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Hi All, i live in the U.K, in a few months i will be growing my orchids in a
greenhouse 12x10/8.Any advise that will give me a head start were you have
had problems /experience with.

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Thanks Keith

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Congratulations Keith,

1.....Location. Make sure it is set up in a spot that gets the sun on it all
day.
2.... The cost of heating? If you have natural gas then pipe it in.
3.... A good solid foundation, concrete is easy to keep clean. I also like
at least
a 2' Pony Rail (the g/h is built on top of this which makes it higher & of
course then
you have to ajust for the door) Higher is nice because you can hang plants.
4... Start saving for the heaters, coolers, fans etc. & orchids*G*
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Cheers Wendy
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"kenty ;-)" wrote in message
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Hi All, i live in the U.K, in a few months i will be growing my orchids in
a
greenhouse 12x10/8.Any advise that will give me a head start were you have
had problems /experience with.

--
Thanks Keith

orchid greenhouse
 

Good luck with it Keith
Make it as big as possible even if you think you wont be able to fill it.In
time you will!
STUART
Sydney Australia
"Wendy" wrote in message
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Congratulations Keith,

1.....Location. Make sure it is set up in a spot that gets the sun on it
all
day.
2.... The cost of heating? If you have natural gas then pipe it in.
3.... A good solid foundation, concrete is easy to keep clean. I also like
at least
a 2' Pony Rail (the g/h is built on top of this which makes it higher & of
course then
you have to ajust for the door) Higher is nice because you can hang
plants.
4... Start saving for the heaters, coolers, fans etc. & orchids*G*
--
Cheers Wendy
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"kenty ;-)" wrote in message
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Hi All, i live in the U.K, in a few months i will be growing my orchids
in
a
greenhouse 12x10/8.Any advise that will give me a head start were you
have
had problems /experience with.

--
Thanks Keith

orchid greenhouse
 

Thanks for your comments!Wendy, pony rail ,is this say a raised brick wall
with the greenhouse on top?

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Thanks Keith
"stuart henry" wrote in message
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Good luck with it Keith
Make it as big as possible even if you think you wont be able to fill
it.In
time you will!
STUART
Sydney Australia
"Wendy" wrote in message
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Congratulations Keith,

1.....Location. Make sure it is set up in a spot that gets the sun on it
all
day.
2.... The cost of heating? If you have natural gas then pipe it in.
3.... A good solid foundation, concrete is easy to keep clean. I also
like
at least
a 2' Pony Rail (the g/h is built on top of this which makes it higher &
of
course then
you have to ajust for the door) Higher is nice because you can hang
plants.
4... Start saving for the heaters, coolers, fans etc. & orchids*G*
--
Cheers Wendy
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Hi All, i live in the U.K, in a few months i will be growing my
orchids
in
a
greenhouse 12x10/8.Any advise that will give me a head start were you
have
had problems /experience with.

--
Thanks Keith

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On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 22:11:36 -0000, "kenty ;-\)"
wrote:

Thanks for your comments!Wendy, pony rail ,is this say a raised brick wall
with the greenhouse on top?

Yes. I like my gh set in the ground so the ground level is just
below the top of the "pony rail". I think it gives better heat &
cold control. Of course you have to have a way down to floor
level to get in and out then. Or you have to come out of the
basement and have a way up to floor level, as this will be about
1/2 way between basement and first floor levels.

SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php

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"kenty ;-\)" wrote in
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Hi All, i live in the U.K, in a few months i will be growing my
orchids in a greenhouse 12x10/8.Any advise that will give me a head
start were you have had problems /experience with.


Of utmost importance in my book is a temperature alarm system for both high
and low temperatures that sounds inside your house and is loud enough to
wake you at night and one that has a battery back up. I had to learn the
hard way. A power failure in the summer and a heating hot water pump
failure in the winter. I put in the alarm after cooked orchid summer but in
the winter it wasn't loud enough and the greenhouse went down to 36 F or
2.2C when I discovered it.
dusty

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On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 13:51:11 GMT, dusty wrote:
Of utmost importance in my book is a temperature alarm system for both high
and low temperatures that sounds inside your house and is loud enough to
wake you at night and one that has a battery back up. I had to learn the
hard way. A power failure in the summer and a heating hot water pump
failure in the winter. I put in the alarm after cooked orchid summer but in
the winter it wasn't loud enough and the greenhouse went down to 36 F or
2.2C when I discovered it.
dusty

You got to yours earlier then we got to ours. We had plastic
pipe for mister lines. When it froze - it broke, when it thawed
and started to leak into the house - we found it. Now we have a
display several places and a monitor.
SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php

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It's a fair investment ($200 on eBay), but I'd recommend a sensaphone
attached to a thermalarm.

The Thermalarm handles both hot and cold setpoints, and I've got my
Sensaphone set to go off in my home office, and if I don't reset it there,
call my home phone if there's a problem. If nobody acknowledges the call by
putting in a password, it then calls my office. Failing that, my cell
phone, and there's an option for a 4th number as well.

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info!

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"Susan Erickson" wrote in message
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On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 13:51:11 GMT, dusty wrote:
Of utmost importance in my book is a temperature alarm system for both
high
and low temperatures that sounds inside your house and is loud enough to
wake you at night and one that has a battery back up. I had to learn the
hard way. A power failure in the summer and a heating hot water pump
failure in the winter. I put in the alarm after cooked orchid summer but
in
the winter it wasn't loud enough and the greenhouse went down to 36 F or
2.2C when I discovered it.
dusty

You got to yours earlier then we got to ours. We had plastic
pipe for mister lines. When it froze - it broke, when it thawed
and started to leak into the house - we found it. Now we have a
display several places and a monitor.
SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php