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Why would you grow your food in the basement? There’s no sunlight in your basement. Build a hydroponic greenhouse, maybe, but if society fails to the point wher
by fennecfoxen 5y ago
Why would you grow your food in the basement? There’s no sunlight in your basement. Build a hydroponic greenhouse, maybe, but if society fails to the point where you need to be growing your own food, why do you expect to have the electricity necessary to grow food in a basement?
(I’m skeptical on the hydroponics as a long term thing as well - traditional farming remains in the dirt for a reason, it’s much more practical - but the basement stands out more.)
- gabereiser 5y agoBasement because I have more room, can channel solar/wind energy into low-power LED grow lights when the skies may be dark. Or utilize generators to power 100w lamps. It's also out of sight so no fear of neighbors trying to ransack my garden. I don't have a large yard for a greenhouse, but I do have 1,000sqft of unfinished basement.
- fennecfoxen 5y agoAre those wind and solar on your own property, that you can rely on them if the day arrives when an every-man-for-himself subsistence-farming operation is necessary to survive? If you're using generators burning fossil fuels to power lamps to grow food, that's an incredibly expensive way to do it. And if you're using "100W light bulbs" I'm not even sure what you're doing — is this traditional white light bulb or what? I sure hope not, but most grow lights aren't bulb-shaped and tend to come in larger wattages as a 600W LED grow-light panel is usually rated for about a 2'x2' area, which is not really a lot of food; you'd be looking at 9KW for your whole basement.
- gabereiser 5y agoYes, on my property. I already have a 100w led grow light panel. You should look into them. They are super efficient on power. IGTFARM, Groplanner, there’s quite a few on the market.