4 Season greenhouse take 1

Great news. My RCMseedCollective order arrived today and he sent me a bunch of goodies. I can not find the strain included for me yet though we will see them in all there glory soon enough. I got 112 pots ready to plant tomorrow when the sun warms it up a bit. Its only 60 or so in there right now. They are so much easier to plant on the table before I move them in where its a bit warmer to hatch.

Here is the wiseway which came with a f'ed up hopper and its the old old model. I guess they figured they would give me some shit in the back because I payed with an online coupon. I rigged the hopper to work for now and they are sending me another. Nice stove, shitty company.



I got three double glass panes up. They need some tweaking though it got dark so I just taped up all the gaps for tonight.

The condensation on the ceiling is starting to disappear though it was an overcast day today so not much above 70 in there.



Maybe 100 seeds have hatched so far.

Of the seeds I made they are basically all hatching. I think the cat running singleseed got on the OC's and is selling microwaved crap seeds that will not germinate for money are just does not know how to store them. It gets worse every order. The same conditions that all mine are popping in. This Singleseed order I get less then 50% viable seeds from about every breeder they sold from. Tried telling me its the breeders which he tried telling me the last time when 80% germinated. I used to get 100% from them with out issue. I love the selection and such though like I told them, their seeds are bunk. They could give two shits which hurts after sending them many many hundreds of dollars last year. Well over 1000 though how much over I just don't recall at this point. I would guess I spent 2000 there in the last year and get a big FU.

Did I mention the SBR70 from our friends up north are giant seeds. Looks like some one is growing with microbes.

I'm enjoying following along with your project while in the middle of mine. It's fun to compare the differences in approach.

For sure ttystikk.

I eventually want to be a child of the sun and not use any power at all. Today luckily the sun came by to chill. I have two large 22" fans working on the roof condensation that had built up. Were about 30% clear up there so few more days and that issue should be good for a while I hope. I am building a soil table now and will be moving some soil around this evening. I want to set up some full sun areas in the next couple of days. Not leaving the house today I got a lot done. Went through another 4 or 5 tubes of silicone and started cutting the lower skirt for the greenhouse to insure no drafts are happening. I think I am going to stick with the 3 glass panels unless I get a lot done in the next couple days. Another 5 to 10 tubes of silicone and she should be about as air tight as she is going to get this year. Dont mine the mess thats the last on the list with he time constraints. Got to move in a bit more soil or process to seal them off.




The glass is dirty as hell. I have been spraying it with lime away and hoping to have time to scrap it with a razor in the next couple of days.
Im getting the last piece cut this evening. Got it all measure and marked just need to cut tape and silicone it. You can see the light in the backround with a couple pots under it. Good spot to introduce them to the sun during the day as it does not hit directly there. The ground towards the rear gets about 9200 lux. I am thinking once everything is painted white it will be a bit more with the extreme angle of the sun at this latitude during this time of year.

Looking good. Just planted the December x10 into cups here rolling into another tropical day

It snowed six inches here this morning! Half of it's gone already, lol

Interesting article on condensation and heat loss. I think Im going to make a squeegee for the roof tomorrow to get rid of that crap once and for all.

http://www.csbe-scgab.ca/docs/journal/22/22_2_125_raw.pdf

Still working on the humidity issue though I was able to adjust the stove to kick out more heat so its only a matter of time. Slowly but surely hoping to have some updated pics as soon as its painted. The room stays about 60 at soil level which is a little cold for prime growth rates. A couple days of sun will really help heat up the floor.

karmaxul said:

Still working on the humidity issue though I was able to adjust the stove to kick out more heat so its only a matter of time. Slowly but surely hoping to have some updated pics as soon as its painted. The room stays about 60 at soil level which is a little cold for prime growth rates. A couple days of sun will really help heat up the floor.

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As counterintuitive as it may seem, drawing air in from outside and heating it in your greenhouse will drive down RH. That's because your outside air is so cold it can't hold much moisture- so when heated it becomes dry, indeed.

Yes that is what I did and it is working well. The room is stabilised at 75 right now. I am getting some 400w red induction lamps up and running in the next couple of weeks. The plants are in the atrium now and it looks like they will meet the sun today. Im putting aspen wood bedding for mulch on the tops of the pots.

Still duckin the snow? Or you get hit yet hard?

Yo dude what happened with you @karmaxul ?

My bad Ive been busy. Things are looking good.

karmaxul said:

My bad Ive been busy. Things are looking good.

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Good news. Nothing wrong with industry.

Okay so things are good. At this point the doors have hinges on them and the plants are out in their new homes. The polycarbonate works better at insulating then the thermal doors though the glass lets a bit more light though. I am not sure which filters out UV though heard the thermo glass does. The transition went smoothly for the preharvest which is on light deprivation now in the garage, the post harvest which will start in October in the atrium with no added lighting and the harvest harvest, each of which sits under 2 bails of straw at present time with nothing but thousands of pounds of castings to keep them company. The induction lighting was great to keep them in veg. I found them best on 220 volt. I had some 400 watts of whose ballasts were junk. The 500 watt Shine Knot blue inductions (should be on amazon in a week rumor has it) have sealed ballasts and I did not have an issue with any nor did I experience stretching with the blues. Im trying to talk the company into listing just the ballast too so folks can upgrade their igrow 400 watt and other 400 watt set up which can run a larger ballasts. Ill try and get some more photos when its not raining and the sides are opened up so you all can see.

To heat the floor and water I found a 1500 watt hot tube heat custom fitted to the pex to work about 3 times as well as the wise way which is great for heating the air. I should have gone wood I think and may build a custom unit in the future with a old oil tank and some copper or a water res next to it with a heat shield insert or kevlar blanket to buffer over heating it. Ideally I would expand out the north wall for wood storage as Im greedy for space. It could use more material for the floor though Ill see how the preharvest goes. As of now I have just enough for what I need till the end of the year.

Thats a April pic and the pre harvest

Updates will continue when my threads stop getting erased. Fucking mods who cant even fucking grow decent shit. Fuck this, peace

Ha ha hear ya buddy. Shoot us some pics of the setup when you can access . Glad to hear you are doing ok and its producing for you

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