Orchid Greenhouse

May 14, 2008 Last reply: 18 years ago 1 Replies
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I am considering building a greenhouse for my orchids. It is the humidity that I want/need. Living in Southern California, low temperatures are not much of a problem.



Also, seems like most orchid growers in the area (Normans, SBOE) use shade cloth or opal translucent polycarbonate panels overhead.



I am looking for a greenhouse kit with these opal translucent polycarbonate panels for the roof. All that I can find seem to use clear panels.



What are you folks using? Clear glass/polycarbonate with shadecloth or opal panels?



Also seems that clear glass would make the GH hotter than heck, even with the use of shadecloth.



Thanks for any advice.



Vito


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On Tue, 13 May 2008 21:27:31 -0700, Uncle_vito wrote (in article <sYidnUgTpqSw97fVnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@linkline.com):

Up here we have both extreme heat (2-3 weeks or so > 100? in Summer) and some cold (2-3 weeks or so of frost with 20s and 30s in Winter). I built a Charley's Greenhouse Solar Gro kit with polycarbonate twin wall, a gravel floor, an under bench misting system, and an exhaust fan. I also use a metallic shade screen during the Summer. This has kept my orchids alive without a cooler except when a power failure and surge triggered the GFCI while I was away for a weekend.

Tom Walnut Creek, CA Nikon D200

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