My greenhouse
Lydia Kennedy
7 years ago
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Can someone help me post my achitect's plans for my greenhouse?
Comments (11)Thanks so much for your responses! I agree. My experience has taught me that thinking these details out before construction is much more practical. Here are some answers to your questions: I live in central NJ. Zone 6-7. I have about 4 feet of height under the deck to insulate it. I was thinking of using "Tiger Foam". IÂve used it in my home before. This stuff is effective, but expensive. I would use some and fill the rest of the area with packing Styrofoam that IÂve been collecting. The greenhouse will be built against my home. The bedroom window above it would be blocked if I made it higher. I guess IÂll be growing dwarf bananas. I donÂt see that I have much of choice, unless you can see a way to configure this that I canÂt see. There is an area to the left where we can go higher, but that would make it a weird shape, and more complicated construction. I guess it isnÂt worth it. I looked over the full size plans and you are right, they donÂt have the overall dimensions. No wonder my township returned the plans for being incomplete. The floor space is about 7 feet by 15 feet, minus the cut corners. HereÂs where I stand now. The deck is built. The rest of the deck is finished. The supports for the green house are all in and there is durarock on the floor, in the greenhouse area, that is ready for a tile floor. I would love to use a floor drain that is set into the floor and runs the length of the space, but that would entail cutting away the supports. The surface that this is will be built on is above the surface in front of it. May be the drain could run along the front, out side the floor supports. I think my architect could work this out. If not, then wherever we put the drain, the floor would have to slope in that direction. The way it is built now, it slops slightly away from the house. I guess we could change that just a little with the mud when we tile. I think the architect put a knee wall in the plans. How should that be built? Will I be running things through it in the future? The ridge of the roof runs the short way, so it isnÂt very long in relation to the space. If you put in a ridge vent, how do you keep the hot air from escaping in the winter? HereÂs my main concern. IÂm not building the green house because I donÂt have room for my plant inside my home. IÂm building it because my houseplants donÂt do well in my home in the winter. They get plagued by spiders and disease and dry out. I have been very successful with outdoor gardening. I realize that I will still have to care for my plants in the greenhouse but I hope it will be a lot better for them than it would be in the house. I would really like to find out what kind of heating wonÂt make it too dry in there....See Morewhy are my NG Impatiens wilting in my greenhouse?
Comments (1)oh, here is a picture showing a little droop... hope it works Here is a link that might be useful: ng imp...See MoreMy New Grow Lights for my Greenhouse....Pic
Comments (9)Arthur, i cant tell from the pic but is there a reflector on your bulbs? the light is wasted ir not directed towards the plants. when it comes to flouros it seems the fancy grow bulbs arent as good as a mix of cool white and warm white, plus they are more $. also if you could get them out new are T-5 out now that are much brighter and much less heat. i hope you have them on a timer. plants do need to rest a bit. not sure what your weather is like but maybe have the timer set from 5am-10am and then again from 7pm -10pm. better on electricity as well. i fully agree with your plan since your weather is a crutch to growing plants. but your choice of light could have been better. but maybe it is fine... the pic sure looke bright.? the problem with the florescents is they dont penetrate the leaves/canopy nor do they go that far. the farther light has to travel the less intense it is when it gets there. you might have been better to find a 600 w hps and set a timer so it is on from @5-6am till sun up then also from sundown to @ 10pm. the hps will go throught some leaves and give the lower ones some light as well. also with a 5 ft plant the bottom wont get much light form the flouros as it would from a hps. but light is light and i think you will be great. and probably the best home grown peppers in all of Scottland!!! peace Michael...See MoreMy Greenhouse Adenium 1st Blooms
Comments (47)I also think they love the greenhouse. They seem to bloom more and I noticed that some start budding and bloom faster than others. I'm wondering if I should add a fan to my greenhouse......it gets too dry in there. I have a screened door which my DH usually covers in winter (which we forgot to do last winter) with what he built the greenhouse with and there's 2 window on two different sides of the greenhouse. I got those spidermites with some Adeniums I got off Ebay and I'm so afraid of them coming back....they were a pain to get rid of! Happy Gardening, Jeannie :)...See MoreLydia Kennedy
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