Nice protection Jeff, thx for the pics. These protections works well here near Montreal. You are at a warmer location than us, so you should be ok. Hope you ll post pics this spring.
Ben

Thanks, It should make it through the winter with very little issues, I hope.

Looks good Jeff -Great protection and way more solid then what I make. Send posts come spring I liked your summer pics
Mike

cool photos............the big palm box looks like Bill's! Don't forget to place a light on top so the airplanes don't hit it! 😆

Thanks guys.

Mike, the big box has all 4 corners using 2x4x12 lumber. Rigid insulation is screwed to the supports with screws and finishing washers to hold the panel in place. The top piece is then attached to the tops of the 2x4's. The interior fluorescents are then attached to a 2x4x4 that I mounted to the outside of the box in the same fashion. All 4 sides then have 1x1x4's pounded into the ground half way and then screwed through to the inner 2x4's. We had to lean a 12' ladder against the structure to put the top on (forgot before we lifted it) and the box didn't move at all.

When the weather warms up on Monday (3c), I'll get around to wrapping them all in vapour barrier as well. I may also need to add a little more heat to the big box, it only shuts off when the outside temp is above 0c.

I said to myself next year I'll add a flood light to the top of the box shooting straight up for the fun of it.

I leave for a few days and this is what happens to my thread????? Thread high jackers!

I kid..... 🙂

Nice photos. Question on that temp greenhouse, how do you heat it?

I leave for a few days

Two months ... you must've gone out for milk. :bootyshake:

Barb

Wheelman, The greenhouse is attached to the garage and the garage door is not there. The garage itself is heated with a gas ceiling mount furnace. The garage has always been heated but this year I had to install a new one. We angled out towards the front of the garage more so the heat makes it into the greenhouse easier. I also have fans set up that push the majority of the warm air into the greenhouse itself.

I keep the temp set between 70-75 which keeps the greenhouse itself quite toasty. I'm just trying to work through my watering issues since it dries out pretty quick.

Just an update for the fall of 2013.... built the first box tonight and the thing is about 10 foot tall.... Dunno how I'll do this for the other two but they're a hair smaller.... I need more wood!!!
I'll try to take some photos later once I make some headway.

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First box.... sucker is about ten foot tall.... sure wish I buried that thing deeper when I got it.

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Wow, that trachy has grown.
But then we haven't seen it for 10 months :booty:

Nice added on space at the top...

...should've added more so you don't have to do it again next year.

Barb

That one is one of my new ones I got this spring. It's the largest of them all by far. The more I think of this the more I need to seriously find a different way of winter protection as these things grow.

Managed to get two more boxes up completely. Did not leave them open on one side to see if they thermocube kicked on so I'm hoping it does because I do not want to reshrink wrap those things.

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Well everything is buttoned up for the winter.... some thoughts.... I am utterly exhausted putting up these boxes. sheets of plywood aren't so bad, it's those darn doors, moving those things just take it out of you. Unfortunately I need the weight to combat the wind in my area. Going forward I have to seriously rethink my method of protection. The only thing I can think of is to get more down in size, maybe a 2 x 2 foot print and do a treated plywood and do more bracing arms that keep them upright. Either way, something has to give because as these things grow it's only going to get more difficult.