Ta Da, for those of you asking here it is. I'm just cracking right up though, what was I thinking it's gonna be full to the brim and I will still have hoya's all over.
The little beauty !!
I'M COMING TO LIVE WITH YOU!!!
:-)
TamiF.. I am Green with Envy.Oh what I wouldn't give for something like that.Awesome!! : )
Nancy
Tami
Just think of all the pretty pictures yet to come from the many blooms I'm sure you will have now.
Thank you sisto...............What a great way to end 2006.................what have your temps been ??????? The older one in Idaho
Is that kewl or WHAT???? Neeto, Tami...
After a blow away plastic top incident last week Tami i must say, wow I am so jealous! You give me something to strive for ;)
Abbie
Nice! Show us pictures of the inside too please?
That is so nice Tami!!!
Okay how many plants are left after loading it up? LOL
Oh that is soooo neat. What direction does it face? I would so have that packed in no time.
Marcy
Tami
I was wondering did you get any sleep last night? I would have been up every 5 minutes to make sure I wasn't dreaming. LOL
Jeri
Wonderful!!
I'm envying you, too, as that's exactly what I've been wanting - happy for you, though!!
What is it constructed of?
Wow . I have always wanted one . Congratulations Tami . I hope you have a wonderful time filling it up to.
Patti
Tami you finally got it finished how awesome!! It really looks good girl, I know you can't wait until you get it full of hoyas.
Blessings,
Awanda
Nice, Tami!! How about some pictures on the inside!! Karen
Thank you all for your wonderful comments, I am so pleased with it, but it could be a little bigger. I learned some new cuss words while putting it together, I think I have some of the spanish one's down too !!!
Sandy it has been about 60 during the day and below freezing at night. The little house heats up really fast and cools down just as fast. I was hoping the stucco would keep it warmer than what it is, but.......
Ann come on down girl, but as long as you know once those hoya's hit the greenhouse, possesion is nine tenths of the law !!!! ;)
Marcy, The GH faces the east, so the hoya will def. get the morning sun until about 2 in the afternoon. I'm really worried about it getting to hot and will be hunting for a nice shade tree to plant.
Nan the panels are 6mm twin wall. My DH has already made me a bench out of the shipping crate and cut in a sink yesterday to mix all my soil in.
Diane I haven't put any of the hoya's in there yet, were waitting for HD to get some propane heaters in, should be next week. Ha, I don't know if I will be able to sleep to well the first week wondering if the heater went out, then I would have to feel Karen and Betsy pain.
LOL not much to look at, if you blink you'll miss it !!
It's fabulous....really!!
So it's (the panels) PCV?
and the supports/frame are steel? (duh? But I don't know much about them!)
And it was a pre-fab?
Do you mind telling where you got it (or did you already do that?;)
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Very nice Tami!! Trust me you'll have it full in no time. I also learned a few choice cuss words when putting my big gh together. They sure dont make things simple to assemble anymore.
I learned the first of those choice words when I found out that I alone was responsable for getting one single 1350lb box unloaded off of that truck when it pulled into my driveway.
They'll get the tuck as close to the drop off point as they can but the buyer is responsable for unloading the items. The driver cannot help and that was made clear when I bought the gh,but I was also told that it was broken down into at least 3 boxes and that one ro two guys could handle it. Boy did I ever get a big surprise!!!
dmichael
Tami,
Looks great. Very attractive! You must be excited.
Monitor the heat in there during the day before you put any plants in. We put my plumerias in ours in February with no exhaust fan (I was more concerned about it getting too cold) and before I knew it the tips were burnt and I lost my blooms for a full year or more. I could have lost the plants but because they were big and I caught it in time I didn't totally loose them. Made me so sick. You might even need a shade cloth for tender plants. Just be careful and don't loose any babies.
Tami
Nan, I bought it from Charlies Greenhouses, they do have attached GH at Farmtech. They were alot cheaper but I don't think they are constructed as well, plus we had to go brown because of HOA....
LOL David, I know exactly what your talking about, they told us they would give us an hour befor delivery time, well the big truck pulled up and my DH was able to get two of the boxes unloaded with the guys help. Meanwhile the trucking company called to let us know the truck was on it's way. Uhhhhh yea I know there here. Thank God we had a really nice guy he waitted until my Son could get there, he had a pop and talked away. He was really concerned as to what I would be growing in the GH, if ya know what I mean..
Tami, I have an exhaust fan orderd, yesterday it was 117 in there. I do plan on getting a shade cloth as well, but after talking with David I think I might try a Bamboo shade first. I'm sure someone will complain about it.. Sorry you lost your blooms, I'm afraid that I may lose a few during the trial and error stage.
Oh Tami, I think you're going to have soooo much fun in there!! Can't wait to see pictures when it's full of plants! Nice!
I had to laugh out loud at your truck driver being "really concerned" about what you were going to grow!! Had a similar experience this summer - had some plumbers in and one of the younger guys kept walking past me as I was grounding up some dried oregano I'd grown in my garden. The more he circled, the more I chuckled to myself. He finally got up enough nerve to ask me what I grew out in the greenhouse, and seemed disappointed when I told him it was herbs, and that they'd come from the garden and not the greenhouse!!
LOL... That is way funny. Ha you should of taken it and disapeared in the back room for a little while, that would of really made him wonder. Hey you may want to install a motion detector out there just in case he wants to do a little investigating on he's own. That cracks me up. I wouldn't even have the nerve to ask somebody something like that. LOL, he even invited himself back to check out the GH when it was up. Scarry thing is he lives in Flagstaff right now and is relocating to my town. :O I better light up a hoya stem and see what it smells like just in case I smell something strange burning one night LOL
HAHAHAHAHA!!! Never thought of lighting up a hoya stem!!! Funny!
Tami...do you have easy access to the GH? From inside?
This summer it got so hot in the GH (maybe I just didn't notice it last year?) that I was hand misting everyone to cool them down!!! I used one of those neat wand thingies with the nozzle you can switch to MIST, JET, SHOWER etc. Cooling them down periodically seemed to help A LOT - and their pots didn't dry out so quickly cause, I think, they didn't have to guzzle water all day. So Bob just rigged a misting system above the center aisle which I can turn on for about 2-3 mins and everyone gets misted - just pvc pipe and special nozzles. It is not automatic so I turn it on by hand at the valve. They love it. I do have a section by the potting bench where I keep the drier loving ones!!!
I use the same wand for watering/fertilizing (with that 1 gal. automatic fert dispenser from Charlies) so it lives on the hose inside the GH. You might think of rigging something to cool them down in the really HOT temps!!!
What is your light in there?
Really IS nice!!!
Carol, no I don't, I have to go up and down the stairs. That was my next question about misting, I think I asked you on another thread about your misiting system, but I spaced that out and never went back and read your answer. I do have automatic misters that I used under the deck last year. I can put them on a timer at the spicket. Awanda also runs one on the outside of her GH that cools it down. My question is at what point do you stop misting in the day so they dont start getting fungus and all that good stuff. The sun will be completly off of it by 2:30 - 3:00, but it's still gonna be really warm in there, if I am providing the air circulation it should still be fine to mist up until the sun goes down, or would it? I know other states have these, but these misters are really cool they put them up in front of there establishment to cool people off.
The light is real good, it has no shading at all, we are going to plant a globe willow tree in the front, but meanwhile I am still trying to figure out what % of shade cloth I will need. The glazing on it already gives 15%. I think in my mind I am trying to get the highest % to give it the most shade, but then on the other hand I wonder if I but that on if it's going to get enough light. So many things to learn in such little time. If I had my heater I would have them all out there already. David uses a bamboo shade on he's and still gets plenty of light. I talked it over with my DH and like I thought as well the HOA is going to frown big time on that.
I do have a couple of your handy wands too, I used them to mist the hoya's I had hanging in the trees, I got so lazy I just hung it over a branch and put that hose on a timer too. :) What a lazy girl I am. But your right it works very well.
Those of you with GH what other techniques do you use to keep the humidity up in there?
Tami - Do your evenings/nights get really cool? If they DO I would mist when the sun is the hottest and overhead or where ever it hits the strongest. Misting is to cool the gh AND the plants. I find I can water the pots twice a day with ease when I didn't have the mister...the plants just guzzle the water to keep cool. You are so much drier there that I can't imagine the humidity inside lasting all that long. I think inside misting would be more effective and better for the plants! With your dry air, I dont think it would hurt to mist them 2 or 3 times a day. The circulating fan would keep the air moving so that fungi would have a harder time starting!!!
I have 73% shade cloth on the outside of an opaque plastic greenhouse material...and it still gets really bright in there. On one end I put a 50% over the top of the 73% and that is where I grow the pubicalyxes, carnosas and other plants that like MORE shade. I also have a shelving I rigged up inside...under which I can grow the more shade loving plants. Will get pictures today and post them.
My really low-tech method for keeping humidity up is old strips of carpet...at first it smells a bit 'sheepy', but soon that goes away and it really works!!!
Oh good idea, I never thought of double shade cloth. I also planned on putting them towards the back, to the wall as the sun will go down there first, heck I may just pull them out and put them under the deck like I did last year. I discovered last year with all our rain, that if they are in really fast draining soil they can take alot of water, and man did they ever grow. Our nights average about 55, so I will start out shutting the mister off when the sun is off the house and go from there. I do plan on putting an evaporative cooler inside of it in the summer. I do remeber you using pieces of carpet, I don't think I could do the smell, but everything is worth a try!! Do you think an 80% shade cloth would be to much? O.K. 75% and then the 15% that is on my poly.
I would really like to see the pictures, will give me some good ideas.
Tammy
OK...You could leave the carpet outside for a while and keep it wetted down until you bring it in. OR...get a synthetic that holds water. I have to toss mine every so often and get new because they grow mold on them...almost killed myself a couple of times!
Your husband might be able to rig a simple device: David Liddle has his misters on a system that when a certain mechanism in it gets dry, it triggers it to start misting again. Especially useful in the hot hot hot dry dry dry time of the year!....
Carol
Tami you might want to put gravel down to help with the humidity. It works really well for me.
Blessings,
Awanda
These are really poor shots...something is wrong with my camera. OK...the highest light in this section is on the right hand bench you can't see (faces south). The shelves are those plastic jobbers from HD. This is how I put them to get the least light for plants underneath.
To grow taller plants in more shade, but to let more light in - more airmovement too!!! - I put the shelves up on turned-over 5" pots. I really like this method better. Again, sorry this is so blurry...hopefully the camera isn't toast!
Tami
You are going to have so much fun with that congratulations!
I just started late this past summer with a hoop house so I am learning too. I did read on another forum for greenhouses that a fella uses carpets turned upside down with the pile on the dirt. His purpose was for ease of cleaning and to control weeds. I have a strip in the walk way down the middle and it sure is cleaner on the feet, easy to hose off if I spill soil when I was potting things, and no smell at all.
Carol.... Do you think if I did the whole floor area it would help with humidity even if it was upside down? I really like your extra shelving idea sure going to add that next spring:) Thanks for the tip.
Bea
I think, Bea, it depends on what is on the underside of the carpet. A plastic backing wouldn't help at all. A really close napped carpet would be just as easy to clean...I have some that doesn't smell either...you just need to trap the watter.... Mold will grow on it. I drag mine out in the sun every so often and it kills the spores....or I spray with a 10% solution of Clorox... Indoor outdoor might work if the water gets to be trapped between the little hairs.
Thanks Carol, very helpful. I'll take two trays please, just mix and match I'm not picky !!!
O.K. Bea where's the photo's, I need all the ideas I can get.
Sorry I missed the unvieling, Tammy. Paul landed in the Hospital and between work and dealing with MD's, I am having trouble finding time to visit Daves.
You did a fabulous job and those new cuss words will come in handy as you figure out what environmental adjustments need to be made. Paul designs and his company manufactures a rug like material called Pastamat. It is a really thick plastic that comes in different colors and makes a superb greenhouse carpet. Over time, I have collected enough to cover the sunroom and part of the greenhouse. It feels great to walk on, and seems to help the humidity when it gets wet and also helps insulate the floor. I'll see if I can score a piece as a greenhouse warming present for you.
Mel