I want to do this because during the winter time I have total crop failure and I would like to grow stuff all year long. Open to any suggestions and recommendations.
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Vlad_The_Impaler on scored.co
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And if you only do it during the winter then the grow lights double as heat generation for your home, keeping you warm in the process.
A green house only makes sense in areas with long winters, or to lengthen grow season by a couple months. I would not utilize a green house in any warm climate with short, mild winters.
I would just build something like this guy did: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HElTTCsr5g0
Just 2x4's and the clear wave patterned roof panels. I've done something similar but used aluminum studs and this same paneling to repair a pre-existing green house.
> A green house only makes sense in areas with long winters, or to lengthen grow season by a couple months. I would not utilize a green house in any warm climate with short, mild winters.
yep, greenhouses aren't magic, if you want to use them as magic you've got to have a plan to make way more than you'll use heating them up. i know people here in Romania love starting tomatoes early using heated greenhouses (with literal wood fires if they have to) so they can be first on market with 6x the normal, later price.
Wise women used their indoor window sills and egg cartons, then scooped the sprouts into plastic/styrofoam cups on window sills, then to garden. Window sills are warm, inside your own house.
A green house only makes sense in areas with long winters, or to lengthen grow season by a couple months. I would not utilize a green house in any warm climate with short, mild winters.
I would just build something like this guy did: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HElTTCsr5g0
Just 2x4's and the clear wave patterned roof panels. I've done something similar but used aluminum studs and this same paneling to repair a pre-existing green house.
https://www.lowes.com/pl/roofing/roof-panels-accessories/roof-panels/clear/
yep, greenhouses aren't magic, if you want to use them as magic you've got to have a plan to make way more than you'll use heating them up. i know people here in Romania love starting tomatoes early using heated greenhouses (with literal wood fires if they have to) so they can be first on market with 6x the normal, later price.