My Growitup Greenhouse Grow 2010

[cruzer101]

Hi and Welcome to my Growitup Greenhouse Journal.

When the Temps warm up the vent opens, its solar powered vent opener that opens at about 75°.

A few shots of inside, Im still working on the electrical and plumbing.
I got a large vent along the back wall.

I got an A/C in the left side wall for the real hot days.

Front wall is exposed to a patio so I sealed it. The lower portion is insulated with 1in styrofoam.

side wall

Here is a link to the build.
https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/313870-my-growitup-greenhouse-under-construction.html

My plan is to have three grows a year. One will be the summer where I will veg then flower. When I harvest I will have large clones ready to flower. Flower those and harvest around January. Then do it again for an April harvest. Then be ready to start again. So I won’t have as many crops as an indoor grow but I assure you, they will be bigger.

I want to say thanks to everyone who has contributed to my learning process here at rollitup. A couple years ago I didn’t have a clue and found this site. After 8 or 9 indoor grows, mostly in cabinets I have managed to keep a few of them alive so I figure I’m in it for the long haul. I took an unused corner of my backyard and built an 8x12 greenhouse.

Asked my friends here at rollitup who grow under lights what they would like to see grow under the sun and we got nine plants. Eight are different strains. (we got two Blue Dreams) They have grown to six inches tall in seven inch pots inside my cabinet. They are in.Black Gold soil with Fox Farm nutes at 200 ppm every other watering.

Here’s a current shot of the girls,

They been on 18/6 lighting and they are going to 13.5/10.5 of sunshine. I don’t think they will try to flower, the days are just getting longer. I got some 10 gallon Smart pots for them once they get larger. Im going to put one Blue Dream in a Smart pot and one in a regualr pot to see if I can tell the difference. Heres an alphabetical list of the strains and who picked it.


Afghan White widow
Cutman

Blue Cheese
Someguy

Blue Dream
Boomer

Blue Dream
DoeEye

Bubba Kush
MyGTO

Casey Jones
Dr Greenhorn

God Bud
Integra

Mazar Sharif
PanCake

Santa Cruz OG Kush
Iamstoned
​

 

[PANGcake]

Ooooh...first post! =) I'm stoked for this grow Cruz! Go MAZAR!!!!!

//peace

 

[rhcp4life]

whoot i'll be watching

 

[IAm5toned]

aww they look so happy in there new home...

 

[Murfy]

G R E E N H O U S E ENVY!

sub'd

 

[cazador]

Sweet! Well done. I'm in too

Interested in how the Smart Pots do against the regular pot.

 

[cruzer101]

Yea guys, Pull up a chair. This is gonna be a long one.
I will be updating a couple times a week with pictures and videos.

My readings will be taken mid day or I will use the min/max feature to get the max for the day.
You will know the tempture of the canopy, the humidity, feeding amounts in PPM's and frequency.
Ph of the soil, any additives or pest deterrents will be noted as well.

This is my first soil grow in many years. I got this soil mix from a friend, a 50/50 mix of Fox Farms Ocean Forest and Black Gold, then adding a bit of bat quano and fish emiulation, pot ash, worm castings and about 10% perlite.

Then I read where some of the FF has a problem with fungas gnats LINK This guy has a mix I like too.

"the simplified ingredients in FFOF are peat, earthworm castings, microryhzae, and 1/4 in perlite. so for my mix i buy one bale of Pro-mix HP a ten pound bag of earthworm castings one half bottle of rooters mircrorhyzae and half of a small bag of big and chunky perlite also by Fox Farms. i mix the ingredients in a kiddie pool with a small shovel it is important to "wet" the media while mixing or it becomes difficult to get the media to hold moisture later on. after mixing cover with a tarp and allow it to sit for 3-5 days mixing once daily this will allow all of the microbes to mate with the soil and allow the process of breaking down to happen this will make nutrients immediatly available to your young plants. we wait 3-5 days because this reaction causes heat that can damage seedlings or clones. it's enough to fill about 20 5 gallon containers with a little to fill in after watering in."

I read about some water crystals that hold moisture and I am thinking with the Smart Pots supplying oxygen through the sides it may not be a bad idea to add some of those.

Your comments, suggestions, ideas and questions are welcome.

 

[Copycat]

did you already get a bunch of lady bugs? Damn birds ate all mine

 

[cazador]

personally I don't like the water crystals. But that's me. The Smart Pots are great and I'd be really interested to see your side by side with the regular pots. I say No crystals just water when they need it. They will be happier for it. fungus gnats have pledged me indoors since I moved to the west coast. The only thing I have been able to do so far is use home made sticky traps to keep them under control. Now that I keep the numbers down, they don't seem to cause any problems that I can tell.

The microryhzae needs the plants roots to live and work so It might be better to ad this after the plant is in the soil. Or add again soon after planting and more later on before flower. I'm still learning so just my thoughts.

 

[PANGcake]

personally I don't like the water crystals. But that's me. The Smart Pots are great and I'd be really interested to see your side by side with the regular pots. I say No crystals just water when they need it. They will be happier for it. fungus gnats have pledged me indoors since I moved to the west coast. The only thing I have been able to do so far is use home made sticky traps to keep them under control. Now that I keep the numbers down, they don't seem to cause any problems that I can tell.

The microryhzae needs the plants roots to live and work so It might be better to ad this after the plant is in the soil. Or add again soon after planting and more later on before flower. I'm still learning so just my thoughts.

One evening when I was "gardening" I fergot a glass of dark rum in the grow room. Next day bout 10 flies of some sort were dead floating in the rum. I let it sit and within a week I had no airborne insects whatsoever. I was not really bothered by the flies since there wern't that many to begin with, and those there were died when caught up on a sticky bud, LOL! The buds are 0$ fly traps...haha!!! But it's helluva lot easier to just pour half a shot glass of sweet liquor than inspecting all buds for "trapped" flies You can also make DIY fly trap by mixing either sugar or some honey in lukewarm water, then add a drop or two of dish soap. Works! The sweetness lures the flies to the trap and the dish soap kills them, not literally ofc...hehe, they eat of the mixture and die as a result of ingesting the dish soap...sneaky!

//pce

 

[Hulk Nugs]

Excellent Job Cruz!!!!!!!!!!

Greenhouse is topnotch, going to have some great grows in there.

Nice find on the solar vent!!

 

[Murfy]

PRO MIX

 

[PBFseedco.]

Fighting for a front row seat for this one!

 

[DenseBuds]

Woo hoo! You're living my dream buddy. I can't wait to see how this turns out for you.

 

[IAm5toned]

add more perlite, and a little vermiculite, IMHO... i like 75% soil mix, 15% perlite, 10%vermiculitei really like the vermiculite... holds water but lets it flow through it as well.. the perlite will handle aeration and prevent compaction. important in late flower

 

[Murfy]

cruze, i shoulda asked earlier but do mind linking folks to your threads?

 

[just L]

great job! loved the construction journal!

Cant wait to see this one....

 

[cruzer101]

did you already get a bunch of lady bugs? Damn birds ate all mine

Nope nothing for them to eat yet.

personally I don't like the water crystals. But that's me. The Smart Pots are great and I'd be really interested to see your side by side with the regular pots. I say No crystals just water when they need it. They will be happier for it. fungus gnats have pledged me indoors since I moved to the west coast. The only thing I have been able to do so far is use home made sticky traps to keep them under control. Now that I keep the numbers down, they don't seem to cause any problems that I can tell.

The microryhzae needs the plants roots to live and work so It might be better to ad this after the plant is in the soil. Or add again soon after planting and more later on before flower. I'm still learning so just my thoughts.

So you think it would be better to mix the microryhzae with water and add it as the root structure develops.
I assume its like a powder form? Yea I'm leaning towards the pro mix.

One evening when I was "gardening" I fergot a glass of dark rum in the grow room. Next day bout 10 flies of some sort were dead floating in the rum. I let it sit and within a week I had no airborne insects whatsoever. I was not really bothered by the flies since there wern't that many to begin with, and those there were died when caught up on a sticky bud, LOL! The buds are 0$ fly traps...haha!!! But it's helluva lot easier to just pour half a shot glass of sweet liquor than inspecting all buds for "trapped" flies You can also make DIY fly trap by mixing either sugar or some honey in lukewarm water, then add a drop or two of dish soap. Works! The sweetness lures the flies to the trap and the dish soap kills them, not literally ofc...hehe, they eat of the mixture and die as a result of ingesting the dish soap...sneaky!

//pce

Ha, Cool story. Well they ant getting my Baileys but I suppose I could break with a little sugar water.

Excellent Job Cruz!!!!!!!!!!

Greenhouse is topnotch, going to have some great grows in there.

Nice find on the solar vent!!

Yea man, I got a great deal so I got two of them but I am only using one at first.

PRO MIX

Noted.

Fighting for a front row seat for this one!

Theres a spot! Puff puff pass...

Woo hoo! You're living my dream buddy. I can't wait to see how this turns out for you.

You and me both man. I gotta get a camera like you got. that works on wifi right?

add more perlite, and a little vermiculite, IMHO... i like 75% soil mix, 15% perlite, 10%vermiculitei really like the vermiculite... holds water but lets it flow through it as well.. the perlite will handle aeration and prevent compaction. important in late flower

I thought about vermiculite because of the aeration the pots provide then thought of the crystals. I understand the crystals will retain the nutrients as well as the water. I think I should have something in there to help retain.

cruze, i shoulda asked earlier but do mind linking folks to your threads?

Not sure what ya mean bud. If you mean links to my previous threads most are in my sig below my posts. the rest can be found at my profile. I think its the second link down on the left. Show all threads cruzer started. If you mean sharing the link to my journals with other folks, well sure, the more the merrier.

great job! loved the construction journal!

Cant wait to see this one....

The build continues... I framed out the water shed today and cut the hole for the large vent (that was gonna be a doggy door) I will have an update in the build journal tomorrow.

 

[Murfy]

that is indeed what i meant-

you are a well of knowledge

 

[Copycat]

A tiny wolf spider moved into my plants and now does the same job the lady bugs were doing for me, but the spider also gets the gnats, white flys, and thrips, but I dont know if it will eat the spider mite eggs like the lady bugs do.

Glad to see you don't have pest problems like I do. Keep up the good work.