Friendly_Grower
Well-Known Member
About almost two decades ago I built a sixteen square foot organic soil planter bed grow-box in the back end of a twenty foot travel trailer. It was a wonderful time.
As it turned out being in such small quarters and running a 1000 watt HPS required that the incoming air be cold.
when I moved my trailer from about 2500 feet above sea level in California to about 120 feet above sea level to be an hour closer to work, I witnessed climate change directly year after year.
At first it was cold enough in October to run that light. Then October slipped to November and then December. Finally it was late January and things started turning to spring early March. The Grow was not possible for safety reasons.
New Beginnings:
My Mother passed away at 96 and left us kids some money. Enough for me to leave California and buy a house in Illinois where there are great values and low prices. Hence my new beginning.
This place is a real fixer upper but, the one thing the realtor and seller did not show online was that renters had put in a bare-bones grow room. A Grow-Room with a really solid door. Nothing else is as secure in this whole place except the grow room. I'm talking ax resistant door! Funny!
It's rough.
It needs a dedicated electric circuit.
It needs to be a clean room in all senses of the word.
Since this is two decades later for me and it is absolutely a blessing to live here I want to share what I do with you. After all we all will learn as this project goes forward.
It's a lot of fun to contribute to Grow-Sites. These days there is a lot less of a chance the Federal Government will come after you in a Medical use state.
I used to post a lot on three different sites. I am sure there are pictures from yesteryear on a harddrive in a box here but this isn't about yesteryear.
So, with a little effort and much TLC there will be a "Garden-Room" I can share with you all.
I welcome comments. I welcome advice and I will be asking questions of you all from time to time.
I do have general skills however, I don't know everything.
This will be a self paced project.
Enjoy!
Friendly_Grower
As it turned out being in such small quarters and running a 1000 watt HPS required that the incoming air be cold.
when I moved my trailer from about 2500 feet above sea level in California to about 120 feet above sea level to be an hour closer to work, I witnessed climate change directly year after year.
At first it was cold enough in October to run that light. Then October slipped to November and then December. Finally it was late January and things started turning to spring early March. The Grow was not possible for safety reasons.
New Beginnings:
My Mother passed away at 96 and left us kids some money. Enough for me to leave California and buy a house in Illinois where there are great values and low prices. Hence my new beginning.
This place is a real fixer upper but, the one thing the realtor and seller did not show online was that renters had put in a bare-bones grow room. A Grow-Room with a really solid door. Nothing else is as secure in this whole place except the grow room. I'm talking ax resistant door! Funny!
It's rough.
It needs a dedicated electric circuit.
It needs to be a clean room in all senses of the word.
Since this is two decades later for me and it is absolutely a blessing to live here I want to share what I do with you. After all we all will learn as this project goes forward.
It's a lot of fun to contribute to Grow-Sites. These days there is a lot less of a chance the Federal Government will come after you in a Medical use state.
I used to post a lot on three different sites. I am sure there are pictures from yesteryear on a harddrive in a box here but this isn't about yesteryear.
So, with a little effort and much TLC there will be a "Garden-Room" I can share with you all.
I welcome comments. I welcome advice and I will be asking questions of you all from time to time.
I do have general skills however, I don't know everything.
This will be a self paced project.
Enjoy!
Friendly_Grower