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7deuce

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I have been procrastinating on buying a greenhouse to start my plants early, stop doing the fig shuffle, and for winter storage. My wife doesn't like me filling 1/2 of our 2 car garage with figs. I ordered a Riga V from bjs.com last night and will receiving it in 2 weeks.
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Thats great Jason, wish I had a spot for one too. Hope you ordered as large as you could as no matter how big, it will get filled quickly.
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Congratulations. It looks nice.
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That is an awesome greenhouse your so lucky to have all that room.
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I don't really have the room but I am squeezing it in anyways. It is 10x 17 and it still probably won't fit everything for overwintering.
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The secret is in a good foundation and how it's oriented. Make sure it's level and square and you use long anchors. Put down a good weed barrier and use large gravel for flooring. Good luck!
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Thanks for the tips! This is going to be the biggest project I ever attempted so any help is welcome. 
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Looks great!

I am in the process of getting materials together for a 24 x 12 metal greenhouse.

Teksupply.com has alot of materials and equipment
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Jason looks great. That's one giant fig propigator!
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Hello Jason, If you need help, just give a shout. Be more than happy to help.


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There is no help for figaholics, but very nice Jason.
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Congrats. Wish I could join you but I just don't have room. 
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Congratulations!  Consider whether hot/cold water pipes should be in the foundation for temperature control.
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Jason,
Good move.  Make sure you provide for cooling, sounds funny but, believe me, plant scalding is very real even in the Northern zones.

Good luck
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Almost done!

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Jason V
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Jason - that is awesome!!  Hmmmmmm - just maybe...... I just snapped out of it! ;)

Good luck with it! 

Your trees look awesome too!
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Jason, 

Looks awesome!!! I will have to move to get any sort of proper greenhouse structure in this yard. 
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Posted Reply with quote  #18 
Looks great, Jason. Well done!
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Looks fantastic. I like everything about this greenhouse! Great job Jason.
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Posted Reply with quote  #20 
My last wish...that one of these greenhouses would be my crypt.  Then, I could watch over my fig trees, and give seraphic advice to those caretakers-of-the-fig.


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I must be a seer of sorts. In my mind, I have seen every one of these pictures before posted. I know, your saying this guy is nuts. I would not argue that, because I couldn't win that one. Nice job Jason it looks great. I would order the fan now, because standing inside with all the windows and doors open it was still pretty warm. As Nike would say, Just Do It.


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Posted Reply with quote  #22 
Very, very nice.

All the fig trees are good looking too. :)
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Thanks for the kind words everybody.
Luke- Exhaust fan is on the way.
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I would love one of these!! You can grow all kinds of goodies in there! 
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Posted Reply with quote  #25 
Nice that is really impressive. I'm a little jealous! I was busy today trying to organize and make room in my garage for my fig. I think I made it worse... Looks like you can keep a lot in there. Do you have to heat that this winter?
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I am going to grow out some figs till December and then put them to sleep till March. I will have to heat the greenhouse at night with an electric heater.
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Posted Reply with quote  #27 
Great thread. Great looking professional too. Some of you might be interested in this.

http://www.lostcreek.net

This guy makes a pole bender so you can build hoop houses cheap. You basically need plastic and pipe.
Hope this helps someone.
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Posted Reply with quote  #28 
Very inspiring. Good work.
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Some updated pics here:

http://photobucket.com/albums/s385/7deuceoff/greenhouse

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Posted Reply with quote  #30 
 congrats on your new setup, it looks fantastic, best wishes with it.
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 All my figs have been exposed to  FMV,some have it, some don't. It doesn't seem to bother them so it doesn't bother me.
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Well Done....Clapping my hands together. Would whistle loudly, but truth be told, never could learn to do. You will just have to imagine this.


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Posted Reply with quote  #32 
Really nice set up!

Looking over our back garden area now to see where one of these babies will nestle in!

great job, thanks for sharing your photos. Keep us posted througout winter.
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Jason,
It's been said but great looking greenhouse!  I cleaned out the garden last weekend and it seems funny to look out as see the empty space. You'll be able to continue growing through the winter.  Enjoy and thank you for posting.  It has got me to begin thinking about whether we could install a greenhouse in our yard.  I have a wonderful wife but it would take some real convincing.

Thanks again.
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Posted Reply with quote  #34 
Luke the difference with the exhaust fan is night and day. It is the best purchase I could make for the greenhouse. By the way your Kathleen Black airlayer is hanging out in there and is actively growing.
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That's good to hear. Not only will it keep the temps under control, it will help with air movement. You should probably have at least one fan hanging that will move air inside. One of the major things that help a plant get stronger is something that most people don't even think about. The wind blowing. Everyone will have their own ideas of what fertilizers to use or how to start cutting, what soiless mix to buy or even semi-gritty stuff, but the wind plays a major role in strengthening a plant. When you have any plants that will end up growing outside, they need air movement. If you do a little homework, you will find that 2 would be best. One on each side blowing in opposite directions, so you will have the air circling. It will actually help to change the directions back and forth every month or so. I know I'm just a country bumpkin, living in the sticks, plus I don't know some of the big words but this is something I heard someone talking about before. Did you notice that I got your semi- gritty stuff thrown in there.lol

I know you probably already know this, just trying to help you decide in doing the right thing in finishing your greenhouse. Back to the Nike thing again.

PS: Could be you might need 4 fans, just smaller in size. Maybe go to the greenhouse site to see what they recommend.



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