Cold weather problems inside?

[X7GrowerX7]

So I'm a first time grower, I am growing inside a metal shed so it does get a bit cold in their at night. I have 1 inch thick insulation around the walls so it helps somewhat but I'm only day 22 into flower and November and December are coming up around the corner quick, right now at night the low temp is like 44-48 and I know I can put a heater out their but I'm also worried about hanging and drying with the cold weather? Any ideas for people's that have had issues with this?
I just don't want any of this harvest going to waste, put a lot of time and money into it

 

[upnsmoke13]

Could you run your lights at night? I put a small electric heater in my room (also in an outdoor building) during cold season.

 

[X7GrowerX7]

Could you run your lights at night? I put a small electric heater in my room (also in an outdoor building) during cold season.

Yes, my light schudule is perfect. It's on at 5pm and turns off at 5 am, I still think I need to get a heater for out their.

 

[X7GrowerX7]

Could you run your lights at night? I put a small electric heater in my room (also in an outdoor building) during cold season.

At what point does it have to get to for it to completely stop the plant growth?

 

[a mongo frog]

So I'm a first time grower, I am growing inside a metal shed so it does get a bit cold in their at night. I have 1 inch thick insulation around the walls so it helps somewhat but I'm only day 22 into flower and November and December are coming up around the corner quick, right now at night the low temp is like 44-48 and I know I can put a heater out their but I'm also worried about hanging and drying with the cold weather? Any ideas for people's that have had issues with this?
I just don't want any of this harvest going to waste, put a lot of time and money into it

Wouldn't worry about the drying right now. Use your heater now to get as close to optimal temps as you can. Your plants look great! Then when it comes to drying, use the heater very little. maybe on a timer.

 

[a mongo frog]

At what point does it have to get to for it to completely stop the plant growth?

Water temps is going to be the key here.

 

[X7GrowerX7]

Water temps is going to be the key here.

How cold the water is im feeding them? Or what do you mean by water temps?

 

[a mongo frog]

How cold the water is im feeding them? Or what do you mean by water temps?

Yes, how cold the water is that your feeding them. Obviously root temps control everything.

 

[upnsmoke13]

At what point does it have to get to for it to completely stop the plant growth?

Idk, I'd think water temp would help but at some point the air temp would come into play. I've read 10 degree swing, between night/day, is good though I'm sure they can stand a lot more or less.

 

[X7GrowerX7]

Yes, how cold the water is that your feeding them. Obviously root temps control everything.

Will the cold slow down plant growth a lot? When do you think I will actually start seeing some sights of bud/swelling, sights of bigger buds I'm 22 days into flower right now

 

[a mongo frog]

Will the cold slow down plant growth a lot?

Yes.

When do you think I will actually start seeing some sights of bud/swelling, sights of bigger buds I'm 22 days into flower right now

Probably day 56 you will be super stoked then you will most likely have 2 weeks left and they will get even better and bigger.
Keep your room temps as good as you can, and try your best to water with water temps around 68-72 if your in dirt, I never asked so I'm just assuming you are.

 

[X7GrowerX7]

Yes.

Probably day 56 you will be super stoked then you will most likely have 2 weeks left and they will get even better and bigger.
Keep your room temps as good as you can, and try your best to water with water temps around 68-72 if your in dirt, I never asked so I'm just assuming you are.

Yes I'm using fox farms soil, and thanks a lot!

 

[whitebb2727]

Wrap your pots and try to keep the root zone warm at lights out.

Little more work. Unwrap when lights come on and allow the pots to warm up. Wrap them before lights off.

 

[X7GrowerX7]

Wrap your pots and try to keep the root zone warm at lights out.

Little more work. Unwrap when lights come on and allow the pots to warm up. Wrap them before lights off.

My lights are on at night durring the coldest points though?

 

[whitebb2727]

My lights are on at night durring the coldest points though?

You actual temps should be higher though. You would be getting heat from the lights and heater.

The light warms the pots especially if they are dark.

Either way keep the root zone warm. The canopy can get colder. Frost aren't even that harmful as long as the root zone doesn't get real cold and the canopy wants fairly quick at lights on.

 

[Lucky Luke]

^ what he said.

if you can put anything that's outside the grow space inside, ballasts, ducting fan (maybe even turn that off at lights off) helps get a little more heat. On the plus side you may be able to run your lights lower and ur buds should be dense with lots of colour

 

[It's not oregano]

I grow in an unheated detached concrete garage so know your struggles all too well.

Another idea as well as the excellent advice given above is to raise your posts off the floor with two bits of 2"x2" wood underneath each pot. If you can get hold of a small tube heater you can put that in the gap under the pot to help warm the roots. They cost around £20 in the UK.

Also, looking at the pic in your first post, could you get some insulation, wood, thick board etc to make a sort of surround around your plants, to make a sort of mini room? That way you might help keep temps up as you are trapping heat close to the plants rather than trying to heat the entire shed.

 

[Lucky Luke]

and this is why some of us like HID lighting .Light is a heater!!..lol I to grow in a detached shed.

 

[X7GrowerX7]

I grow in an unheated detached concrete garage so know your struggles all too well.

Another idea as well as the excellent advice given above is to raise your posts off the floor with two bits of 2"x2" wood underneath each pot. If you can get hold of a small tube heater you can put that in the gap under the pot to help warm the roots. They cost around £20 in the UK.

Also, looking at the pic in your first post, could you get some insulation, wood, thick board etc to make a sort of surround around your plants, to make a sort of mini room? That way you might help keep temps up as you are trapping heat close to the plants rather than trying to heat the entire shed.

I am limited on space, I am currently using alittle over half of the shed for the grow room, I have 1 huge plant and the other 4 are also a lot bigger now then the pic shows, I also have padded insulation around the inside of my shed as well now. In the bottom pic you can notice the reflective padded insulation I have up

 

[whitebb2727]

I grow in an unheated detached concrete garage so know your struggles all too well.

Another idea as well as the excellent advice given above is to raise your posts off the floor with two bits of 2"x2" wood underneath each pot. If you can get hold of a small tube heater you can put that in the gap under the pot to help warm the roots. They cost around £20 in the UK.

Also, looking at the pic in your first post, could you get some insulation, wood, thick board etc to make a sort of surround around your plants, to make a sort of mini room? That way you might help keep temps up as you are trapping heat close to the plants rather than trying to heat the entire shed.

I forgot all about something under the pots. I even have to do that in my basement. I use a piece of scrap insulated panel under my pots. The roots on the cold concrete floor was giving me issues.