A hardening off question

Cole_Robbie · January 13, 2017

I think the key with the small hobby greenhouses, other than diligent venting, would be anchoring it against high winds. I was thinking about building a small one on my front porch. I would screw everything down so it wouldn't blow away. If I just rolled a covered shelf out there, I would be picking the cover out of the neighbor's trees on the first windy spring day.

I know a farmer who went to an ag dept talk about greenhouses, which told him that roll-up sides were optional. So he didn't included them on the large greenhouse he built, and ended up cooking several thousand pepper plants. Whoops.

January 13, 2017	#9
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	I think the key with the small hobby greenhouses, other than diligent venting, would be anchoring it against high winds. I was thinking about building a small one on my front porch. I would screw everything down so it wouldn't blow away. If I just rolled a covered shelf out there, I would be picking the cover out of the neighbor's trees on the first windy spring day. I know a farmer who went to an ag dept talk about greenhouses, which told him that roll-up sides were optional. So he didn't included them on the large greenhouse he built, and ended up cooking several thousand pepper plants. Whoops.