Growing in the frigid cold garage, make/heat a "lung tent"??

TurboTokes

TurboTokes

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I'm not going to be able to grow inside this winter but don't want to throw in the towel. I have a 2 car garage but it would be unreasonable to heat the entire garage and it isn't well insulated.

How feasible would it be to put a smaller tent inside a bigger tent? I only grow for personal in my 2x4' tent usually. I'm thinking of placing the 2x4x5' tent inside a 4x4x6.5' tent, and using a small electric heater to maintain the temps.

Does anyone have something like this? how is the heat sorted? I was thinking I could have a "veg" light in the open side, but outside of the smaller tent, which would help with heat, but I'm unsure if the air has to be "fresh" cold air etc.

How would you guys handle this?
 
Lucky Luke

Lucky Luke

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TurboTokes said:
I'm not going to be able to grow inside this winter but don't want to throw in the towel. I have a 2 car garage but it would be unreasonable to heat the entire garage and it isn't well insulated.

How feasible would it be to put a smaller tent inside a bigger tent? I only grow for personal in my 2x4' tent usually. I'm thinking of placing the 2x4x5' tent inside a 4x4x6.5' tent, and using a small electric heater to maintain the temps.

Does anyone have something like this? how is the heat sorted? I was thinking I could have a "veg" light in the open side, but outside of the smaller tent, which would help with heat, but I'm unsure if the air has to be "fresh" cold air etc.

How would you guys handle this?
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How cold with the ambient shed temp be? I seethe odd 0c and grow ok using no heater apart from the lamp.
 
TurboTokes

TurboTokes

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Gets down to -10c in there in the middle of winter Im sure.

I dont get how you would be OK with no heater at freezing temp, especially when the lights go off
 
JohnDee

JohnDee

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Turbo,
Since tents aren't insulated, you would be hard pressed to keep things warm. My initial thought would be to make a little "room" using rigid foam insulating board. Then have your heater and tent inside that. It would be fairly easy if you have a corner available.
JD
 
Skoal

Skoal

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I would build a box for the tent. And insulate the box. Just use 2x4. And then place tent in there. Possibly run a heater as well. Kinda like making a small room in the garage for the tent. Like a closet or something.
 
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Ryante55

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TurboTokes said:
I'm not going to be able to grow inside this winter but don't want to throw in the towel. I have a 2 car garage but it would be unreasonable to heat the entire garage and it isn't well insulated.

How feasible would it be to put a smaller tent inside a bigger tent? I only grow for personal in my 2x4' tent usually. I'm thinking of placing the 2x4x5' tent inside a 4x4x6.5' tent, and using a small electric heater to maintain the temps.

Does anyone have something like this? how is the heat sorted? I was thinking I could have a "veg" light in the open side, but outside of the smaller tent, which would help with heat, but I'm unsure if the air has to be "fresh" cold air etc.

How would you guys handle this?
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You could probably spend like $60 at home Depot for some 2x4 studs and a sheet of the thick reflective foam insulation
 
Lucky Luke

Lucky Luke

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TurboTokes said:
Gets down to -10c in there in the middle of winter Im sure.

I dont get how you would be OK with no heater at freezing temp, especially when the lights go off
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yea that's cold, cold. I have no experience in that kinda temp.

My tents in an old bathroom that's in the corner of the shed. Its not fully sealed but does help a little, as does keeping the pots up off the concrete floor. Root temp is the key at lights off.
 
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Ryante55

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TurboTokes said:
Gets down to -10c in there in the middle of winter Im sure.

I dont get how you would be OK with no heater at freezing temp, especially when the lights go off
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Damn that's really cold guess I didn't see this post you probably need a heater use a gas heater to heat the garage the co2 the heater puts off would be good for the plants
 
CanadianDank

CanadianDank

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Sorry I couldn't read through this without letting you guys know, it was -30 this morning as I left for work.

I hear it's supposed to get really cold later in the month.
 
myke

myke

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2x6 walls floor and roof,R24 rookwool all around.Then put tent inside so the space between is the lung room.
 
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Bookush34

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TurboTokes said:
But doesn't the lung room also need a fresh air exchange and would still be I taking that frigid air?
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i agree. to have proper ventilation you will have a very hard or expensive time keeping the room warm.

personally in this situation i would run autos at 24/0 and not have to deal with lights off crazy temp drop.

dial in you ventilation to get the temps you want

what lights are you running?
 
Fatmat19

Fatmat19

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Bookush34 said:
i agree. to have proper ventilation you will have a very hard or expensive time keeping the room warm.

personally in this situation i would run autos at 24/0 and not have to deal with lights off crazy temp drop.

dial in you ventilation to get the temps you want

what lights are you running?
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Just how much ventilation do plants require? I’m growing in an insulated attic which obviously isn’t 100% air tight but as close as I could as I’m dealing with winter temperatures. The space is so small I figure just opening the door once a day when I check them is good enough. Plus with 18 hour day the plant should give off a little co2 I figure...
 
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Bookush34

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Fatmat19 said:
Just how much ventilation do plants require? I’m growing in an insulated attic which obviously isn’t 100% air tight but as close as I could as I’m dealing with winter temperatures. The space is so small I figure just opening the door once a day when I check them is good enough. Plus with 18 hour day the plant should give off a little co2 I figure...
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Given that a plant can use more CO2 then what is naturally found in the air and do better in co2 enriched environments. Any thing less that constant air flow would have negative effects.

How much I don’t know.
 
myke

myke

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Only options you have are to spend money,either insulation of the whole garage.Which is a good thing if you own.Or you pay for heat in the lung room.
 
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