My Growitup Greenhouse Grow 2010

[cruzer101]

yeah, kinda like a tomatoe plant. i know, they are totally different, but they are still annual flowering plants. my tomatoe plant had tomatoes starting 3 weeks ago, and it flowered 4-5 weeks ago. it was crazy, but oh well, it will keep giving me mators!!

Gotta love dem Mators!

are there seeds available for casey jones? if so, where do you get them? i tried looking on google and cant find any seedbank that carries them..is it a clone only strain or what?

you could always prune them throughout veg to keep them the height you wanted. i would think it would be ALOT cheaper to do hydro then all of that soil at what? 18 bucks a bag at least lol

Hum, I hadn't thought of that. Maybe that is possible.
Yea that soil is expensive. I got a good deal though. about 12 bucks a bag I think.

Casey Jones strain, I looked for seeds for ya but couldnt find any either. From what I understand it was available from head seeds and seedbay. The strain has been around for about 5 years and it goes quick but is available as seed.

 

[Copycat]

SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!! or pics of plants please... envy...envy..envy

 

[cruzer101]

Comming right up bud.

I started recording temperature today.
Outside in the shade its 80°
Greenhouse shade its 93° This is not gonna work when outside temps hit 95° It will be like 110° I havent fired up the a/c yet. Looks like today will be a good day to see what it will cool it to. I'm thinking I am gonna need more then 5000 BTU

The girls have picked about 3 inches this last week of crummy weather bringing them to about 18 inches in height on average. Blue cheese is the first to hit the 2 foot mark. I expect to see them all over 24 inches by next weekend. I only watered once last week and that wasnt much. maybe 1/4 gal each. I plan on giving them more now we got som sun.

I am going to start doing close ups or cameo of one plant at a time along with group shots and videos. Videos will be once a week. Pics will be more often, when ever I see something new I guess. (or requested)

Lets start with God Bud. This is the one plant that is not doing very well.
Humidity has been low when I check it, about 20% I have been watering the bricks in the morning to get that. This week I am going to find my humidifer and run that some.

You can see what I'm dealing with. The plant has gone to flower, very little branching, buncha stuff on the bottom thats doing nothing. This strain is suspose to have a strawberry cream flavor and a long lasting body stone. I really want to see it do well.

Next week, Bubba Kush. (doing Badass GTO)
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[Hulk Nugs]

Very nice update !!

how are the roof vents working?? maybe a outtake fan up high by them will help with heat.

looking forward to see what you come up with

best of luck

 

[regal8r]

Gotta love dem Mators!



Hum, I hadn't thought of that. Maybe that is possible.
Yea that soil is expensive. I got a good deal though. about 12 bucks a bag I think.

Casey Jones strain, I looked for seeds for ya but couldnt find any either. From what I understand it was available from head seeds and seedbay. The strain has been around for about 5 years and it goes quick but is available as seed.

nice, thanks for the info..also, if i may for your next crop, suggest doing LSD from barneys farm. i think you would be in for a treat, as i have grown it and was very impressed. hardy as hell and will take nutes like a champ..the 24% thc is a plus too

 

[cruzer101]

Very nice update !!
how are the roof vents working?? maybe a outtake fan up high by them will help with heat.
looking forward to see what you come up with
best of luck

Thanks Nugs, The roof vents work perfect. Its a great idea.
Upper exhaust fan? Hum. like a box fan or something... that would also shade the plants though. Maybe on the upper back wall.

nice, thanks for the info..also, if i may for your next crop, suggest doing LSD from barneys farm. i think you would be in for a treat, as i have grown it and was very impressed. hardy as hell and will take nutes like a champ..the 24% thc is a plus too

Hum sounds good. I'll check into that.

 

[Hulk Nugs]

Thanks Nugs, The roof vents work perfect. Its a great idea.
Upper exhaust fan? Hum. like a box fan or something... that would also shade the plants though. Maybe on the upper back wall.

Checking out other greenhouse's that's how they did it back wall high up with a fan/shutter combo might be able to make your own for cheaper not sure.
Not sure if you care or not but thinking about a indoor setup you can do the Filter with fan on top blowing up out the roof vent. The Filter could just sit on the floor cleaning the air around the plants hopefully shooting up a good airflow for heat to fallow. I am sure you have seen what i am talking about.

Did you do a test run with the AC today ?

 

[Murfy]

i've been doing some research on cooling, and have found some interesting solutions available for greenhouse type situations-

the first one is a swamp (or evaporative)coolers, which work by using blocks of excelsior (thin slivers or shavings of wood, commonly used for bow and arrow targets), and having a small pump with an emitter at the top of the block, providing constant moisture, and a fan blowing through the block, which evaporates the the water and cools the air being drawn through

the second method is using very fine misters, set on a timer, to flash evaporate the water and provide substantial cooling (along with added humidity)
so my grow room is taking forever to finish and i'm stuck in the bathroom till then and with temps in the 90's i was desperate, so i took a mister bottle and a fan and went to it, within 5 minutes i was able to cool by 10 degrees and keep it consistently 6 degrees cooler (94-8 by going in every ten or fifteen minutes and blasting a fine mist into the room (with a good fan blowing of course)

check into this, it may be just what the doctor ordered

 

[cruzer101]

Good stuff guys, Yea, I had seen those gable fans when I was building. I like them but I would need to mount them on the side and I wanted all the sunlight I could get so I passed on them for now, good idea though.

Yea, I did test the A/C
Nothing, maybe 3 degrees or so cooler. I left the upper vent open though.
Really I am thinking along the lines of a 12500 BTU for that sucker.

Yea Murf, glad to hear you were able to cool down your room a bit with a lite spray and air.
Both of your ideas are solid but my deal is the humidity. Those swamp cooler really add quite a bit.

I gotta ask Boomer. He knows his shit when it comes to A/C I think he said his dad owns an ac company.

 

[gumball]

cruzer, maybe you can dig a cold well for the temps. basically pull up some of your flooring, and dig a 1 foot to 2 foot square hole a few feet deep. you should be able to put a fan in there to blow up the temps from the lower soil that has cooler temps. i have read about it and seen it on history channel and stuff from back in the days before electricity. i know it aint the most effective way to cool, but it only cost a couple hours of labor. you maybe be able to dig a hole under each plant (a lot of work though) and set them on a grill of type and have a fan blowing up for each plant, but moisture may throw that idea out the window. i am sure there is a bunch of information online about this kinda stuff if it interests you.

 

[cutman]

i have the same problem with heat. them i put a bigger ac unit in there and now i can keep it as cold as i want. heats bad news. but my barn is insolated. so it easyer for me to do that.

 

[Someguy15]

AC seems kinda wasteful in a un-insulated glass greenhouse. Why not just throw one of those whole house fans up on the top. lol then your greenhouse will pretty much match the outside temp, so if you don't live in AZ or TX you should be fine with that.

 

[IAm5toned]

heat is the enemy....

 

[Copycat]

you could toss in a mini fridge and leave the fridge door open, but might be pointless with heat coming off the back compressor. Probably better to stick with your idea of a bigger A/C unit, and toss in a bunch of fans.

Another idea is setup the incoming air duct with a cold water radiator inline. Just need another rez and a pump and you can build your own A/C unit.

Plants look great, bummer one is starting to flower already... maybe you could stress a few bud sites to get some male flowers for pollen and cross breeding when the other ladies start their flower.

anyway... LOOKING SWEET!!!!

 

[Murfy]

these are cool-

http://www.ac-world.com/proddetail.php?prod=R74GW2&cat=DUCTLESS%20SYSTEMS

 

[cruzer101]

Wow, this is great!
Keep the ideas coming.

cruzer, maybe you can dig a cold well for the temps. basically pull up some of your flooring, and dig a 1 foot to 2 foot square hole a few feet deep. you should be able to put a fan in there to blow up the temps from the lower soil that has cooler temps. i have read about it and seen it on history channel and stuff from back in the days before electricity. i know it aint the most effective way to cool, but it only cost a couple hours of labor. you maybe be able to dig a hole under each plant (a lot of work though) and set them on a grill of type and have a fan blowing up for each plant, but moisture may throw that idea out the window. i am sure there is a bunch of information online about this kinda stuff if it interests you.

Hum, ya know, I heard of a cold well before but it was used to trap cold air. Like in freezing weather, you find a cave or build a structure and dig a hole in it so the cold air drops into it. I had thought of digging a hole and setting a res in it to cool the water and run a line to a water cooled co2 gen. This is a good idea, maybe a hole right before the intake...

i have the same problem with heat. them i put a bigger ac unit in there and now i can keep it as cold as i want. heats bad news. but my barn is insolated. so it easyer for me to do that.

Yea I can close the vent on top and put styrofoam panels on the lower vents but with a clear roof... I think it has something to do with UV rays, makes it hotter.

AC seems kinda wasteful in a un-insulated glass greenhouse. Why not just throw one of those whole house fans up on the top. lol then your greenhouse will pretty much match the outside temp, so if you don't live in AZ or TX you should be fine with that.

That was my first idea my friend. Blow in from the bottom and let it go out the top. Exhaust fan up top may do it.

heat is the enemy....

That and those dam spider mites.

you could toss in a mini fridge and leave the fridge door open, but might be pointless with heat coming off the back compressor. Probably better to stick with your idea of a bigger A/C unit, and toss in a bunch of fans.

Another idea is setup the incoming air duct with a cold water radiator inline. Just need another rez and a pump and you can build your own A/C unit.

Plants look great, bummer one is starting to flower already... maybe you could stress a few bud sites to get some male flowers for pollen and cross breeding when the other ladies start their flower.

anyway... LOOKING SWEET!!!!

Another good idea. coils in front of the intake. Maybe circulating water from an underground res?
oh and I got a few that have gone to flower. Mazar, Afghan Widow, and God bud.
Santa Cruz OG is on the fence but now with the sun I think it will bounce back.

these are cool-

http://www.ac-world.com/proddetail.php?prod=R74GW2&cat=DUCTLESS%20SYSTEMS

Wow, I didn't know they made a/c units like that.
Very Cool... I just don't have that kind of money.
Hell that unit alone is more then the whole project budget. LOL
Still, very cool.

 

[Murfy]

ya know an under ground res is also a good idea, in my area about 50" down is always about 50 degrees

i wonder how much capacity you would need to, say pump through a car radiator, in front of the fan? 100 gallons?

 

[cruzer101]

ya know an under ground res is also a good idea, in my area about 50" down is always about 50 degrees I wonder how much capacity you would need to, say pump through a car radiator, in front of the fan? 100 gallons?

Didnt we talk about this before? Oh yea it was the fan part.
I dont know how cold it actually gets and how deep I need to go.

Hum, how could it be done... a sealed container with a water feed from the hose line.. I think I could get by with a much smaller res that way. Like 5 gal. have the pump on a switch...

Guess I need to dig a hole and get some temp readings.

 

[northeastern lights]

Well I think this would Cruzer. I'm going to be setting up like this after my current grow comes down inside. Seems like it would work outside as well.


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[cruzer101]

Hey people,

Well for a start I was able to get a fan pointing out the upper vent. one of those dual 6" window fans. It has its own thermostat in it. Not blocking the sun and cant see it from outside. We knocked down 2°

Today I got Casey Jones her smartpot filled with most everything the other girls got but all Black Gold instead of the 50/50 mix with Ocean Forest.

She is very happy now but I lost my spot.

Oh yea, I was out of those crystals too.
Guess I will let it set for a week before she goes in.​