Bob's Journey into Hybridisation and Genetics - For Dummies

Today I received my order of Insect Frass. 5kg of compressed pellets, ready to be mixed into the soil.
Slow release and good food for the bennies and protection of the plants. I have about 400L mixed soil and 400L more in the greenhouse to be mixed with the previous one. So I'll be adding 800gr of pellets to the total soilmix of 800L. This will be quite the job, but this weekend rain is forecast, so the temperature inside the greenhouse will be alright. I hope I have enough to fill all my pots as there's quite the list of plant's that will want a place into some nice black gold...

All but one sprout have emerged from the soil. So I'm calling this day 1


Neather needed help in getting their helmets loose, which is just perfect. No fiddling with my thick shaky hands...

The Mephisto's Wedding x Forum Stomper had one sprout not emerging. If it still does, I will cull it right away. No room for slow plants in this amateur breeding attempt


Both Double Grape x Toof Decay are up and running.


All four regular sprouts have surfaced and are A-ok Let's keep our fingers that there's at least one male, but more is just fine


I'm also going to install an automated watering system in the greenhouse...
I'll be running a water hose (low pressure from an IBC on the outside of the greenhouse) on the circumference of the greenhouse's interior. From this line (a low budget 3/4" garden hose) will run smaller 1/4" driplines. These will go to a solenoid valve displayed in below schematic.

50cm above the garden hose I'll hang an insulated 3 core 1,5mm² cable, suited for outdoor use. There won't be running 240AC through the strands, but rather 12V, 5V and Ground. All three can easily be fed by the wires from an old computer power supply. This way I don't have to run 240 through the entire greenhouse and I don't have (low pressure) water in the vicinity of "live" connections, as shown in below schema, but rather a max of 12V which can cause a short. Safety first people The 12V is for the solenoid valves and the controllers (read on...) and the 5V is for the sensors.

My setup contains two parts...
-The sensor part, which are all independent WIFI capable measuring devices. Each sensor measures moisture in the soil and can trip a relay (explained further on).
-The solenoid valves controller. Also WIFI capable and can switch four solenoid valves independently, each channel can be switched based upon the values measured by one of the sensors, making automatic watering a reality.

I've ordered enough parts to build 16 sensors and 4 controllers, total cost...137€. The cable I have from doing some electrical work around the house and the computer PSU I also have lying aroung and the IBC is doing nothing in my backyard for years. Only needs to be cleaned out and it's good to go. The connections for the IBC and driplines add up to another 97€




Anyway, to few hours in a day, need to get some sleepzzzz.....


Regards,


Bob

Sawney_bean said:

Happy painting mate.

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Thanks mate!! Glad I did the soil mixing yesterday. I can't raise my hands above my head...But the wall and ceiling are done.
Tomorrow I'll do the baseboard and the door and then I'll still have one day off work to enjoy and do what I want...Probably use that to fill pots in the greenhouse and discover I still have not enough soil, lol

I did receive my AFN Sticker from High of the Tiger Today.



And meanwhile every sprout has emerged from the soil. So the seeds that hatched all made it to the surface!! One healthy crew ya'll


MW x CMD, all four are looking similar in growth. They will all get their own 3.5L pot.


MW, these two will probably be planted together in one pot. I can choose later on which one to keep....


MW x FS, last seedling is really looking super healthy. A remarkable difference to the other two.


DG x TD, these two girls can go into one pot, just like the MW a couple of pics up, I can choose later on which one to


I'm keeping the soil nice and wet with the plant sprayer. Just enough to moisten the surface layer actually. And before I return the lid onto the tray I spray the inside as well. This will help in keeping that humidity high, just like these little ones like



Regards,

Bob

So yesterday the missus felt sorry for my aching shoulders and started painting the baseboards. I couldn't let her work alone so I painted the door and we finished yesterday evening around 9 o'clock. This morning though, I could barely move, so spent the entire day on the couch only raising my butt only for the most necessary tasks... A good day to do some edibles
Only when my youngest started practicing on his trumpet after school, did I get motivated enough to do something...So I went to the tent and transferred the selected seedlings to the 3.5L pots.




Some of 'm got put together, we'll see if they get it to a bigger pot or not...




Each potential male has received it's own pot. These will go with the rest to the greenhouse in a couple of weeks. And as soon as they show sex, the males will be transferred back to the tent.
The females can stay, that way I have something to taste as well


A time lapse has been setup, so that won't be long before I can share that with you guys


Regards,

Bob