Northern Climate - Outdoor Greenhouse

Week 4 - June 1, 2020 Most of my temporary guests have moved on, the rest will be leaving this weekend. This was a crazy week, I’ve been working around the clock on the greenhouse. I really need to get it finished so I can get these girls outside. I was trying to decide if I should transplant up a pot size on my Cherry Pie, Peyote Gorilla, and Kali Mist... However I thought I could have the greenhouse done by this past weekend so I opted not to transplant them twice. They really are starting to outgrow their little pots. The good news is I will be done tomorrow evening so they will be finally going outdoors June 2nd. Earlier in the week I moved the girls outdoors to get some sun and to get a bit of wind on them. Unfortunately I came home to find my Sundae Punch had fallen over and about 1/2 of its leaves burnt up from the hot patio. I trimmed off the majority of the damage, cleaned up the soil and gave her a good drink. She seems to be bouncing back, I’m confident she will pull through. However she has definitely had a set back!! 1) Cherry Pie 13” (+2”) - Seed 2) Cherry Pie 11” (+1.5”) - Seed 3) Peyote Gorilla 8.5” (+1) - Seed 4) Grapefruit 7.5” (+.5”) - Clone 5) Frisian Duck 8.5” (+2.5”) - Clone 6) Sundae Punch 12” (0) - Clone. ***Accident*** 7) Dr. Grinspoon 4” (+1”) - Seed 8) Grand Daddy Purp 4” (+1) - Seed 9) Skywalker 3.5” (+.5”) - Seed *10) Kali Mist 10” (new - clone) *11) Double Grape Auto 3” (new - seed) *****UPDATE***** June 3rd 2020 Greenhouse is ~ Basically Complete. Everything is closed in, hip vent is sealed, but not yet functional. Vent system is operational but needs to be activated manually, still need to install thermostat control. We had a pretty decent thunderstorm last night, lots of rain and some high winds. I was extremely impressed with the greenhouse, she stood up well, no issues what so ever. Another task to complete is the installation of the eves trough, I was going to have it outside the greenhouse along my garage roof line, but after watching the rain last night I believe I am now going to look at installing it in the greenhouse underneath the connection to my garage. Planting went well, I ended up putting almost everyone in the ground. Was going to hold off on the smaller seedlings, but I really wanted them out of the “Miracle Grow” (they should call that stuff “ it’s a Miracle if they Grow”). Each hole was given a nice helping of sheep manure and a bit of “Iron Earth” with the transplant on top. I went with roughly 4 foot spacing so everyone will have lots of room, I have a total of 8 in the soil which is I think the perfect number for the size of the greenhouse. It could hold 12 if everybody was packed in a bit tighter. I transplanted my GDP (fast) and the new Double Grape (Auto) into larger 6” pots for now, they are currently in amongst the others. Eventually they will go into my large outdoor pots (35 litre I believe) I want to be able to move them around my property and put them in the greenhouse on stormy nights. The Frisian Duck, which I am loving, is also currently still in her 6” pot, I am trying to decide if she will go in the greenhouse or potentially outside my office window so I can watch her grow. (‘such a cool looking plant!!) I am going to give them a few days to climatize to their new environment then I will be starting my nutrient cycle this coming weekend (4-5 days) I also acquired 2 new plants, bringing my total to 11. Was given a nice little Grapefruit Clone that has already been topped, and the auto Double Grape I was growing for a buddy will be staying as well. His better half didn’t want the plants due to Covid-19 and the potential transition between households. (‘buddy is pissed!!! Lol) I plan on posting a short video on the greenhouse once I get a few more things buttoned up. Current tasks are: 1) install eves 2) connect eves to water tank ( manual watering for now) 3) install thermostat control For ventilation 4) lay patio stones 5) install and hook up weather station 6) add stone walk ways ( with landscapers tarp) 7) build work station (simple bench) 8) make hip vent functional 9) create auto watering system (with ability to feed each plant custom nutrients) 10) Install double plastic and air pump (to setup for winter growing) ??? - this one is undecided for now!