Northern Climate - Outdoor Greenhouse

Week 5 - June 7th 2020 Well, I thought the majority of the hard work on the greenhouse was done, however it’s been another busy week... I am currently struggling with very high temps in the mid afternoon (105f - 120f). I am getting very good air flow in the greenhouse, all of my babies have a slight flutter to them as the air circulates. I am still working on a setup for a hip vent, it wasn’t in my original plans, however a plastic shortage resulted in a seem that has created a perfect start to a hip vent. Now that I have this heat issue, what used to be a mistake/patch, will now become my much needed hip vent. (‘A higher power was obviously looking out for my babies!!) Anyway I hope to sort out the hip vent this week, in the mean time I have added an industrial fan from my shop. It was just introduced this morning so we will see how that helps, I’m hoping that it will do the trick for now. My crop has officially been capped at 11 - all planted directly in the ground. (7 fem seeds, 2 of them are autos, and 4 clones) I also have 4 house guest that will likely be with me for another 2 weeks. They are still in small pots, they were inside under my grow light, but they are also in that damn Miracle Grow, so I decided to put them in the greenhouse as well in hopes that the heat will help dry out the soil. After a week in the greenhouse that seems to be working and they are showing some signs of growth again. Enough about my visitors thou, let’s talk about my babies.... Despite my struggles with the high temps, I feel that my plants are all doing very well, there is a bit of yellowing on some of the lower leaves, which I believe is a direct result from the heat. But other than that, they are looking strong and green. I am also very pleased with their growth this week, everyone is taking to the greenhouse nicely and seem to be flourishing. Especially the smaller saplings that were struggling indoors. They are finely really starting to sprout up. This past weeks watering cycle was .5ml every other day in the evenings (‘have been trying to get the soil to dry up to allow the root systems to bring in oxygen.) Moving forward now that everyone has settled in an has adjusted to the greenhouse, I will be increasing to .5ml daily (at night). I have also started my weekly nutrient cycle, I am using the Advanced Systems line, this week we did about a 1/4 dose of a B-52 and Ph perfect Sensi grow mix. The bigger plants got .6ml while the 4 smaller guys got .4ml each, all at a ppm of 400 with a ph of 6.5. 1) Cherry Pie 15” (+2”) - Seed 2) Cherry Pie 15 (+4”) - Seed 3) Peyote Gorilla 12 (+3.5”) - Seed 4) Grapefruit 8.5” (+1”) - Clone 5) Frisian Duck 10.5” (+2”) - Clone 6) Sundae Punch 12” (0) - Clone. *** still recovering from last week*** 7) Dr. Grinspoon 7” (+4”) - Seed 8) Grand Daddy Purp 5” (+1) - Seed 9) Skywalker 6” (+2.5”) - Seed 10) Kali Mist 14” (+4”) - clone 11) Double Grape Auto 4” (+1”) - seed I have also started to introduce some guild plants, to ward off insects, so far I have added 2 Basil plants, 3 Mint plants, and 2 lavender plants. I also plan on introducing dill, chamomile, alfalfa, and of course marigolds. I should be picking that order up on Monday, so those with join the garden on Monday night. While the plants are mainly used to ward of unwanted insects or invite the once’s we want in our gardens. The Chamomile, Alfalfa, and Marigolds are also very beneficial in promoting growth and essential oil production. Plans for this week are to continue the design of the hip vent, add more guild plants, install weather system, install my eaves trough, and hopefully install my patio stones and a work bench in the work area. ***UPDATE *** June 8/20 Got the weather system setup last night, can now monitor both indoor and outdoor temps as well as outdoor wind direction and speed. (Will get photo of setup) Guild plants were picked up at noon, they are currently in the shade, will be planting those tonight. (will add a picture once planted) Hope to complete the eaves trough install tonight after I pick up my Home Depot order.