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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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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 Remove PETERPAN for email reply "kenty ;-)" wrote in message ... 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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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 news:yUXNb.5788$A74.3443@fed1read02... Congratulations Keith, 1.....Location. Make sure it is set up in a spot that gets the sun on it all day. 2.... The cost of heating? If you have natural gas then pipe it in. 3.... A good solid foundation, concrete is easy to keep clean. I also like at least a 2' Pony Rail (the g/h is built on top of this which makes it higher & of course then you have to ajust for the door) Higher is nice because you can hang plants. 4... Start saving for the heaters, coolers, fans etc. & orchids*G* -- Cheers Wendy Remove PETERPAN for email reply "kenty ;-)" wrote in message ... Hi All, i live in the U.K, in a few months i will be growing my orchids in a greenhouse 12x10/8.Any advise that will give me a head start were you have had problems /experience with. -- Thanks Keith |
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Thanks for your comments!Wendy, pony rail ,is this say a raised brick wall
with the greenhouse on top? -- Thanks Keith "stuart henry" wrote in message u... Good luck with it Keith Make it as big as possible even if you think you wont be able to fill it.In time you will! STUART Sydney Australia "Wendy" wrote in message news:yUXNb.5788$A74.3443@fed1read02... 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 Remove PETERPAN for email reply "kenty ;-)" wrote in message ... 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
: 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! .. . . . . . . . . . . "Susan Erickson" wrote in message ... 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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