Sitting on some organic fertilizer or, "my plants have my back"

[GreenhouseEffect]

I am fortunate enough to borrow a back up PC that I can post pics from, Yay!!
Lot's of stuff has grown and changed, as I continue to try and balance my little piece of ecosystem peace.

 

[GreenhouseEffect]

We went from winter to summer this week, so pulled the bubble wrap off the ceiling, and did some things to keep my temps down.
The Geothermal cooling system only kind of works, because I only have about 20 feet of french drain buried, it should be under the entire greenhouse to perform optimally, some day I might get this how I want it. It still helps though, just like a basement stores cool air. One small booster fan to run, and basically free cooling. Added one section of shade cloth today, my goal is to need as little as possible right now, and keep my air exchange requirements as low as possible to since I have plants in flower, I want as much sun as I can get, and more air exchange means more need to filter the air so I don't stink up the hood to bad!

 

[GreenhouseEffect]

Carbon filters over the box fan are helping out a little bit. I want to add a major carbon filter by this fall, but need more money first.

 

[Campesino]

That's a beautiful waterfall you got in your greenhouse!

 

[Campesino]

Locrian99 Talk about tomato cages! I think I might try the big ones like GreenhouseEffect

 

[Locrian99]

Long as you can get your light close enough when you put them on.

 

[Campesino]

Yeah, good call
I think his light is 93 million miles away... I'll probably have to hang mine closer than that

 

[oldjarhead100]

I really like the natural cooling idea its something to keep in the back of the head so before I build the greenhouse I can put one in
Campesino if you could find the right size tubing to fit the wire diameter you could cut the cages then with the tubing put them back together as needed

 

[oldjarhead100]

glad you put the name under the picture I never would of figured that out lol, hey do you use the bubble wrap for insulation talk about great ideas wow

 

[Locrian99]

Campesino that’s why I cut mine to the level I did I was using it pretty early I was originally going to train thencolas all the way to the outside of the bottom ring. I scratched that idea (thankfully lol). I think doing the full height cage would be tough indoors until we figure out how to make our lights work 93 million miles away. Can’t really put it on real late as they are kind of v shaped. You might be able to get away with a triangle or square you place around your pot though since you really don’t have to worry about watering etc. but I don’t know if I’d like that just Incase something happens you could be screwed.

 

[Campesino]

Interesting thought oldjarhead100 they sell cages like that, but your idea is better and cheaper.
The issue is at the end of the grow I really need support at about 40" above media... Locrian99 is right, that there isn't enough space.
On my current grow they are mostly only supported until about 30" - hoping that is sufficient and worried that it may not be... Colas are getting big and I'm worried they might start flopping over with no real solution at hand... Just really started with this worry last night as I was watching them on my webcam. Rooting for silica to save the day

 

[Locrian99]

Time for yo you and making your buds look like a marionette?

 

[Locrian99]

You seem fairly resourceful think you can extend the bamboo. I’d think you could just duct tape another piece of bamboo to one of your stakes as an “extension”

 

[Campesino]

Yeah, I have literally been thinking about different ways to do that - duct tape plan.
The issue is that the existing supports are all tied to the plant and trying to add things disturbs the whole set-up. It's sticky in there too.
As I watch them this morning, I think that they might be strong enough. I have like 4 more 4' bamboo, which reaches high enough.

Sorry GreenhouseEffect but if you put up a picture with tomato cages, Locrian99 and I are going to end up discussing them for about 10-15 comments

 

[GreenhouseEffect]

Thanks OJH!
Will go through her again before I clone. Waiting for the Larfy stuff left on the base of two plants(which I already took the colas off of) to get a little more bulk, then two clones will take there place.

 

[GreenhouseEffect]

Thanks! It's from some undisclosed dessert lair, in the american south west

 

[GreenhouseEffect]

Ha ha!! No worries, was kinda entertained. My cages are only on the tomatoes though. Feel free to post a pic of what ya have going on, if you want any redneck engineering ideas...

 

[GreenhouseEffect]

Yep! Added it last fall, helps quite a bit, my fall crops kinda fell apart, but I was able to start growing Jan 11th this year in the GH, partly cause of the bubble wrap, started seeds inside a grow ten, inside the greenhouse.
What a lot of the big growers do, might work better though. They add a 2nd layer of plastic, and then ad a small little mushroom fan. It inflates the gap in between the layers of plastic, and does basically the same thing, but with less hassle than what I did. once summer rolls around, and it becomes to much insulation, they simply turn thew fan off. Bubble wrap works really well for a small area though.

 

[GreenhouseEffect]

I planted both these Humboldt Black D.O.G. photo periods on the same date, and grew them under the same conditions, except for how long the vedge was.
The first plant was actually the strong one during seedling stages, I switched it to 12-12 in February, the second plant started flowering on it's own last month, think the day's were just not quite long enough with all the the trees and hill to my west.

 

[GreenhouseEffect]

The first plant is about 1 1/2 feet tall, and needs another week or two till harvest, seems to be putting on all it's bulk at the end. The second plant, about 3 foot tall, needs another month anyway. Will be very interested to compare harvest dates versus amount! I did have a small light leak or two at the start of the small plant flowering, but still kinda makes a big case for waiting a little longer to switch! I really like the smell on the D.O.G. fruity with some banana mixed in now. Maybe a hint of almost a ginger bread undertone, to.