Jeremiah Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 Hello all, I just wanted to post a few photos of my newly setup Heliamphora grow chamber. A huge thank you goes to Butch Tincher for all the great advice to help me set this up similar to his. I have been growing a lot of these plant for 5 years or more in my greenhouses but they really have never done a whole lot for me. Last winter I decided I would build a new grow chamber to really try and succeed with the genus. Butch grow the best looking Heliamphora around so I asked his advice. My chamber is not 100% identical but I'm hoping it will do the trick. The chamber is 2' x 4'. I'm using a 4' T5 8 bulb fixture that is on for 14 1/2 hours a day. At 6:30am my humidifier (Sunpentown SU2000) turns on at 7am one fan (120mm 800RPM S-Flex 33.5 CFM @ 8.7dBA.) turns on. The lights and the other fan come on at 7:30am everything then run all day. The temps seem to max out at 74F, at 9pm one fan and the lights shut off. The other fan then runs until 9:30 and cools the chamber to about 60F. At 10pm the humidifier then turns off but will come on for 1/2 an hour at midnight and 3am. The humidity durning the night stays at about 85% to 90%. Now that the chamber is full it stays at 75% at the far end of the chamber durning the day. The chamber is surrounded on three sides with foam board with a reflective aluminum side facing the chamber. The viewing side is drop plastic that I will velcro to seal. There is nothing covering the top other then the lighting which covers just about everything other then a 1" gap at the opposite end then the fans. For the racks I use three Chrome Whitmor Supreme Small 3-Tier Shelves with lighting egg crate on the growing shelf. I have only had it up and running for a few days now so I will have to add new photos as things progress. Now for the photos... Thanks -Jeremiah- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defalotus Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 That looks amazing! Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlytrapCare Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 Well done Jeremiah! I'll bet that the Helis like your new set up and grow well for you in there :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInactiveMoth Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 Wow, what a great tank! I could only dream of owning a grow chamber that big! One day perhaps..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose R Posted May 19, 2011 Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 Excellent set up Jeremiah. I think the plants will love it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiah Posted May 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 (edited) Here is a quick video... If someone knows how to embed a youtube video let me know Edited May 31, 2011 by mobile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m.a.x Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 Nice setup, great video ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInactiveMoth Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 The video makes the grow chamber yet more inmpressive! By the way, I've embedded a video before, but I only remember copy/pasting the video URL onto the thread...sorry I can't be of more help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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