ohio greenhouse experiment

[dagobaker]

lets just say its northeast ohio and really cold with lots of show outside and most mortals wont put any plant outside even in a greenhouse for at least another month.....
i dont expect the plants to make it because the greenhouse isnt heated and has a few leaks here and there
i have a 7watt 5 gallon aquarium heater inside the hydro unit to try to keep the temps up alittle at night
i have the plant covered with a clear plastic cover with a few little holes so it can breath and ill be putting a sheet over top at night just in case
i expect the next few weeks to be critical and hope the experiment works
3 pics follows.... one is the plant with the cover on
second is with the sheet covering the whole thing for after dark
third is the dual therm. with inside temp on top outside on bottom
im not trying this to actually grow bud
its to see if i can extend the greenhouses use for a spring early harvest and a fall late harvest.....i can put plants halfway through harvest early and late seasons for free light and then just refill my grow room and really crank out some bud...... opinions about how crazy i am are welcome

[dagobaker]

well alive after the first night
forecast was 27 outside
hit 32 in greenhouse
hit 44 inside the hydro unit with the plastic covering the little heater and the blanket i put on top plants look great

[dagobaker]

ok i have a 6mil clear/cloudy plastic cover on top of the plant and the sheet was added for night time
the outside temp as of 10 pm eastern is 28 .....inside the greenhouse is ...32... and inside the hydro unit is a nice 58.....seems like so far the heater is doing a nice job even though i only bought the 7watt one for 7 dollars from walmart

[dagobaker]

as of 830 its 46 inside the greenhouse 60 inside the hydro unit and 44 outside
plants had the cover off it all day and its covered for the night......

[dagobaker]

greenhouse hit 37 last night with i would guess 32 outside and inside the hydro unit never went below 47......maybe some pics tomm if i have time

[lawlnub]

i grew super skunk in 35-55 degree weather litterally almost the whole time, yeild was skimpy but they made it! didnt put anything on top of it.... but they were in a shed.

[dagobaker]

pics from 3 diff views

[FrostAie]

haha your crazy trying to do this outside now. I get cold every time i walk outside. Thats crazy you have kept it around 50 at nighttime I cant wait for the weather to get better here So I can start my year off

[dagobaker]

im not sure its worth even the effort but if i can gain some knowledge than i can maybe squeeze a small spring crop next year and a small fall crop this year
i plan on 24 plants this summer hoping to put one month old plants in the greenhouse this may giving me 3+ months of veg and hoping for 4 ounces per plant
going to be using 10 to 20 gallon containers for each so the roots have room to grow

[dagobaker]

well its damn cold here in ohio not sure if its normal or not but its getting below 30 at night so i dont think the 7 watt heater can do the job......just dont have alot of power to spare with all the lights i have on and extension cords everywhere....lol....... a few of the hairs on the oldest plant are turning red/brown but its not exactly the greatest looking thing ive ever seen........lol
maybe ill have better luck when it warms up a bit......looks like march without heating the greenhouse might be useless......time will tell

[dagobaker]

going to 20 tonight
might be losing the babies so stay tuned
pics after lunch tommorrow.....later