Who
says you have to restrict your interior designing creative streak to the
indoors? There are umpteen options you can experiment with in terms of your
outdoor, garden and outhouse settings. Today we will look into how you can turn
your garage on its head and give it a complete garden makeover. You can
particularly consider this option if the weather in your geography keeps
changing and has an adverse effect on outdoor gardening. One of the significant
benefits of converting your garage into a gardening oasis is that you can keep
temperature and conditions in check and tweak as per your need. All you need is
a well-lit and maintained growing area set up, and you are good to go. Let us
look at some of the ways you can go about this process.
Concentrate on the lighting
If
we consider the option of using natural light, you will need to align your
plants in a way that they receive adequate light and are placed in the correct
direction. Also, you will need to use reflectors or some reflector objects in
the room post the study of how the light is bending and moving during the day
until sundown.
There
is an option of using artificial lighting as well. To set up artificial lights,
you will need low hanging to grow lights which suspend just slightly above the
plants in the garage which give them the required light for the specified
numbers of hours. To optimise on the cost of electricity consumption, you can
leave them on at night time and maintain temperature and lighting during
freezing weather conditions. Solar lamps also preserve heat and light in a low
cost and eco-friendly manner.
Plastic sheeting technique
The basic functionality of plastic sheeting is to
maintain a greenhouse effect and maintain heat and moisture within. This is
especially required when the plants are in the seedling phase. After placing
them in the soil, and watering them, they need to be kept at a certain
temperature and humidity for them to germinate. Plastic also allows you to
considerably reduce the requirement for additional artificial lighting for heat
placement since the nature of plastic does that all on its own. In addition to
this arrangement, you will need to install a fan for constant circulation of
air in the garage enclosure.
Be mindful of the temperature
We
have spoken about maintaining temperature for germination, for making sure
plants don’t dry out during freezing weather conditions, circulating air so
that an optimum temperature is maintained to ensure the proper and healthy
growth of plants. But how do we know what temperature to maintain? How will you
know what is the temperature of the garage at any point in the day? Easy –
install a thermometer. A standard thermometer is available at most garden
stores since it is an essential factor to keep in mind in outdoor and indoor
gardening. Don’t go lenient on research when you do a garden indoors. Study the
kind of conditions you need to account for basis the changing weather and tweak
the indoor temperature accordingly. Be very careful of plants overheating,
drying out or suffering from freezing root syndrome.
The
best way to make your garage garden a raging success is to be well informed and
more importantly be very meticulous and planned in your execution. After all
its life your catering to, not just traditional furniture.
Author’s Bio:
Jon works
for Acron Garage Doors Ltd - Garage Door Repairs Kent. Helping clients in complex
situations is what he loves most about his job. If not working, Jon can be
found behind any new romantic novel. He also loves to blog about his
experiences & challenges he faces at work.
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