Greenhouse in Ecuador (South America)

[keylime]

I lived in the Pacific Northwest for many years and grew hydroponics for about 10 yrs.
Now I live in Ecuador and want to grow in a greenhouse. I brought with me an adjustable 400 to 600W light switchable to HPS or MH.
There are no indoor garden suppliers here that I know of. I also brought some seeds from back home (Chemo).... and that's about it.
There should not be a problems for temperatures, as the outside temp is from 46F to 75F all year long. Elevation 8500 ft in the Andes Mountains. Daylight is also the same all year sunup at 6am, sundown at 6pm.
So my thinking is vegging indoors with the light till they are big enough and then throw them into the greenhouse and let nature do its work.
Since there are no indoor garden suppliers, I don't really know where to start making the soil the best I can. I did bring some paper strips to test the PH. So if I buy dirt by the bag for the garden, what should I be adding to it, if anything? I heard that chicken manure is good for cannabis, but how do I figure out how much, because I don't want to burn them.
Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Grizz]

if you use chicken shit make sure you mix it in your soil, wet the hell out of it and let it sit, turn it and mix it every other day for a month or so keeping it wet, chickin is high in N and will burn them if it isent broken down. if i was you i would visit some local farmers and see how there or how there building there soil for there local food crops

 

[SeaMaiden]

I lived in the Pacific Northwest for many years and grew hydroponics for about 10 yrs.
Now I live in Ecuador and want to grow in a greenhouse. I brought with me an adjustable 400 to 600W light switchable to HPS or MH.
There are no indoor garden suppliers here that I know of. I also brought some seeds from back home (Chemo).... and that's about it.
There should not be a problems for temperatures, as the outside temp is from 46F to 75F all year long. Elevation 8500 ft in the Andes Mountains. Daylight is also the same all year sunup at 6am, sundown at 6pm.
So my thinking is vegging indoors with the light till they are big enough and then throw them into the greenhouse and let nature do its work.
Since there are no indoor garden suppliers, I don't really know where to start making the soil the best I can. I did bring some paper strips to test the PH. So if I buy dirt by the bag for the garden, what should I be adding to it, if anything? I heard that chicken manure is good for cannabis, but how do I figure out how much, because I don't want to burn them.
Any help would be appreciated.

People farm in Ecuador, right? That's where I'd start. You'll probably save a bit of money going the ag route, too.

My sister is a huge fan of the chicken shit. She refuses to pay for plants, she has landscaped both her properties simply by division and, as she always says, "A coupla handfuls of chicken shit!" And everything just grows for her!

 

[al-k-mist]

Hey, keylime
What are the chances you can veg in the greenhouse, just have the light on for a while, like 5 hrs a day, to prevent early flowering...then you wouldnt have to move them, you could veg as much as you wanted, and less running the lights
I even heard of 2 hrs at midnight, as that is (allegedly) sufficient to stop flowering, but youd want to VEG them, too...

 

[SeaMaiden]

Al-k-mist, yes, interruption of the dark phase of the photoperiod, in Arabidopsis it's been determined that only a few minutes is sufficient to shift the hormonal output from vegetative phase growth to regenerative (flowering) phase growth. I personally interrupt the dark portion 2-3 times, for around an hour each interruption. When they go outside they get lighting that extends the daylight portion of the photoperiod instead of interruption.

 

[huarmiquilla]

howdy keylime,

how you do?

more near in this altitude you perhap to look to volcanic soils....also perhap you can look if within your amazon this terra preta

positive vibrations

 

[Cannabis]

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[headband 707]

I lived in the Pacific Northwest for many years and grew hydroponics for about 10 yrs.
Now I live in Ecuador and want to grow in a greenhouse. I brought with me an adjustable 400 to 600W light switchable to HPS or MH.
There are no indoor garden suppliers here that I know of. I also brought some seeds from back home (Chemo).... and that's about it.
There should not be a problems for temperatures, as the outside temp is from 46F to 75F all year long. Elevation 8500 ft in the Andes Mountains. Daylight is also the same all year sunup at 6am, sundown at 6pm.
So my thinking is vegging indoors with the light till they are big enough and then throw them into the greenhouse and let nature do its work.
Since there are no indoor garden suppliers, I don't really know where to start making the soil the best I can. I did bring some paper strips to test the PH. So if I buy dirt by the bag for the garden, what should I be adding to it, if anything? I heard that chicken manure is good for cannabis, but how do I figure out how much, because I don't want to burn them.
Any help would be appreciated.

Well when I was in that area of the world I obviously noticed a few tricks that the locals may or may not know. First if your going to start anything there I would try and find the best bud I could and see if it had seeds. I did notice how hard it was to get mail. Next if you start any babies there they need to be started indoors so that they get large enough. Cannabis babies get eaten first in the wild. After my babies where about 5 or 6 inches high then I would bring them out to the location I wanted. There are so many bugs/animals in that part of the world this would be hard to fight. I did see that they were using way too many pesticides really over the top. So I would look for the preditor type insects and keep them handy.Soil takes time to make . I know there were ppl here going to resturants asking for their compost and cafe shops for their coffee grounds. You can buy molasses and use that as fert for now .good luck headband 707

 

[keylime]

Well when I was in that area of the world I obviously noticed a few tricks that the locals may or may not know. First if your going to start anything there I would try and find the best bud I could and see if it had seeds. I did notice how hard it was to get mail. Next if you start any babies there they need to be started indoors so that they get large enough. Cannabis babies get eaten first in the wild. After my babies where about 5 or 6 inches high then I would bring them out to the location I wanted. There are so many bugs/animals in that part of the world this would be hard to fight. I did see that they were using way too many pesticides really over the top. So I would look for the preditor type insects and keep them handy.Soil takes time to make . I know there were ppl here going to resturants asking for their compost and cafe shops for their coffee grounds. You can buy molasses and use that as fert for now .good luck headband 707

Well, there are a lot of bugs here, and all I've really ever had problems with my indoor grows were spidermites. So that's why I thought I'd go the greenhouse route. I know that's not fool proof, but better seems a lot better than sticking them outside, no protection from animals, and better protection from bugs.
keylime

 

[2 Legal Co]

The problems are pretty much the same as outdoors,,, cause you are using the dirt from outside. So be prepared.

As to lighting. Why? Germinate the seeds, using shade cloth to keep the lumens lower, cause seedlings are tender. Veg? This is a weed, just feed'em, and water them and they will take care of the blooming, vegging, etc.... send pics!

I'm jealous.

My guess is, your biggest concern is how to control the bugs and mold. And what strains like LOTS of sun......

 

[2 Legal Co]

I'm guessing your next thread will be titled "GROWING TREES".

 

[Dkgrower]

Damm i would love to grow like u describe.

Check the organic soil forum and u will see that all the help is there for u.

Fermented plant extracts and compost will be your friend

Sound like a nice place u moved to

 

[Seb Grow]

Hey
Im from Ecuador but live in Buenos Aires for 5 years now, I learned how to grow here always indoors. Im planning to move to my native city this year and have a couple of questions for people with experience in outdoor gardens in Ecuador. Mainly because I know for a fact that all year round we have 12/12 hours os dark and light. How do people usually deal with that? I was planning to have a small veg room inside to have clones and mothers and also first month of veg with 24 hours of light and then flower them outside... any tips?

 

[BagAppeal]

Dear Seb Grow
I got the 12/12 hours outdoor as well.
I start the plants inside.
Take them out gradually as soon as they are large enough.
Veg them as much as possible outside to save power, and take them inside for night time under a lamp, or if kept outside in greenhouse extra lights until veg is finished,.. Morning time seems best to use a lamp.. When the plant is the size you desire,leave her outside.. Flower time!!

All the best

BagAppeal