Shadehouse #2

Do-it-yourself projects such as greenhouse or shadehouse builds and related topics.
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ThePackrat
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Post by ThePackrat »

jealous! :P
I wish I had the space for that..
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John C
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Very nice! It looks great! Good work! After building one for PapaBearJay you are coming to Texas to build me one too right? LOL! :lol:
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Sorry John, only the first one is free, yours is gonna cost some money, NOT A LOT, just the flight from MN to TX, supplies, food, cacti...the usual!
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PapaBearJay wrote:Sorry John, only the first one is free, yours is gonna cost some money, NOT A LOT, just the flight from MN to TX, supplies, food, cacti...the usual!
:lol: :lol: :lol:
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hey looks good! have fun tinkering!
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Been moving plants from the other shadehouse and from home. This new one will be the cactus house, the other will be for non-cactus. It's maybe 65-75% full. Still have about 15-20 flats of cacti to move over and a bunch of larger Opuntiads and other larger plants, of which most will go on that lowrider bench. I hope to have two 10-12' sections (where the big Agave is and to the right) to use for sowing seed and for fresh "out of the bag" seedlings to acclimate them. I'll make a removable frame to cover with an extra piece of cloth. Actually, almost all plants on the 2 middle bench sections are seedlings ranging from 2 years to 3 years old. On the far right are Jen's 2010 seedlings. We've been busy!


The workbench areas
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Vents below the benches on the back wall.
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Rollup side vents
velcro...1001 uses 8)
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Plants!
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Spectacular setup! looking great. You guys definitely got it goin' on.

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I've been trying to think of something to say other than "WOW," but that's where my brain keeps taking me.

How about "exceptional coolitude"? :)
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"exceptional coolitude" would work only at night, its friggin hot in there! :lol:
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"Freaking fantastic"?
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Tony wrote:its friggin hot in there! :lol:
You said it, dude!

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Looking good! 145f high! Sounds like my greenhouse all summer long! They sure can get hot! 8)
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Post by Peterthecactusguy »

haha I have a feeling if I ever made a green house it would be like 250F in there. Ya know the old saying: "Arizona, it's a dry heat. Like sticking your head into a 350F oven"

I have actually seen them on the news cook eggs in pans on the sidewalks in Phoenix.
(probably could do it in Darryl's shade house too when it's 145F! Eek!)
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Sooo cool! I can't wait to see it in person ... in about 3 weeks! \:D/
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daiv wrote:Sooo cool! I can't wait to see it in person ... in about 3 weeks! \:D/
You may be timing it perfect for the great Opuntia show ;) Lots of buds are brewing...
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