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mycle2313_gw

PVC Hoop House

11 years ago

I wanted to post my HPVG here. I would say i am at about 9 weeks now. Just to catch those up that have not seen this, I have 5 4" PVC pipes wrapping around 2 4X4X8 posts that i buried down about 1.5'. I buried a 55 gallon drum in the ground (a good idea until we got 7+" of rain. which floated the drum up about 6 inches) I will dig the next drum deeper and put a couple feet of pea gravel in it to allow the water somewhere to drain. With said i have a total of 95 plants, all from seeds except the 4 strawberry plants which are now 7 with the runners taking root in neighboring net pots. We continue to harvest the leafy greens, cilantro, and Zucchini, as they are ready. Only problem i have had is the caterpillars eating the Broccoli leafs, and i have some powder mildew on the Zucchini leaves. I believe due to me dumping a full barrel of rain water in the system and didn't have time to adjust the PH for a few days. I have it under control now.

Hoop House
(6) 20' 3/4" PVC
Diameter 12'
Height about 81"
Zipped tied PVC to old tent stakes
Used some thin pvc pipe (1/2" maybe) i cut in half to use as a clamp over the plastic. Worked great. Almost bought some pvc clamps off amazon but instead used the 4' scrap i had to make some and will go to Home Depot to buy another 6' piece.

Comments or suggestions always welcomed.

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