Rooftop Greenhouse Grow Amsterdam

HTP

HTP

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I got a section 25 x 25 that I made a raised bed 2 feet deep. I am going to compost all my plants on sunday and get ready for my fall planting. I has 20 tomato plants and about 15 different pepper plants and so on ... Should be great compost. I also got like 20# of chicken shit and cow shit. So for the derail. I just LOVE plants.
Good job bro!
 
DST

DST

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Sounds like you are going to have a shit load of toms!!!! Sweet!

Just a wee comment, HTP I read a while back that you should be wary of composting Tomato plants or Nightshade related plants due to diseases....but then again I read conflicting evidence of people who do this with no issues. You ever had any issues?

I have just thrown away two bags of chopped down tomato foliage etc.......now I am not sure!?!?
 
HTP

HTP

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No but no?
I use grass and food more then any thing. wood and spores ;) I have not had many issues.
There are also a lot of ways to kill diseases w/ making sure you compost pile runs over 140 all over. Stir it up and it should be dead. This is also done on a large scale for store bags of dirt. I do all kinds of shit to mine. And put fresh manure in it here and there.
 
DST

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I also have a compost bin and spend a lot of time turning it so perhaps next year I'll integrate the tomato waste as well. I also use grass, but because I live in a city it means I have to go out with a black bag and basically take it from the park once it's been cut, haha....stealing grass cuttings, what a jakey!! Oh the things we do for our plants. I think everyone should compost no matter what size and where or how you live.
 
PUKKA BUD

PUKKA BUD

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Na den matey!.....fuckin hell they have stretched some since i last seen um, lookin good for it tho, how long till flower starts again mate, did you say october? gunna be fuckin huge them beasts! lol
 
DST

DST

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flowering (or at least pre flowering) has started, they are really stinking now!!!
 
DST

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I forgot September was the start of the windy season here...well it's come a few days early and one of the girls was blown over. So I decided it was probably time to re-pot. I'll be trying to move these into my greenhouse soon as the rain here will just pumell them to whispeyness, and we don't like whispey buds do we! I potted these up to the 70 litre pots that I was using for my tomatoes. I just dug out the main tomato rootball and plopped in the ganjy girls....eh voila!






Peace and trees to all.

DST
 
pon

pon

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Hey down Ho down Derry derry down
Among the leaves so green, O
To my hey down down To my ho down down
Hey down Ho down Derry derry down
Among the leaves so green, O

HTF are you going to combat humidity in your greenhouse mid flower? Have you had a lot of bud mold over the years?

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DST

DST

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Not sure who HTF is, but I normally stick a dehumidifier in there when they get going, along with a greenhouse heater. And yes, I have had mold issues before in there, it's a harsh climate to grow in under the sea.
pon said:
Hey down Ho down Derry derry down
Among the leaves so green, O
To my hey down down To my ho down down
Hey down Ho down Derry derry down
Among the leaves so green, O

HTF are you going to combat humidity in your greenhouse mid flower? Have you had a lot of bud mold over the years?

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GreenThumb2k10 said:
cant believe i missed this one!!! sub'd up. Looking awesome D, so envious but your a good role model lol
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cheers lad.

Xub420 said:
Gnarley Stem! And they are beautiful! Def subbed!
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And thanks Xub420. Hopefully I can get these through to the end. Should be fun squeezing them into the greenhouse.

Peace out,

DST
 
pon

pon

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DST said:
Not sure who HTF is, but I normally stick a dehumidifier in there when they get going, along with a greenhouse heater. And yes, I have had mold issues before in there, it's a harsh climate to grow in under the sea. DST
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In an octopuses garden? HTF = How The Fuck a little play on WTF (what the fuck)

What sort of heater do you use? I have a tube type that chucks out quite a bit of heat in a small area, I'm struggling with humidity here in Blighty too :(
 
DST

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I do like Ringos's only Beatle tune, lol.

I am using the heater I got with the greenhouse, but just use the fan part at the moment. A tropical 2000 or something like that. Eats lecky like nobodies business though. It's a real struggle for sure. I will only use heat when I think it is getting desperately cold. Problem with using heat is as soon as the cold air from outside hits it you get moisture and high RH. Try to keep the heat usage down to a min. MJ's can get down to as low as 5 degrees easily. Plus you get some nice colouring. EDIT: In fact I would say if you are in the UK, turn the heater off for the time being.....

I had 4 lettuce in a grow box in my greenhouse. Took them out 2 days ago and they have alreayd started to turn a nice red colour. Amazing what fresh air and a slight drop in temps does.
 
pon

pon

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DST said:
I do like Ringos's only Beatle tune, lol.

Try to keep the heat usage down to a min. MJ's can get down to as low as 5 degrees easily. Plus you get some nice colouring. EDIT: In fact I would say if you are in the UK, turn the heater off for the time being.....
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I'm having my harvest festival within the week (started gathering (harvesting) popcorn today)- do you still reckon I should turn the heater off at night? Day temp is anywhere from 22c to 30c (in shed) and last night it went down to 7c outside - 20c in shed with heater

I reckon if I want to do this in my shed over autumn/winter I'll have to have the light cycle running overnight just to keep the temps up.

ps. soz about talking about indoor on the outdoor forum ;) (bloody sheds outdoor anyway, same temp & humidity)
 
DST

DST

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As long as you can keep humidity down, I would personally leave the heater off. You will get some really nice colouring into your plants, and may even see some of the natural hues come out in the buds as well as leaves. Not a direct comparison, but I put some lettuce I had out on my roof terrace that had been inside the greenhouse. And overnight the red started coming out in them.
 
DST

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I moved the girls into the greenhouse. Rain over the last 2 days was heavy and in Clogland it doesn't get much better. I want to get them under the glass as once the wet weather sets in they just never get dry, and then nasty things happen. So hopefully early enough this time to enjoy some nice flowers come October.






And the lettuce I moved outside....


Peace, DST
 
scotia1982

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Thats 1 full greenhouse D.... Dnt know how you manage to keep them green outside ma toms n sunflowers hve been totally fucked with the weather this year :-(
 
DST

DST

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Not sure lad, I just use the same stuff I use indoors. One of my cucumbers exploded when I moved it out of the greenhouse. Apart from the consistent rain (which I guess is just part of living this part of Europe) I think we have had some ok weather...enough to get through. My tomatoes where cuttings from last year, so when I put them out they where already pretty boss. Secret to successful veg I have found is starting them early indoors. One of the lads on the 600 posted a youtube vid about it once and I have applied that and have had amazing amounts of cucmbers and tomatoes (the 2 veg's I love the most!)
 
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