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bye bye green house

I've already repaired it 3 times from the wind ripping it off.  Everything's now going to have to fend for themselves in tonight's 21F temps.. :(  If I feel warm enough, I may bring a few select ones inside the garage.  Don't have room for all of them though..
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I very well remember the wind in Dallas, it could cut like a knife this time of year!

Hard to build something that will take the wind... you almost need to build a protection for your protection...

At least lie them down and throw a couple blankets over them, might prevent some loss of branches.

It was tied down with lawn cork screws and to the fence.. it rips the anchors out of the plastic. and tore the strings off where the cover was tide to the frame.

my plastic Green house is covered with snow , there 35 to 45 plants, and the temperature gonna be in the teens for the next day, you think they gonna survive, or start again...

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Lebmark -you can always hang a bulb on a work light in there...

completely misread your post, Ed.  Good idea. Thanks.

Wonder if i can put my electric blanket out there... haha.... j/k

at least there will be no preceipitation...

Not sure what kind of greenhouse you have, but I used to have a small wooden greenhouse that I covered with builders plastic each year. I would pull the plastic up from the back, across the top, and then down the front, pull it under the frame in the front and back and pile soil over the plastic ends. On the sides I put heavy duty duct tape over the plastic and then stapled it to the wooden frame with 1/2 in staples. The sides were pulled under and soil piled onto them, too. It ripped one year from wind but the plastic was old and weak when I bought it. The hoop house that I have now is larger and the 2x4 frame is nailed into the earth with 2ft rebar every 3ft. The plastic is put on about the same. I don't have any problems with the wind but maybe your wind is worse...

Sorry this happened to you.  It's not the figs' fault though.  Laying them down with blanket and some rocks on top is a good idea, though.

Here is how I reinforced my PVC green house with wire fencing. DSCF6150.JPG 


Since I'm only using it for winter protection, not for growing...

I'm thinking to just get 3 sheets of 3/4 inch plywood, cut one in half and make a 4' wall that's 4' by 8' and cover it with a nice strong white tarp that's anchored to the ground with lawn cork screws. The insides of the walls and the bottom of the tarp can have some insulation added.

It was a nice 62F today, so I went to check on my poor trees. All the 2.5 gal sips and 5 gal buckets were frozen solid. Couldn't push the moisture probe into the soil at all.

Any chance of survival? Perhaps just frozen around the edges but still okay in the core of the root ball? Wishfull thinking?

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