Indoor Greenhouse Update

We wanted to give an update on how well our plants are growing since setting up our grow light. In order to support the weight of the light we decided to rebuild our frame, this time with metal piping inserted into the pvc. This structure is much more stable, and still quite cost effective. Here are a few images of the different frames. 

This is the original. 

And this is the new version with the light installed. 

The plants were doing well, but we were still somewhat concerned that that they weren't hardening up very well. Within 24 hours of the grow light being installed the change became quite pronounced. We opted to leave the plastic off to avoid it melting, or condensation on the light fixture. 

Here are some images over the last 10 days that show the progression. 

We have had to raise the light a few times to accommodate the growth, especially of the corn stalks. We are very excited to get these plants in the ground, once the weather will accommodate them, unfortunately this week has been too cold. We even have had a skiff of snow this morning. Once we have our garden in outside we will be starting our micro-greens inside. We'll post about the garden again once we get it into the ground.