[Yes4Prop215]

Originally Posted by ApolloAK

Yea I'm planning on doing 99 plants this year. Can't decide on pot size. I'm going to run (2) 20x96 greenhouses this year. Figured I would do 49/50 in them, 2 rows in each greenhouse. Do you think I should run bigger than 65 gallon pots? Maybe I should bump it up to 100-120? Only going to have 10' of clearance so I was thinking I would have to pull a tarp and start flowering early.

i also thought about doing smaller pots but fisher already did this and recommended going with at least 100s…reason being that in the heat of summer with temps hitting 90s-100s a 8 foot bush in a 65 will be sucking water very fast and risk going dry much quicker. with a 100-200 theres a little more room for error. but if you have auto timers and are on sight the entire day and can water 2-3x a 65 might do fine. I've seen huge plants put out serious weight from root bound pots watered multiple times a day.

[Backyard Farmer]

Farmtek silage tarp works great white side out

[ApolloAK]

Originally Posted by Yes4Prop215

i also thought about doing smaller pots but fisher already did this and recommended going with at least 100s…reason being that in the heat of summer with temps hitting 90s-100s a 8 foot bush in a 65 will be sucking water very fast and risk going dry much quicker. with a 100-200 theres a little more room for error. but if you have auto timers and are on sight the entire day and can water 2-3x a 65 might do fine. I've seen huge plants put out serious weight from root bound pots watered multiple times a day.

I've got power and my own well on site. I was planning on doing drippers. Maybe get a couple of 500 gal tanks

[Backyard Farmer]

The less overall impact the better bigger pots water less often fish keep swimming

[Space Case]

Have you spoken to Envirotech? They seem like good folks, pretty sure they are also in Grass Valley.

[Backyard Farmer]

I've spent tons of money with them and I'd never do it again.. Straight bullshit artists

Incorrect delivered..took a year ..literally...to get all correct parts and complete build..their unlicensed crew started a fire at my place that resulted in a compliance check..what more crap can u get from a GH company? Oh yeah and their dude idan has the customer service skills of a baboon

[Yes4Prop215]

^ yea pretty much was steered away by environtech due to BYF's experience, sucks he had to go through that. i mean a fucking FIRE that resulted in a check, that alone would be a headache beyond belief. I've heard other bad stories from people at the grow shops as well…


i break ground on cold frame # 1 on monday!

[mack 10]

Go for it Prop!

[Bo Hasset]

God, the entire Butte, Tehama, Yuba, Nevada area probably lights up like something out of a Star Wars movie this year with all the additional hoop houses being sold... as soon as nightfall would hit last summer it was always fun to look out over my ridge and look for all the glowing domes of light from where folks didint bother to tarp at night when using supp lighting.

FTR, I'm calling FarmTek this morning to see what kind of financing I might qualify for... all the kids are doing it, why not?

[furrywall11]

If you're up at midnight you might see the lights at my place.. Note: the "golden arm" isn't actually capable of pulling a standard gro-tek tarp over a 20x72 hoop house...or at least not with any less effort then ropping it in a rainstorm..damn thing is bending like it's going to break, too. If you watch the golden arm video without thinking of all the tarp you won't have to pull youll notice he's working with a 8' greenhouse and 5ml panda plastic. I'm working on some kind of electric winch system now.