Re: [Aroid-l] greenhouse

I have to tell yea, that both the "neighbor's garage"and mine have been known to house plants on very cool nights, or when I have been known to move way to much out early in the spring,  Makes for a easy way to put them out of harms way for the night.
I agree with the 65 for temps, ( keeps the heating bills down) moving air, and lights threw out the green house to make up for the lack of hours of sun, in the dead of winter here.
Have the same problems here with living in the middle of pines and oaks here, finding a ideal spot for the greenhouse was not possible.
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: m*@oneota.org
To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 4:38 PM
Subject: [Aroid-l] greenhouse

Folks,

I?ve sent these questions to several of you individually who offered help before I saw the request to post them on list.

Since two of you asked that the answers to my greenhouse questions be posted to the list, perhaps we should.

I hope the other folks on this list aren?t bored with this.

 

Here are some of my first, VERY BASIC, questions.

1. What temperature range would be ?ideal? for a majority of Aroids, 65-85F?

2. Should I have a different temperature range for night?

3. Keep the air moving of course.

4. Humidity can?t be too high can it?

5. Direct sun? I am nestled in amongst trees on the east side and the north side and when the sun sinks lower in the sky I will have some south shade as well and in the far west I have more trees. (This was the ONLY spot level enough without trees to even put a greenhouse and it?s in my front yard.) I think that I can put many plants under the tables holding other plants so that they will get more shade. I hate to think of immediately covering the inside of the greenhouse with shade cloth but I don?t want to scorch them either.

6. I grow mostly Amorphophallus and in the past have put the dormant tubers either in the basement (55F) or other places in the house (65-70F) Can they stay in the heat of the greenhouse when dormant? I would assume yes they can.

7. I also have some Dracontiums, Pseudodracontiums, Anthuriums, Philodendrons, ferns, Brugmansias, common ordinary house plants, cacti, and such.

I do realize a lot of this will be trial and error for specific my site and weather and it would have been nice to have the greenhouse up earlier than this so I could experiment a bit. But when the plants come in they will all have to come in due to outside dropping temperatures.

8. Do you have a favorite greenhouse book to recommend?

 

Thanks to you.

MJ Hatfield

Ps. It may be taking a bit longer than one week to finish up this greenhouse. Nothing ever goes quite as planned.

 

 

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