cold weather help!

[littlewindy]

Growing in the garage the only source of heatis n the lights. Temps are expected to drop into the teens the next couple of. weeks. Garage temps drop to lower 40 now. I'm worried that it will get too cold. my question is how cold is too cold. I have both a veg side and a bloom side.. how do you protect your babies??

littlewindy Reviewed by littlewindy on 12-05-2013. cold weather help! Growing in the garage the only source of heatis n the lights. Temps are expected to drop into the teens the next couple of. weeks. Garage temps drop to lower 40 now. I'm worried that it will get too cold. my question is how cold is too cold. I have both a veg side and a bloom side.. how do you protect your babies?? Rating: 5

[thenewgrow]

hey man i feel for you :/

- I have heard on this page somewhere that some have been able to grow without for as little as 0 -1 c (but I've never heard of it in other pages where ppl grow out dore) i would say you can pull bud's out in temp's down to around low 60 f but if it goes lower then that. i would do something about it

- If I were you I'd probably end get insipid in a fan heater or just insulate your garage that's only one time you need to spend money on it and rockwool is not so expensive that it would give your the greatest loss of money.

In my opinion it would be worth it to just isolate your garage

--- Peace out ---

[lipps]

full water jugs place them under the lights among the plants so when the lights are on they collect heat to be release during dark time, the soil is what you need to keep above 55 60 degrees the tops can take near freezing but 40 would be as low to go. they make rigid 4x8 insulation foam panels you can get em at a building supply store you could make a box that you could put the plants in at night or a box for the whole grow........good luck

[tlranger]

Remember that electric heater puts of enough light to bite you, Have found some thing called an oil filled radiator that works well, there is a light to cover with tape

[thenewgrow]

Remember that electric heater puts of enough light to bite you, Have found some thing called an oil filled radiator that works well, there is a light to cover with tape

an electric heater do not even light lol ^^ not 1 single light on the 4 difrent electric heather we have in this home ?

[Shovelhandle]

Some infrared heaters put out visible light in the red spectrum. That's why you can see it. These are very popular and they will fuck up your grow. Little lights like on my oil filled electric radiator also can cause problems. Put black tape over them.

[thenewgrow]

then is must be some old shit that you guys are using . sorry to say :/ who put's a light in a electric radiator or an electric heather it makes no sense . ( and i have never seen that in my life time not even in electric shop's ) so must be some old one's you guys use for that




but just insulate your garage that's only one time you need to spend money

and after a year or 2 you would have use the same money on electric to your heater or radiator.

[tlranger]

The light on my modern oil filled(which is great electric wise) as a little red dot(light) to tell you when it's plugged in. Another tell say thremosat said go to work. But half inch of black electric tape and you'll be good

[tlranger]

but just insulate your garage that's only one time you need to spend money

and after a year or 2 you would have use the same money on electric to your heater or radiator.[/QUOTE]

How do you cool in summer

[Schrodingers Cat]

A little different approach, if you have room around your girls...... I would place a barrier between your pot and the small compost pot.

Composting for Your Pumpkin Patch
The best stuff that I believe you can put into your pumpkin patch is compost. I'm no expert on composting but there really isn't to much too it. Basically I like to take manure, alfalfa pellets, leaves and build them up into a nicely layered pile. I then spread some organic fertilizer in the pile (I used some leftover Happy Frog brand fertilizer that has some bacteria in the mix) and then poured 5 gallons of compost tea over it to help heat it up quickly (this step isn't necessary, but I think it might help the process go faster). The heat in the compost pile is generated by mesophilic microorganisms which rapidly break down the soluble, readily degradable compounds. The heat they produce causes the compost temperature to rapidly rise.

As the temperature rises above about 103°F,

to read more on pumpkins
Giant Pumpkin Growing Tips From The Pumpkin Man: Composting for Your Pumpkin Patch