howdy roddy. girls all looking very nice. do you have to use a dehumidifier in the basement? i know how these basements all stay damp/mildewy up here unless thier sealed and finished. i'm working on wet sealing one right now that is poured walls/smooth finish floor. anything that touches the floor, like a five gallon bucket, just sucks the water right up through the slab. very slow process sealing them in. most new home owners think that by simply painting the walls/floor will stop the moisture, but it costs them alot more to have to remove all that paint back to bare concrete, just to begin a proper seal. it can get real expensive. a 25 x 50 thats been painted, typically is gonna cost around 5-6000 to do it right. alot of that cost is in labor just on the prep work. you should see a home owners face when you tell them this. lol. act like they got drop kicked in the sack. lol. my mom always told me, ''you gotta pay to go to school''. when you have to call in a pro, they wished they would had payed a little closer attention in class! and people hate facts when confronted with them too, once they went the uncle billy bob way, and a little search online coulda told them ol uncle wild bill was on the sauce again. hahaha.
your basement looks like a typical mi basement. if so, i would put a couple dehumidifiers in there! winter growing is the way to go in these basements if you dont heat them up but only on lights out. i've done my share of basement grows that were more root cellars than an actual buttoned up, moisture free grow rooms.
and keep tons of air moving on constant 24/7. i would also get those windows blacked out. maybe build wooden boxes and attach to them as a light trap, and also use them to vent out of if you know what i mean.
just my opinion roddy from doing many grows in all sorts of different environments in this frozen winter wonderland. trying to be of some help. moisture and mildew is going to be you're enemy now.
one other thing. why do all the big box stores up here discontinue selling house fans in the fall/winter months, when we need them the most? haha. i heat with wood, and you gotta have fans moving heat around constantly. but trying to find a fan or six is always a headache come winter. since i'm privvy to this already, i stock up on cheap dollar store fans for back up ahead of time every summer.
grow is looking great man. are you gonna run one all winter? ...peace...
