Post by daniella3d on Sept 17, 2018 19:15:49 GMT -5
Hi there,
I just bought a cute little greenhouse for my sarracenias. It's a Palram Plant Inn. I can put around 50 pots mixed size 6'' and 5'' and a few 4''. It arrive disassembled and I put it up by myself in around 3 hours, give or take. I took my time and studied the diagrams before proceeding. It was really easy and fun to build! I had a great time doing it. I will not leave it outside in the winter and will disassemble it in parts. I will not have to re-assemble everything from scratch the next time.
The greenhouse came with trays about 3'' deep and a drain at the center of the 4 sides. I replaced the original drains because there were leaking and I used aquarium bulkhead with a rubber gasket and that work great, no more leak. I have a pump underneath with a container filled with osmosed water, so the water is pumped up the 4 corners and down the drain to the container continuously. It remain fresh and clear. There cannot be any leak because if there is, the bottom container will empty and the pump will run dry.
When it's really hot outside, I cannot leave the door closed or my plants would fry (40C +), but I can either leave the door half open, of fully open and attached to the top of the greenhouse. This will also extend the growing season for my plants as I will be able to put them outside sooner and leave them outside longer.
They will be protected from the wind vortex that we get in our backyard and the heavy rainfall. And maybe I will be able to control the amount of bugs that gets in the pitchers!
So here are some pictures of the greenhouse and of my water circulating. The trays are made of thin polycarbonate so I had to make 8 brackets underneath to hold the weight more evenly but now that work great. If I had not done this, my sarracenia pots would not be straight and they would lean toward the center.
Closed :
With a 6'' opening both side:
And fully open:
And here is one of the tray with the running water. It arrive from one corner and there is a drain in the center. There is a 2'' pipe in the center of the drain so that if the water is stopped for some reason, there is always at least 2'' of water in the tray. If I had not put this pipe, the water would drain completely when ever the pump would stop.
I just bought a cute little greenhouse for my sarracenias. It's a Palram Plant Inn. I can put around 50 pots mixed size 6'' and 5'' and a few 4''. It arrive disassembled and I put it up by myself in around 3 hours, give or take. I took my time and studied the diagrams before proceeding. It was really easy and fun to build! I had a great time doing it. I will not leave it outside in the winter and will disassemble it in parts. I will not have to re-assemble everything from scratch the next time.
The greenhouse came with trays about 3'' deep and a drain at the center of the 4 sides. I replaced the original drains because there were leaking and I used aquarium bulkhead with a rubber gasket and that work great, no more leak. I have a pump underneath with a container filled with osmosed water, so the water is pumped up the 4 corners and down the drain to the container continuously. It remain fresh and clear. There cannot be any leak because if there is, the bottom container will empty and the pump will run dry.
When it's really hot outside, I cannot leave the door closed or my plants would fry (40C +), but I can either leave the door half open, of fully open and attached to the top of the greenhouse. This will also extend the growing season for my plants as I will be able to put them outside sooner and leave them outside longer.
They will be protected from the wind vortex that we get in our backyard and the heavy rainfall. And maybe I will be able to control the amount of bugs that gets in the pitchers!
So here are some pictures of the greenhouse and of my water circulating. The trays are made of thin polycarbonate so I had to make 8 brackets underneath to hold the weight more evenly but now that work great. If I had not done this, my sarracenia pots would not be straight and they would lean toward the center.
Closed :
With a 6'' opening both side:
And fully open:
And here is one of the tray with the running water. It arrive from one corner and there is a drain in the center. There is a 2'' pipe in the center of the drain so that if the water is stopped for some reason, there is always at least 2'' of water in the tray. If I had not put this pipe, the water would drain completely when ever the pump would stop.