4. Give your plants more dirt than they need. Letting them develop large root systems can mitigate heat stress.
5. Keep your plants watered. Plants are like people in that they can keep cool by drinking a lot. But if they run out of water, they're screwed.
6. Insulate your attic roof.
7. If you're replacing the roof any time soon, go for lighter-colored shingles.

Good luck!

[khronik]

Do your parents know that you'll be growing? If they do, why don't you get a shipping container and bury it under the house with a stealth access. You'd have a whole lot fewer environmental worries.

PC :smokin:

Heh, I can tell someone's been hitting the bong. :smokin:

[PharmaCan]

Heh, I can tell someone's been hitting the bong. :smokin:

That too. However, if you check survivalist websites there are a lot of people who have made basements and bomb shelters from shipping containers.

...I even had a dream one time where I owned a backhoe and I would dig big holes in the ground for friends.

PC :smokin: