Hey Rob, I am curious, do you have any pics to post on abpo or a url to
see your greenhouse. I remember you discussing building etc.?
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Cheers Wendy

Rob Halgren wrote:
keith ;-) wrote:

Rob ,what about a isolation greenhouse:-) or maybe change Robs rules
1, 2 &
2a! :-(


My wife is already having slight ... let us not call them fits, quite
yet ... about the first greenhouse. I think I'm going to have to wait a
while before I build another one. Besides, I still have plenty of room
(there is space under the benches, and from the purlins, and...). No
danger of breaking rule 2. I am starting to run into a few issues with
rule 3, though. Guess I need to sell some.

Rob

tennis maynard wrote:
Rob Halgren wrote:

keith ;-) wrote:

Rob ,what about a isolation greenhouse:-) or maybe change Robs rules
1, 2 &
2a! :-(


My wife is already having slight ... let us not call them fits, quite
yet ... about the first greenhouse. I think I'm going to have to wait
a while before I build another one. Besides, I still have plenty of
room (there is space under the benches, and from the purlins,
and...). No danger of breaking rule 2. I am starting to run into a
few issues with rule 3, though. Guess I need to sell some.

Rob

Perhaps Michelle is bribable, Rob...what if you bought her something
REALLY nice just before telling her you need a second greenhouse (lord
only knows how you could; from the pics the thing's enormous and would
hold 7000 - 10000 plants!)?

I think that if I bought her something nice enough to work as a
satisfactory bribe, I wouldn't have any money left to build another
greenhouse... *grin*

It isn't as enormous as it was before I moved it. I think it will hold
4 or 5000 plants at reasonable (not that I'm known for reasonable...)
density.


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1) There is always room for one more orchid
2) There is always room for two more orchids
2a) See rule 1
3) When one has insufficient credit to obtain more
orchids, obtain more credit

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Rob:

I had to do a bit of digging; I ended up calling Mike at "Green
Methods." Their catalog is out of this world, and their website
(www.greenmethods.com) has lots of information, too.

The proper term is a "banker plant." UFL suggests that R. padi
(bird-cherry aphids) on winter barley, S. graminum on winter wheat, and R.
maidis (corn leaf aphid) on sorghum. No idea if any of these guys will
target your crop plants, which (of course) is the biggest consideration.
Moreover, *finding* them for sale is going to be a problem. If you're
lucky and know an entomologist with the state, maybe they can hook you up.

Plenty more on Google using the following search:

"banker plant" IPM

It's a pretty elegant idea, really.

Mike also suggested another technique in which "trap plants" are
used to subvert insect populations to weakened or stressed plants, which
then attract heavier populations of pest-controlling insects, mites, etc.
The stronger, healthier plants in the garden continue to grow unmolested.

I have doubts as to the efficacy of trap plants in orchid
greenhouses, but thought I'd throw that out there for the home gardener in
all of us.

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-AJHicks
Chandler, AZ

Wendy wrote:
Hey Rob, I am curious, do you have any pics to post on abpo or a url to
see your greenhouse. I remember you discussing building etc.?
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http://littlefrogfarm.com

I have more pictures, but they aren't up yet.

--
Rob's Rules: http://www.msu.edu/~halgren
1) There is always room for one more orchid
2) There is always room for two more orchids
2a) See rule 1
3) When one has insufficient credit to obtain more
orchids, obtain more credit

http://littlefrogfarm.com - Growing the plants Rob likes