Carport Greenhouse Question

What’s up guys?

So i have a 15x20 area full o plants, it’s just fenced it currently. I don’t know why i didn’t think of this before but i’m stressing about mold potentials for finishing and especially since the season can end pretty wet.

I was going to build a hoop house and all that, but for midseason I thought a carport could be a better idea.

If I get it early enough I’ll also get a black out cover and do some light dep to hurry up flowering .

But Once i get a clear cover and cover it for the season, Im assuming I will have to leave at least the front and back open for airflow.

I have no electricity up there so I can run fans or anything like that.

Or Do I just have a cover over it during rain and then pull it for sunny days?

I’m up in Vermont and I haven’t had any flowering yet, still look to be vegging pretty hard. Which would be finishing around 2nd week in October, seems a bit risky?

What do you guys think?

trapdevil said:

Or Do I just have a cover over it during rain and then pull it for sunny days?

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That's what I would do.

carport greenhouse. I use sunscreen mesh for walls, the air just blows thru..you cab buy pre-made clear carport covers online...https://www.canopiesandtarps.com/10x20-valance-canopy-replacement-cover.html

trapdevil said:

What’s up guys?

So i have a 15x20 area full o plants, it’s just fenced it currently. I don’t know why i didn’t think of this before but i’m stressing about mold potentials for finishing and especially since the season can end pretty wet.

I was going to build a hoop house and all that, but for midseason I thought a carport could be a better idea.

If I get it early enough I’ll also get a black out cover and do some light dep to hurry up flowering .

But Once i get a clear cover and cover it for the season, Im assuming I will have to leave at least the front and back open for airflow.

I have no electricity up there so I can run fans or anything like that.

Or Do I just have a cover over it during rain and then pull it for sunny days?

I’m up in Vermont and I haven’t had any flowering yet, still look to be vegging pretty hard. Which would be finishing around 2nd week in October, seems a bit risky?

What do you guys think?

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heres my 20-30 carport I do run big fans 24-7by the way I will be leaving ends wide open this yr.

trapdevil said:

What’s up guys?

So i have a 15x20 area full o plants, it’s just fenced it currently. I don’t know why i didn’t think of this before but i’m stressing about mold potentials for finishing and especially since the season can end pretty wet.

I was going to build a hoop house and all that, but for midseason I thought a carport could be a better idea.

If I get it early enough I’ll also get a black out cover and do some light dep to hurry up flowering .

But Once i get a clear cover and cover it for the season, Im assuming I will have to leave at least the front and back open for airflow.

I have no electricity up there so I can run fans or anything like that.

Or Do I just have a cover over it during rain and then pull it for sunny days?

I’m up in Vermont and I haven’t had any flowering yet, still look to be vegging pretty hard. Which would be finishing around 2nd week in October, seems a bit risky?

What do you guys think?

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Just watch the RH! I lost a few buds to budrot (RIP).

How hot does it in Vermont
Temps can be a problem; saying that, I hit 95f for a week, plants survived....

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thumper60 said:

heres my 20-30 carport I do run big fans 24-7View attachment 4373042by the way I will be leaving ends wide open this yr.

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Nice set up!

I'm thinking of doing something similar with PVC pipe(cheap n easy) with the Plastic sheeting for the roof and getting some rolls of door/window size screen for the sides. Hopefully it will help with both rain and moths.

So got the carport almost ready to go.

So i’m going to get a clear top.

And either the wind mesh stuff or just clear and roll it up when it’s not raining.

So vermont the humidity seems above 50 quite a bit, carport aside does humidity outside have to be as low as inside for flowering to avoid mold or does mother nature provide enough wind and they’ve got more space.
Or do i need to spray some green planet as prevent?

even if just a top is on to avoid direct rain, will the humidity be a uncontrollable factor ?

Any advice to combat budrot in the greenhouse ? Will just keep the canopy top on during nice weather. when it rains will roll down the sides so stay dry. but will that be sufficient ?

trapdevil said:

Any advice to combat budrot in the greenhouse ? Will just keep the canopy top on during nice weather. when it rains will roll down the sides so stay dry. but will that be sufficient ?

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In my experience here off grid it rains inside these shelters with the sides down even with openings at both ends. There’s no escape for moisture laden air to exit the top. Therefore it just gathers on it and rains inside. Alaska.

hotrodharley said:

In my experience here off grid it rains inside these shelters with the sides down even with openings at both ends. There’s no escape for moisture laden air to exit the top. Therefore it just gathers on it and rains inside. Alaska.

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haha so what does that mean

You'll probably want a powerful fan or fans to keep the air moving in there, especially with venting to allow for air exchange. I wonder if you could cut a vent at the top and take the extraction fan from a grow tent, have it extracting the air at the top.

CanadianJim said:

You'll probably want a powerful fan or fans to keep the air moving in there, especially with venting to allow for air exchange. I wonder if you could cut a vent at the top and take the extraction fan from a grow tent, have it extracting the air at the top.

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no power up there... solar?

If you can wire it up, you can get small solar panels. Combine several of them, wire them so they charge a car battery, and when it's charged the juice goes straight through to the fan, lets you run it at night too.

If you can take the plastic off the walls and replace it with sunscreen mesh you won't need any fans at all....

doublejj said:

If you can take the plastic off the walls and replace it with sunscreen mesh you won't need any fans at all....

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Don’t see why i can’t do that.. seems like a good answer

CanadianJim said:

If you can wire it up, you can get small solar panels. Combine several of them, wire them so they charge a car battery, and when it's charged the juice goes straight through to the fan, lets you run it at night too.

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hmm if it was go out buy a solar panel and buy a fan and go, i’d be all for it but rigging car batteries and shit i feel like illnfucknup

Yeah, for a minute there I was thinking like I was back in the Army. Weapons techs, and other RCEME techs get called on to McGuyver all sorts of things. You're probably better off with what @doublejj suggested.

CanadianJim said:

Yeah, for a minute there I was thinking like I was back in the Army. Weapons techs, and other RCEME techs get called on to McGuyver all sorts of things. You're probably better off with what @doublejj suggested.

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Is there not something that is a Solar panel that can power a fan?

this day and age their must be a plug n play solar panel kit? Fans don’t use many watts..

But sunscreen mesh seems like would work well.

Get one that lets the most amount of sun through?

trapdevil said:

no power up there... solar?

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Even a passive opening. Anything to help move warmer moisture laden air up and out. A flap or something. Otherwise picture the domes people place over cuttings. Your solar powered fan will shut off when the sun goes down. Then you need a battery bank and an inverter and yadda yadda.