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Tue, Apr 5, 11 at 7:16
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I bought this greenhouse specifically to harden off plants, as I work all day. Any suggestions on how to do this? Do I start off keeping it closed, partially open, north wall, south wall, etc? Thanks. http://www.lowes.com/pd_318839-10155-FHPT400CL_0__?productId=3111999&N tt=greenhouse&pl=1¤tURL=/pl__0__s%3FNtt%3Dgreenhouse Patreesh |
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- Posted by wordwiz (wordwiz@fuse.net) on Tue, Apr 5, 11 at 9:31
| Not what you want to hear, but if you can, I would take it back. In another forum this GH was discussed and everyone had had bought one or had it given to them said the same thing - cheaply made, falls apart after a year. It also apparently tips over easily in a strong wind. Mike |
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| Find a shady spot for it. If the sun hits it the temperature will get too hot in about 10 minutes! Your being gone all day it will require some venting but without an automatic opener you should do some trials with differing amount and size openings with a thermometer inside, before risking your plants. Critics of this item say they are throwing it away. Al |
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- Posted by tn_veggie_gardner 7 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 5, 11 at 11:35
| Keep it barely vented/open (maybe an inch or so) in a mostly shady spot & DO NOT harden off pepper seedlings in it & you will be fine. |
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| Yep, scroll down to the thread titled "A waste of money" and you'll see the sad accounts. The one I had pictured was wedged against a fence with a big cinder block on the bottom shelf to hold it down and the thing STILL blew over. I kept it against the east-facing fence so it would only get morning sun. That way, if it got hotter than expected while I was at work, the seedlings would be in the shade come 1:00 or so. But in the end, I stopped using it altogether. I had an extra freestanding shelving unit--the heavy duty plastic kind--sitting around. I moved it right next to this "greenhouse" and it has not blown over once, not even in the 65 mph winds we had a couple months back. I now set my seedlings on it instead and I don't have to deal with opening/closing the plastic "door". Honestly, I couldn't find a reason for having the plastic closed ever. It wouldn't keep the seedlings warm in cold weather, and on sunny days, I was too worried about over heating to ever leave it zipped up. But check out the thread. I do recall one poster did have one of these and had much better luck than the rest of us. |
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| Thanks all. Glad I haven't removed it from the box. Guess I'll try the "laundry basket method." Posted another thread on this. Any of you had success with this? I work all day so can't be carting stuff back and forth every few hours. |
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