I don't want to knock anyone's grows but from what others tell me loft growing is a pain in the arse, I've never tried it but I know people who have so I'll copy and paste what was on that link because it's valuable to any one who set's up a loft grow (I apologise if people have looked at that link already)

Loft growing your own ganja is a tricky operation at the best of times.

As far as indoor growing goes, growing in the loft can rate as an extreme sport sometimes. Its certainly not for the feint-hearted.

Unless your up to passing the induction course for your local 'special forces' squadron, (SAS/Green Berets), I would seriously weigh up every alternative option before commencing with a loft grow.

First of all, lets examine the logistics of it. If you are growing hydro you are going to be transporting hundreds of litres of water up into the loft, and back down again as reservoirs are changed. This where the special forces training comes in.

The smart cookie rigs up a hose pipe, but thats not always an option so hard work is an off-putter!

Spills and accidents are an inevitability even the most careful grower will struggle to avoid completely.

If you grow in compost and water with a watering can the amounts can be minimal, but if we are talking hydroponic reservoirs in the loft-space?

A 100 litre reservoir spilling its contents of fertilizer just a few feet above your sleeping head is really going to improve your popularity at home, especially if 'she who must be obeyed' is unaware of your horticultural habit in the first place.

Did I mention growing in compost?

How about carrying all them bags of compost/gravels/coco coir, or those large, 25 litre containers of hydroponic solution up to the grow room?

Like I said, it's an extreme sport, and don't even get me going on the environment issue.

No not saving the earth. The grow room environment.

Unless you got some serious benji's to spend on fully insulating your loft, the temperature swings will need experiencing to believe them.

With the sun at the very height of its apex, the loft space, beneath the dark, heat attracting tiles, will reach temperatures of 20+ celcius above that what it is outside!

So if you're getting 35c outside, in a poorly ventilated loft space with HID lighting running you could seriously expect to see silly, dangerous temperatures recorded. Surely a disaster waiting to happen, if your plants would survive such conditions in the first place.

With the clear days comes the clear, cloud free nights.

With no cloud base to keep the heat close to the earth's surface it dissipates off into the atmosphere, with a day to night temperature drop of 15-25 degrees celcius not uncommon.

The loft space chills down quickly once the sun goes down. A still, deathly chill settles over everything and in the death of winter my loft can resemble the set from The Excorcist, complete with puffy breath.

UK growers are resorting to running their lamps through the coldest, darkest winter periods to combat this.

Of course, running your loft-grow-lights in the winter brings with it a whole host of other, less obvious problems.


Doh!!

Yep. Growing in the loft seems like a lot of hard work to me.

Although I've seen some outstanding results from growers who have the time, the patience, the stamina, and not a few pounds/dollars to spend on the equipment to make the project feasable from the start.

But if you are running on a tight budget I would seriously think again!