D3's 2016 Growlog

Devv · Apr 29, 2016

Congrats on the new greenhouse! I'm Jelly!

Pre drill the panels before using screws and you'll be fine.

D3monic · Apr 29, 2016

that's what I was thinking, i'm also considering maybe building up the base a foot or so to give some more head room. I'm only 5'10 so shouldn't really bang my head in there if I put shelves on each side keeping me in the middle.

Comptine · Apr 30, 2016

Look like the greenhouse we built last year. I agree, it was hell. The screws break when you try to screw the bolts in too tight. The company we bought it off messed up royally, so we didn't get all the parts we needed, they were instead shipped out over the course of 2 months, they continued to mess up the whole time.

D3monic · Apr 30, 2016

Comptine said:
Look like the greenhouse we built last year. I agree, it was hell. The screws break when you try to screw the bolts in too tight. The company we bought it off messed up royally, so we didn't get all the parts we needed, they were instead shipped out over the course of 2 months, they continued to mess up the whole time.

I would be super pissed. Short of the crappy instructions this thing isn't too bad. I'm going to reinforce it with some wood and the shelving inside. We get some pretty strong winds through here. I haven't tightened anything past hand tight yet so I can shift things easy if needed. Once all the panels are in i'll go through and button it down some more.

crappy pics today now that they are bouncing back from being under watered. They was all crowded on that top shelf.

The lanky ass baccatums, finally got a fan on them.

Mystery citrus finally starting to grow.

Both my beni highlands are super lame. Keep putting off tossing this one.

P dreadie bonnet

Omni color getting some pods. I so need to use this in some crosses this year. Was thinking X paper lantern, X amarillo , X bbg7 something along those lines. Would love to get a larger color changing pod that still tastes good.

Really like how habanero hot lemon looks

Aji amarillo X caribbean red hab cross

Hydro after I filled a garbage can full of foliage. Still over grown

Lots of runty bahamian goat pods I need to pick but hard to get to. I'm going to bring this plant outside and plant in a 30 gal pot Hopefully it bounces back from xplant shock and produces some normal size pods. Will probably overwinter it in the greenhouse.

BLS on the paper lantern x butch t yellow in the hydro. I bought some spray to try on it. May just end up scrapping that plant.

grantmichaels · Apr 30, 2016

Go MC, go ... LOL ...

That's a great pic of BLS, but you should burn that fucter man!

D3monic · Apr 30, 2016

grantmichaels said:
Go MC, go ... LOL ...

That's a great pic of BLS, but you should burn that fucter man!

It goes away pretty easily. I had it on some plants last year and as soon as they went outside it was gone. My other cross plants that was in hydro cabinet with it had some but has since gone away. It's not as bad as what you have to deal with there. Going to try a spray for it first if that don't work may move into a pot on other side the yard.

grantmichaels · Apr 30, 2016

It's interesting that yours doesn't have the necrotic holes in the centers of the dark spots ...

I can't think of a scientific reason why it would be any less virile there, other than the lack of relative humidity, which is a huge part of the transmission vector, but ...

I'd still burn it like a witch, LOL!

D3monic · Apr 30, 2016

It may be a different variety or maybe even a deficiency. Leaves turn yellow and fall off pre-maturely. Can see yellow starts at the outside works way in.

D3monic · May 2, 2016

In the final stretch on the green house, got it all together and the roof panels in. The panels seem a little flimsy even with the clips in so picked up a bunch of self tapping screws and will zip a few in each panel to keep them from coming loose and blowing away. Tomorrow i'm going to frame up some shelving and finish putting it together.

Ozzy2001 · May 3, 2016

Anxious to see your greenhouse completed. Someday I may build one.

D3monic · May 3, 2016

Ozzy2001 said:
Anxious to see your greenhouse completed. Someday I may build one.

It's getting there, I got most the shelving built today just got to put all the slats on.

How it will look once the slats are in

I should be able to put all the side panels in tomorrow or use a headlamp tonight and get them all on. It's dark now and can't do any more nailing though. Unless I use screws to put the slats on ... hmmm

D3monic · May 3, 2016

Slapped on a head lamp and got the rest the panels on.

I should have spaced the shelves a little further apart.

Ozzy2001 · May 3, 2016

Nice! That looks sweet man. Good job.

grantmichaels · May 3, 2016

Cool.

D3monic · May 4, 2016

I might end up using a shelf or two for hydroponics. Maybe do some lettuce, bok choy and some other greens in there. I dunno just yet.

tctenten · May 4, 2016

Looks good. Nice job on the shelves.

Comptine · May 4, 2016

A tip is to put in a few extras of those metal thingies that hold in the panels. Even with 4 on each side I've had wind blow out my panels, and it's a pain. The shelving looks really good! Do you intend to just use the greenhouse for small plants before plant out and not grow anything there in the summer?

D3monic · May 4, 2016

Comptine said:
A tip is to put in a few extras of those metal thingies that hold in the panels. Even with 4 on each side I've had wind blow out my panels, and it's a pain. The shelving looks really good! Do you intend to just use the greenhouse for small plants before plant out and not grow anything there in the summer?

I said F it and used some self tapping screws and screwed right though the panels into the fame. I didn't trust how floppy they was with the silly clips. Not sure yet if i'm going to keep plants in there this summer. Mainly for seedling starts and over wintering plants if it will stay above freezing in there.

Cloudy for next few days so went ahead and put all the peppers inside. With windows propped open and door open it was 68 inside and 52 outside. When I get off work in morning curious to see how warm it stated.

I'm going to take the top shelf off the one on right and just leave it as one shelf for my taller plants.

The damned mushroom compost I bought was loaded with sunflower seeds. I have them popping up all over the garden now... damn it.

bpiela · May 4, 2016

Just an awesome job on your greenhouse. Very inspiring!

D3monic · May 4, 2016

The pea gravel was a mistake. I should have used river stone or something. It's too small and gets caught in my boot treads and I track it in the house. Dog keeps chewing on them and my wife is getting pissed. I'm going to either lay a piece of plywood down middle as a walk way or rake it all to the sides and lay larger stone down middle.