i made a greenhouse

[caregiverken]

Today

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41 °F
Rain Showers
60% chance of precipitation

Tonight

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27 °F
Partly Cloudy

 

[caregiverken]

Wednesday, 26​

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37 | 28 °F​

Chance of Snow​

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Today we put some plants in the GH​

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My wifes Cactus ​

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The male in back has been in there a while now..he is fine​

Not growing though​

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The female in front has been out there going on 3 days..and I take it in the garage in the evening for 4 hours more light.​

She is not very happy really...​

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I think im gonna wait a bit for the other plants..Maybe 1 or two more each week,,I dunno​

we will see tonight what the low gets to in there​

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Meanwhile, the Mother room is 68 with the lights on and 60 right before they come on.​

and they dont seem to mind much..​

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Yep those are cactus from seed :)

 

[midwestdensies]

Awesome ken! I myself cant wait to get some outdoor going. Just closed on a house with a huge lot and a preexisting small orchard.

Please keep this updated for all and the inspiration.
MWD

 

[Ohiofarmer]

Awesome ken! haha nice to see some green in there, keep crankin along and it'll be spring again in no time:D. Do you got your genetic line up for what your gonna run in it yet?...... Take it easy brotha

 

[monkeymun]

I knew a guy who had some interesting methods for keeping his greenhouse warm in winter. One of them was something along the lines of having copper rods in a bed of sand inside the greenhouse and heating the rods with either fire or sun, so that the sand became a heat sink. Apparently once heated, it would give off heat for most of the night. Never saw it in action.

 

[Amber]

I saw this article and was thinking about ya. Not sure if the link will work but try it out or send me your email and I will forward it. Its a newletter I get emailed to me I think Sunlight Supply puts it out.

 

[Seamaiden]

I saw a video of a fellow up in BC, Vancouver (? I'm suddenly questioning my knowledge of geography!) who uses the tiny Christmas tree lights strung around his greenhouse and they keep it quite warm. Dude had a CROTON in there when it was below freezing!

Oh, and Ken....?

 

[caregiverken]

Oh, and Ken....?

I have allways Loved that kitty poster!! :D

the Christmas lights sound like neat idea..would look cool too :)

 

[kolah]

I was at Homo' Depot and looked at some Pella 6 foot by 6 foot double paned sliding glass doors complete with screens for 350 bucks each. Put two of those mommas together on the long south side and off to the races. I think buying those would be cheaper and more efficient than buying that Solexx overpriced stuff. OTOH, you can get older sliding glass doors on Craigs List for cheap. I may build a second GH, with all double paned glass.

 

[caregiverken]

Yeah Man efficiency is the way to go. Duel pane kicks ass

Keeping the heat inside my GH is what im trying to figure out. :confused:
The coverings I used do Nothing to insulate..and I if I try to heat it, there will be tons of waste :(



I think I might have an idea though :)

 

[fishwhistle]

Ken maybe you can dual pain the plastic the plastic by putting another layer on the inside of the 2x4s and create a barrier between just for the cool months?

 

[caregiverken]

Ken maybe you can dual pain the plastic the plastic by putting another layer on the inside of the 2x4s and create a barrier between just for the cool months?

yeah man....Thats what I was thinking too...:)
Gonna do the inside walls and Make a 8ft Ceiling out of some 4 ml or maybe even 2ml plastic.
The roof is really clear so, I dont think another 4ml of plastic will block to0 much light.o_O
and the North wall could get another layer of 6ml
just till it warms up.. :)

 

[caregiverken]

my wife wants me to build her a GH with all shapes and sizes of old wood windows

kinda like this

 

[fishwhistle]

I think its a great idea,you could probably get windows off craiglist.I saw a similar one i n a magazine,sunset i think,and it looked very good.

 

[caregiverken]

yep. We have some old windows my wife picked up at yard sales..
your right..lots of them on GL too.

 

[Seamaiden]

my wife wants me to build her a GH with all shapes and sizes of old wood windows

kinda like this

There's someone out here who's got a GH rather like that. It's pretty cool-looking.

 

[caregiverken]

Here is an update on the plants in the GH ;)

No Heat...no sup lights..
the male got bit by the cold....gonna be in shock awhile..loose leaves for sure

the female is holding up ok

I am just gonna let the female go into flower.
..I might have to cover her with a trashcan when I get the lights up
I chose that plant to be 1st out there, because I forgot to label it..:confused:.
.its all good though :) Im thinking Rock candy or ewok
Im sure I will know when she flowers

 

[caregiverken]

I put her ^^ in a bigger pot..and she is doing well..No heat yet.
I'll take pictures later;)

I put 4 ml plastic on the inside walls and made a plastic ceiling:)
It was nice in there yesterday afternoon 73 degrees
The temp outside was 30 this morning and 34 inside the gh
So it did hold some heat! :D

Im gonna put up the lights today :)

and start putting more plants out slowly..

forecast say's its Gonna be 23 monday night :confused:

 

[caregiverken]

Hey Who ever is reading this,

Do you think I need to shade plants I bring into the gh for couple days?

I mean to harden them....Is two layers of 4ml enough to shade them?

or how about cloudy days?...

thanks

 

[fishwhistle]

21 at my place this AM ken!Hard freeze last night,just warming a little now.