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Indoor Gardening With Hydroponics Systems During Winters |
 Indoor Gardening Systems |
| Winter has arrived and now it’s time to evaluate your indoor garden and improve the hydroponics systems and hydroponics equipments settings that suit the change in whether which is colder. In winters you’ll realize that the excess heat problem you face during summers is not the same during winters. During summers you spend enough on cooling equipment, fans and power supply to maintain an ideal temperature to get superior quality hydroponics plants. An ideal temperature for your room during winters is, between 70-75F without CO2 and between 77-84F with CO2, depending on the size of your room and the number of land per million CO2 the room air is. This is applicable during the lights-on cycle and during the lights-off cycle you can allow your room to calm down with temperature 66-70F with nutrients water temperature 68F. Heat generator is also a good option to warm your grow room. You can change the venting technique to provide more heat into your grow room instead of using HID bulbs or heat directly outdoors the way you do in summers. You can use partial venting or no venting at all so that you can check how much heat your generator is producing to leave your room at optimum temperatures. During the winters the main problem you face is that your indoor grow room is warmer towards the ceiling and colder near the ground level. There is also a possibility of cold air that starts at the ground level and slowly goes up a few feet. Hydroponics roots like warm growing atmosphere and not cold. In summers you can simply cool down your grow room by adjusting nutrients water temperature to 68F. And, during winters your roots tend to be cold especially if your reservoir, pots or root zone chamber is placed on the ground level. This can kill your hydroponic plants or cause diseases and stress. You can use good growing strategies to protect your grow room from effects from changing temperature and the root zone. One easy tactic is to ensure proper circulation in your grow room so that cold air is sucked from the bottom of the room that combines with warmer air to create adequate temperature. You can also place your hydroponics plant pots or root zone on blocks to lift them above the floor. Ensure that you raise your grow lights to the level of your plants. You can also opt for heating mats under the root zone chambers that are equipped with suitable temperature so that your roots are not fried. You can add an aquarium heater to keep nutrients water at 68F if it drops below 68F. In few instances where you’re growing plants where central heating is not beneficial, you can place a space heater or propane heater maintain the ideal range of your hydroponics garden. They add CO2 to your grow room but with humidity. Therefore, it is important to keep the humidity below 58% in your grow room, specially for dense and fat flowers. Cold weather conditions demand different growing procedures compared to hot weather conditions. You should smartly use HID lighting and save money on air conditioning to keep your room warm and efficiently grow bigger and faster yields. |
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