How To Build A Indoor Greenhouse. First you need to figure out which type of plants you want to grow in your indoor greenhouse. Are you going to be growing vegetables, plants or flowering plants? This way you can concentrate on what you need to cater to the type of plants that you are growing. It is not hard at all to build a indoor greenhouse. After you have figured out which type of plants that you are going to grow, you will then need to make a trip to the hardware store for supplies. You will need to get a set up for a utility shelf, some florescent tubing and a shop light for every section of your shelf that your putting up. You need some kind of timer so you can keep up with how much light your plants are getting. You will also need a electrical cord with multiple plug in usage. This way you can plug in several of your lights.
When you set up your utility shelf make sure you put it close enough to a plug to be able to plug in your lights. After you assemble your shop lights replace the bulbs with florescent bulbs. You do not have to get any thing expensive, energy efficient will work. Next you will need to set up your plant light timer, most seeds/plants need about ten hours of light. Make sure when you are setting up your cords to where they are all leading back in one direction to the power cord, then run the power cord to the electrical socket. Make sure all of your cords are secure and tied back. Pay attention to the area where you have your indoor greenhouse. If the area your using is cold and breezy you will need to use plastic over your plants. If it is a warm area you will not need the plastic but it would be advised for you to watch the plants to make sure that they do have some moisture so they do not
get dried out.
I just finished this little grow tent, or grow room or whatever grow thing that you would like to call it.
I used this little grow box to start some of my watermelons, lemon trees, and aloe plants. I am currently using it to start some Nepeta cataria (aka catnip) out from seeds. This was a simple project that required only a couple of things to make it happen.
Materials-
- 1 Plastic bread box, you can use whatever type of box that you want but this was one that I gathered up from my work, any type of box will work just as long as it has all of the sides and can enclose all of the light being put out.
- 1 roll of aluminum foil, you can use Mylar if you choose, I was just broke and used what I had inside of the house
- 1 can spray adhesive, you really might not need this but it helps for the foil to stick to the sides easier
- 1 pair of scissors, it can turn into a battle if you have to cut odd pieces of foil TRUST ME
- 1 hole saw, you can use a paddle bit, one that is either big enough for the cord of your grow light, or the grow light itself. you might have trouble once you get into the bigger sizes,only trouble with paddle bits if you want a hole big enough to use a exhaust fan with, plus the grow light.
- 1 drill doesn’t matter if it has a cord or not just one that is able to turn the bit, mine died so I had to fixate a hole saw to the end of a weedeater shaft, side note: it worked like a charm
- plants to put into the box.
- some type of tape that will stay in place on the box
once you have gathered all of these materials.
- use the drill and the hole saw to drill your hole on top of the box. this is where your grow light is going to go.
- after this, measure and precut sheets of aluminum foil or mylar, this will save you a lot of frustration versus spraying the adhesive and then trying to figure out which length of reflective material is best.
- once you have this done, go ahead a spray the adhesive onto the inside of your box, start from the bottom and work your way up the side, doing this will help not get the adhesive all over your arm, ONLY do one side at a time. This will ensure that you have enough time to work with the adhesive and get your foil right. Also DO NOT breath this stuff in, it can really do some damage if you are not careful.
- when you begin to lay your foil into the box start at the bottom and work your way up the side, this will help the foil from sticking and ripping,
- once the foil is at the bottom use a card such as your grocery rebate card to smooth out the lines and help to work the foil up the side of the box and ensure that the foil is properly sticking to the side of the box and adhesive.
- now move onto the next side and do the same over and over again until you have covered all of the sides.
- once all this is done, tape all of the edges up so that , your foil does not become ragged and run the chance of getting ripped and tearing down the side of your grow box.
- after all of this all that you have to do is, put in your grow light and put in your plants.
here a couple of pictures
