Will keep that in mind. About to go out and buy my greenhouse and get it up before winter sets in. I will put a wireless thermometer in it and watch temps over the winter. I've heard of others that put a bucket of water in the green house FOR moisture, but after reading about your experience will hold off on that at first.

Thanks for the info.

Yeah, the moisture defiitely killed it..
Here is another use for the greenhouse though...A large umbrella during a major noreaster at Oktoberfest

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No video. Shows it's "secure"

Mike, either you posted porn, or you have to friend the peole on FB before you show them the vids..

I cant even cpoy MY OWN PICS.

Yeah Bummer, it was a really funny video too. Not porn, just private I guess.....Bummer. I'll have to put on youtube.

I used the larger sized umbrella G-house the first year with my 2 Trachys.
I loved it but you need to open the flaps anytime temps are over 30ish (F)
and once you get into Feb anytime over 20F or it will easily go over 100F.

This worked great,I planted my Trachys Nov 1.
They both made it through the winter with no s-pull and took off in spring.
Temps ranged from 10-90F over the winter-you have to watch them-
even on a day with Arctic chill/sun it can go over 80F.

The only thing about them is they are not very efficient but you can
throw a canvas tarp/blanket over them and get an extra 10-20F
temp boost.

I would still use them but I have limited watts I can pull from my Apt
and I now have 30 palms and 30 cactus to protect.

Those free standing plastic type green houses?

Great use for a GH...a party rain-shelter.
Or as someone said..."there's no room in the condom". 😆 😆

Sounded like a good party Mike.

Barb

Bought this 6x8 green house at Menards. $320 Took us about 5 hrs, and 8 beers to assemble. Planning on adding a heat source, remote thermometer and seeing what kind of temps I can keep it at over the winter so I can figure out what plants I can over winter in there.

http://s1085.photobucket.com/albums/j436/goodlistener711/Green%20House/

Looks great, nice work! 8)

Steve

looks great. but .... 5 hours and only 8 beers. thats's part of your problem, had you doubled the beer consumption the time to assemble the GH together would have been cut in half, which would have given you more time to put stuff in your greenhouse.

Those free standing plastic type green houses?

It was kind of like this one only round and twice as tall-

http://www.amazon.com/Educational-Insights-EI-5102-GreenThumb-Greenhouse/dp/B000HV2JBA

Funny how temps in those can get so hot. Today it was 68deg outside, and 124 inside the green house. Don't have any plants in there as of yet...to early. But is amazing how hot it can get on a other wise cooler day.

I know what your saying-my Washy enclosures were like 115F last spring.

Better picture of the one I had-the bigger of the 2

How do they handle that kind of heat?

I'm not going to put anything valuable in my green house this winter. Maybe a snake plant or two. Windmills I have in pots I will bring into garage for the winter. I told my wife the 3rd car side will be where palms will go. I have a insulated garage, and never gets below 35 when doors closed.

If my one experimental windmill survives my over winter method outside, I will do the rest the same for the following winter.

Well they are Washys,many grow in the deserts of Az and Cali
and see those temps fairly regularly there.

Not the best coming out of winter but they are tough!

We really have to watch the environments we create for our
palms growing them so far out of zone....

Besides moisture/cold heat is a very real issue later in winter
inside enclosures as the sun angle gets higher.