My Year Round Hoop House Grow n SoCal

Greetings All,

Wanting more space than my 4x4 flower tent provides, this summer I set up a 8x12 flower hoop house.

I veg indoors in a 4x4 tent, then decide whether they move to the 4x4 flower tent or to the hoop house.

If they go to the hoop house they get transplanted to 4.5 gallon Hydrofarm mesh bottom pots. They are thicker than the typical blow molded pots. Hoping this helps insulate the roots a bit.

Getting to the coldest part of the year here, not sure how that and the only 10 hours of day of sunlight will limit things.

Some pics:

This is my light timer for long summer days, lol


Sour D, day 1 of flower


Sour D, 6 weeks


Northern Lights, 6 weeks

Nice but why weren't they topped?

I'm a noob

Seriously, that is something I have to learn.

How to battle humidity and high heat during the summer?

Shaping your trees is important for canopy and yield

ULEN said:

How to battle humidity and high heat during the summer?

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Remove tarp.

ULEN said:

How to battle humidity and high heat during the summer?

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Well our typical humidity here in summer is less than 10.

As far as heat I have misters in the summer.

Before you freak, every 3 days I spray with the following at sunset:

2 liters RO
2 ml Earth Juice Assist
15 ml Dyna-Gro Neem
5 ml Earth Juice Natural Up - Natural Up is potassium bicarbonate

Have had zero mildew or bug issues so far.

When I cut I also dip and wash before dry.

1 cup H2O2 per gallon tap water - this is the dip, leave them under for a few minutes
Dr Bonners Hemp soap wash
Rinse with tap
Rinse with RO
Hang to dry

As far as the tarp in summer, it goes on after sunset, then I take it off in the morning 12 hours before sunset.

There are actually 2 tarps, 1 was not enough to keep it totally dark.

come to the bbq.....

Right on, right on! Looks like you're off to a good start.

Best of luck to you and your harvest.

Forgot to add this.

I originally had the misters running straight tap water. The chlorine / chloramines ended up bleaching the pots and plants.

So I added this:


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006IX87S/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It's a high carbon KDF filter, definitely dealt with the chlorine / chloramines.

Seems to last 3-4 months.

you should ditch the plastic in the summer and use shade cloth.

TWS said:

you should ditch the plastic in the summer and use shade cloth.

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Wish I could, it's a security thing. Here in Riverside County they have their panties in a bunch over outdoor grows.

For prying eyes, looks like flowers from outside




hi-tech cooling system

doublejj said:

come to the bbq.....

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I would if it were not a 6 hour drive

sunscreen mesh looks the same, but it lets air thru & you won't need the noisy attention attracting fan....there's an outdoor ban here in Sacramento too......

flaxseedoil1000 said:

I would if it were not a 6 hour drive

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just bring a sleeping bag, theres plenty of room

Riverside county in the Gehtto .

I see the Helicopter at least twice a week. he waves to me Grow with in your rec limits and don't smoke any Sativa and your good to go

Awesome setup you got there man looks like tons of land what part of Socal are you in??? I need to move out of the city area and more into the rural area like this im in riverside cty right now lol

what part of riverside county you in brother? Im hemet area lol