We have been watching the success our friends at the Urban Hydroponic Growers Union have been having with these grow pots. Our second outdoor greenhouse was planned for dwarf fruits trees and flowers. We think this type of grow system will be perfect for the flowers.
We are still determining a layout and mix of flowers/bulbs to plant in the fall for a beautiful spring bloom. We may also move one of the other Monster Ebb n Grow systems to the second greenhouse for the dwarf fruit trees. We think our layout was a bit to aggressive in the first greenhouse to really work all of the systems/plants we wanted.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Design Changes Coming
The summer heat continues to kill us, and our grows. The heat from the HID lighting in the grow room, even when exhausted from a well insulated HVAC controlled room outside, is more than the A/C can handle.
One of our Monster Ebb n Gro systems had a failure on its controller units in the Berry House, that went un-noticed for a few days and we lost a few plants. We had it repaired and it is now back for re-installation.
Since we now have the opportunity we are going to make some changes:
1. Move one Monster Ebb n Gro to the indoor grow room and remove the PowerGrower. We have enjoyed using the PowerGrower but like the Ebb n Gro systems a little better.
2. Remove the HID lights in the indoor grow room and replace them with new Stealth Grow 600 Watt systems. One will have Veg based focus and the other bloom. Since we use the AeroFlo36 mainly for finishing off seedlings prior to transplanting into Ebb n Gro and PowerGrower, as well as a lettuce growing system the lights over these two systems will be great (we think)
One of our Monster Ebb n Gro systems had a failure on its controller units in the Berry House, that went un-noticed for a few days and we lost a few plants. We had it repaired and it is now back for re-installation.
Since we now have the opportunity we are going to make some changes:
1. Move one Monster Ebb n Gro to the indoor grow room and remove the PowerGrower. We have enjoyed using the PowerGrower but like the Ebb n Gro systems a little better.
2. Remove the HID lights in the indoor grow room and replace them with new Stealth Grow 600 Watt systems. One will have Veg based focus and the other bloom. Since we use the AeroFlo36 mainly for finishing off seedlings prior to transplanting into Ebb n Gro and PowerGrower, as well as a lettuce growing system the lights over these two systems will be great (we think)
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Fried Berries
The weather has been terrible this year. Five inches of rain since January. It has been 104-109 degrees all week. No rain in sight. The strawberries are surviving just fine but the blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries are struggling. We shaded the greenhouse a few months ago which helped with overhead sun but the western sun is torching the blackberries. In just the past week all the leaves dried up from such "magnified" sun coming in the front doors of the greenhouse. Root systems are fine on the plants so we will keep watering hoping for more canes to come up. The raspberries have started a few new shoots so we are hopeful the others will too.
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