has anyone tried using a reflective surface such as mylar for an outdoors grow?
my outdoors garage is walled on all sides, neighbors are cool and aren't nosy, the street is pretty quiet and marijuana laws aren't very strict/enforced where I'm from so being secretive about the grow isn't an issue.
besides what is blocked out from a single tree across the road and the house and garage walls (totaling ~4 hours of indirect light per day) there is plenty of sunlight available.
im wondering if setting up wooden walls on either side of the plants, (third side towards a brick wall which doesn't overshadow the plants during day) and covering them with mylar would be of any value. i cant seem to find any info on outdoor growers using reflective surfaces. are there any detrimental effects of having too much light? increased heat maybe? ventilation?
the wooden walls themselves will be designed so their backside wont be blocking out any direct sunlight which isn't already being blocked by the house/garage walls.
though i have enough space (~20 square meters) id prefer to have as few marijuana plants as possible with maximum yield from each one (taking up ~4 square meters) and dedicating the rest of my garden to other plants.
ill be getting a 400W HPS light in a month and can do some indoor growing (have an area ready), but i would prefer to take advantage of both grow areas i have available, using the indoor grow room mainly for a mother plant, cloning and vegging, as well as extending the flowering period of the outdoors crop if outside temps/daylight drop down too much in winter. keeping the electricity bill down would also be nice.
heres two quick sketches of my grow area. the first pic shows the house/garage walls blocking out some of the morning and evening sun and reflective surface designed/positioned in such a way that they dont block out any of the sunlight. the second pic shows a bird eye view of the garage with the yellow/brown line being the "path" of the sun throughout the day, starting at the top in the morning (yellow) and moving down throughout the day. during the middle of the day (where line changes from yellow to brown) the sun is not quite above the plants but aligned so that its facing the normal of the wall, which is directly adjacent to the plants (I'm guessing the mylar surface on the brick wall alone will provide some great added sunlight during this time)
should i go ahead with the plan? any suggestions/advice would be appreciated, especially since I'm still on my first grow.
my outdoors garage is walled on all sides, neighbors are cool and aren't nosy, the street is pretty quiet and marijuana laws aren't very strict/enforced where I'm from so being secretive about the grow isn't an issue.
besides what is blocked out from a single tree across the road and the house and garage walls (totaling ~4 hours of indirect light per day) there is plenty of sunlight available.
im wondering if setting up wooden walls on either side of the plants, (third side towards a brick wall which doesn't overshadow the plants during day) and covering them with mylar would be of any value. i cant seem to find any info on outdoor growers using reflective surfaces. are there any detrimental effects of having too much light? increased heat maybe? ventilation?
the wooden walls themselves will be designed so their backside wont be blocking out any direct sunlight which isn't already being blocked by the house/garage walls.
though i have enough space (~20 square meters) id prefer to have as few marijuana plants as possible with maximum yield from each one (taking up ~4 square meters) and dedicating the rest of my garden to other plants.
ill be getting a 400W HPS light in a month and can do some indoor growing (have an area ready), but i would prefer to take advantage of both grow areas i have available, using the indoor grow room mainly for a mother plant, cloning and vegging, as well as extending the flowering period of the outdoors crop if outside temps/daylight drop down too much in winter. keeping the electricity bill down would also be nice.
heres two quick sketches of my grow area. the first pic shows the house/garage walls blocking out some of the morning and evening sun and reflective surface designed/positioned in such a way that they dont block out any of the sunlight. the second pic shows a bird eye view of the garage with the yellow/brown line being the "path" of the sun throughout the day, starting at the top in the morning (yellow) and moving down throughout the day. during the middle of the day (where line changes from yellow to brown) the sun is not quite above the plants but aligned so that its facing the normal of the wall, which is directly adjacent to the plants (I'm guessing the mylar surface on the brick wall alone will provide some great added sunlight during this time)
should i go ahead with the plan? any suggestions/advice would be appreciated, especially since I'm still on my first grow.
