Santaisaninja
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I've been planning on setting up a small grow room, but my biggest problem is that it isn't insulated, and the cost of keeping it heated with a small heater (or a large one) would probably outweigh the benefits of growing my own.
I spent about 20 minutes trying to figure out to ask the people who grow indoors or outdoors, as while the lighting I am using would strike me as its growing indoors, the fact that it has no insulation and will be grown in soil (or some variant of that)
Does anyone know of a DIY-esc insulation I could use for the room?
I've been looking through some extremely unconventional ideas such as making a solar heater, and having it circulate heated water through the soil for a few hours before night. The ground is concrete, so it would hold the heat pretty well.
Just to avoid anyone asking where I am growing, its a pool shed that is no longer used for the pool pump. Its been cleaned thoroughly, and still have several electrical sockets to be used.
EDIT:
Just found out that the shed is anywhere from 5-10 degrees warmer than outside. And thats without insulation. I guess the concrete really held in the heat. I'm hoping that if I can get insulation in soon (this weekend perhaps) that the heat won't go away, and I can sustain it with the lights.
If successful, I'll post pics. If it fails, well then I'll tell you what went wrong, or at least what I think went wrong.
I spent about 20 minutes trying to figure out to ask the people who grow indoors or outdoors, as while the lighting I am using would strike me as its growing indoors, the fact that it has no insulation and will be grown in soil (or some variant of that)
Does anyone know of a DIY-esc insulation I could use for the room?
I've been looking through some extremely unconventional ideas such as making a solar heater, and having it circulate heated water through the soil for a few hours before night. The ground is concrete, so it would hold the heat pretty well.
Just to avoid anyone asking where I am growing, its a pool shed that is no longer used for the pool pump. Its been cleaned thoroughly, and still have several electrical sockets to be used.
EDIT:
Just found out that the shed is anywhere from 5-10 degrees warmer than outside. And thats without insulation. I guess the concrete really held in the heat. I'm hoping that if I can get insulation in soon (this weekend perhaps) that the heat won't go away, and I can sustain it with the lights.
If successful, I'll post pics. If it fails, well then I'll tell you what went wrong, or at least what I think went wrong.