Carolina Gardening: Greenhouse Placement, 0 by Xeramtheum

Xeramtheum wrote:
Here is a picture of the shade cloths I use on my gh .. Since the back side is shaded by trees, I only have the front side which gets the sun covered. I haven't put them on this year since the highest it's gotten in there this year is 100. Notice the vents are wide open and the window screen on the door. I still have lots of plants in it and they are doing just fine. Geranium, pregnant onion (which is blooming), Cereus cactus, Hoya, Rain lily (they are toddlers, just a year old grown from seed), Canna babies, Violets, Succulents like Ghost Plant, Morning Glory, Banana pup, Birds Nest fern, Spider Plants, Oxalis and lots more. They all like the heat and no one is showing signs of stress. As long as there is air circulation you are ok .. by leaving the door open and the vents open.

Mine face roughly Southeast/Northwest. Also notice that it is tied down with mobile home augers. I have my shed tied down with those too. I also clear it out in late Spring, pull all the weeds and pick up dead leaves then spray the gravel floor with bug killer/fungicide at a slightly higher rate than you use for plants. I used to solarize it by closing it up but found that it encourages algae to grow inside the panels which have air spaces.

Forgot to add that the shade cloth most definitely reduced the temperature in there. I only start using the shade cloth when the temps stay above 100 for longer than a few hours.

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This message was edited Jun 15, 2008 8:35 AM