Jollybud's Greenhouse

These plants were clones that were vegged for 2 weeks before I got them. They were then transplanted immediately from 1 gallon pots to 7gal pots with FFOF. We are currently getting about 10 hours of sunlight in my region. Supplemental lighting is set too a 12-12 schedule. I will start a light feeding regiment next week using Alaska fish emulsions(both veg and bloom) and a weekly dose of recharge. This is my first run with this setup so I will be experimenting on timing of feeds, light height and irrigation schedule a lot so any suggestions are welcome. I still need to install a fan inside the greenhouse to help with air circulation. I have my exhaust fan set up with an existing temperature controller until I buy a humidity controller for it. I also have a heater but since my exhaust fan is hooked up too the temperature controls I will not be using the heater until I absolutely need it or I get the exhaust hooked up to a separate controller. My main stress right now is getting the drip irrigation set up right. I currently have it set up too water for 3m every hour but I can't turn it off at night and my Humidity is spiking. I am worried about mold. If anyone has any suggestions on how to set up this drip system so its not watering at night or even ideas on how too optimize please let me know.

For the first time I had issues with night time temps in the green house and set up my heater. I connected the exhaust too a bluebird humidity controller and the heater to a temperature controller. Several days in my my circuit breaker tripped when the heater and exhaust were both on and my lights cycled. I turned my lighting down too 75% until I can insulate the greenhouse better next week. I already purchased two greenhouse airlocks to prevent cold air from flooding in through the cracks in the doors. I had to leave town for three days and the day before I left My plants started wilting. Checked my soil and it was soaking. I switched my water timer to water every 3 days for 1 hour an hour after the lights turn on. Overall these plants are adapting from vegging indoors to being in a greenhouse very well but they are definitely delayed. I see some pistil formation but no buds too speak off. Their sister plants that are still being grown indoors off site are much further along. Pics are from earlier in the week before I had issues.

I got back from my vacation and my plants were wilting even worse. Soil was still drenched. I knew something was off because the water should not have kicked in yet since I set it to 72hours and I had only been gone about 60 hours. I checked my water timer and I noticed the the manual switch was turned on. I turned that off and changed the timer too every 24 hours for 10 minutes. The plants recovered several days later. I also noticed my exhaust was on almost constantly since I installed it and I noticed I had my humidity settings were too low. It's rainy season here and unfortunately my exhaust was stuck in a feedback loop. Water turns on humidity rises. Fan turns on but then it pulls cold humid air into the greenhouse and humidity never drops because it is raining inside. I set the humidity controller to 90% with a 5 point differential. I am buying a humidity monitor so I can better calibrate the bluebird. I might have too just deal with higher humidity because I don't have enough electricity run to the greenhouse to power a dehumidifier. Hopefully I can avoid mold if I just maintain good airflow inside the greenhouse. If anyone has any suggestions on lowering humidity without exhaust or a dehum please let me know. My plants are showing buds but they are delayed for sure. I believe it is because of the huge temperature swings on the low end from last week. I have tomatoes and some other plants I started from seed growing and I might start including them in this diary. It's a good place for me too keep track of everything. I also got a 42 gallon compost tumbler and I am planning on starting a worm bin in the greenhouse as well. I am hoping the composter will generate some heat soo my heater doesn't have too work so hard. If it works I might start trench composting as well too generate even more heat.

This week went ok with no major issues. I feel like I am starting to dial in the greenhouse. Main issues now are temperature related. I think I solved my humidity issues by setting my exhaust on a timer instead of a humidity controller. It is now set too run for 20 min after the lights turn off during peak humidity. My composter is up and running and temperatures are 5-10 degrees F higher than last week. I also purchased a urban worm bag which I am going to use too build up the beds along with the compost. I may start a larger yard debris compost pile as well to see how much heat I can produce using that method.

11/13: Starting this weeks journal a little early. Weeks off too a good start. Will update as week goes on if I feel like its needed. No major changes to system planned for this week. 11/15: Humidity was really high this morning 94%. Set exhaust to turn on for 10 minutes an hour after lights turn on in addition to turning on an hour after the lights turn off. The WB is showing signs of nitrogen deficiency despite being on the same regiment as the others. It's the largest plant and is also getting the most light so I think that is a factor. I am going to top dress the WB with bio-fish dry fertilizer and increase the nitrogen in my liquid feeds for all plants.

Busy week with the holidays. It got very cold where I live and my heater keeps tripping my breaker. All of my tomatoes were severely damaged. I am pretty sure I lost all my seedlings and my larger tomatoes were damaged. The cannabis seems too be doing all right probably because they are positioned in the center of the greenhouse. I researched my heater and found out it has variable wattage so I turned it down to half strength and that should half the stress I am putting on the breaker. After doing that I have had 3 nights without having to reset the breaker so fingers crossed. I figure its better to have half the heat the whole night then have it randomly turn off when I need it the most. I feel like this week put some stress on my plants that will likely delay flower again so I wouldn't be surprised if this grow goes 10-12 weeks instead of the planned 8.