Building a green house

[whitebb2727]

Might I recommend using something like this

https://www.amazon.com/ALEKO-Privacy-Backyard-Windscreen-Grommets/dp/B01LZ2MVAY/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1490390985&sr=8-4&keywords=fabric+fencing

as opposed to the plastic wrap?

I used to have a greenhouse in SoCal, built myself a hoop out of PVC and that worked just fine. The visqueen totally sucked though, couldn't keep temps below 90 to save my life because it seemed to absorb the sunlight (explains why it craps out on you eventually), trapped humidity inside, and caused way more problems than it was worth.

The windscreen I linked to you goes for about the same price, cheaper even at some places. Light penetrates through it much better than the visqueen, plus you get airflow from all the little holes in the screen. When I remade my greenhouse with the screen I noticed better results by the next day. I don't even think I had the visqueen up for a week before I tore it down and replaced it with the screening.

Do you get good growth under that? It gets really hot come summer here and our veggie garden stalls out. I have been thinking of using some sort of shade cloth in hopes it would let the plants continue to grow at a good pace.

 

[whitebb2727]

There is an old greenhouse at my Mamma's old house. It had a fiberglass roof, three big windows, with plastic wrapped around the rest. A good thing about the windows is you can open them to get some airflow. Just put up screen or chicken wire to keep varmints out.

I'm sure that comes in handy. My last plastic one would.hold moisture and get really high humidity.

 

[sandhill larry]

I'm sure that comes in handy. My last plastic one would.hold moisture and get really high humidity.

Yea, I built a little 2X4 framed half assed greenhouse last year for my broccoli and kale. It rained in there everyday.

 

[kratos015]

Do you get good growth under that? It gets really hot come summer here and our veggie garden stalls out. I have been thinking of using some sort of shade cloth in hopes it would let the plants continue to grow at a good pace.

I don't have that setup anymore unfortunately, but the difference was night and day for me. I lived in SoCal when I had this grow and temps would get to 110 degrees sometimes! I'm convinced that the shade cloth is the only reason I had the results I did, my outdoor plants grew to be monsters in that greenhouse and it's only because of that shadecloth. If I kept going with the visqueen, the plants definitely would have suffered. It made things way hotter than they should have been. Temps would be like 95 inside the greenhouse while it's only 85 outside! I would highly recommend it for sure, all the benefits of the visqueen without the negatives.

 

[whitebb2727]

I don't have that setup anymore unfortunately, but the difference was night and day for me. I lived in SoCal when I had this grow and temps would get to 110 degrees sometimes! I'm convinced that the shade cloth is the only reason I had the results I did, my outdoor plants grew to be monsters in that greenhouse and it's only because of that shadecloth. If I kept going with the visqueen, the plants definitely would have suffered. It made things way hotter than they should have been. Temps would be like 95 inside the greenhouse while it's only 85 outside! I would highly recommend it for sure, all the benefits of the visqueen without the negatives.

Ill try it out. Thanks for the info.