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I want to copy you. How would it stand up to 50 mph winds Ken? I am in eastern washington.
I use the fencing to support my plants when they get heavy with buds. Look at the previous picture of last years grow. The PVC green house if you will, will be used to keep the rain out of the buds this fall. We are in Oregon and it rains here My neighbor has a lot of apple trees and that is the orchard you are seeing. The green house is just rebar driven into the ground and I slip the PVC over it. One stick of pipe.20' will make a hoop about 10 feet wide and 9' high. I used 1 1/4" for most of the hoops. Zip ties and lots of pipe and it's done. I'll have to get the plastic on in a few weeks. Thanks for the kind comments. Ken
Point well taken. Reaching through the wire to prune etc is a bitch, and can create blood loss if ya aren't careful. Armpit hair in the wire wraps is memorable.that fencing seems to be the support of choice by many a experienced grower---personally i prefer using stakes so that i have access to the interior of the plant---rebar, pvc, and zip ties---good stuff right there---how will the plastic be affixed to the structure---strictly solely to keep dry???
thanks for the info
I want to copy you. How would it stand up to 50 mph winds Ken? I am in eastern washington.
I need a lot more than that. I think I'll build a room and hang it allHave i got a deal for you... I bought this drying rack last year and it is AWESOME..
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00X4T1AF8/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
This with a fan or two running lightly in the area, you should have no mold, unless it is on your plants..but it won't increase in this drying rack.
I hope it never gets that windy here, although we have wind every evening. I bought a 100'x20' roll of 6 mill plastic at Home Depot. We hold it on with metal woodworking clamps from HD .99 cents each. If it's real windy we roll the plastic up so there isn't as much to catch the wind. The plants are not going anywhere because of the wire around them. When it rains, we lower the plastic, We have wind west to east almost every evening and the hoop houses are oriented east to west to take advantage of the wind, that's all. This is only our second grow so we have a lot to learn. My problem now is how to dry all this. I have a big pole barn with a little shop constructed inside and it worked last year for four plants, but now we have ten. We had a little mold last year and I'm paranoid about that, although I know why it happened. I think I'll build another room to dry in, but I need to do some homework first.
Here it this mornings picture. Today is the 11th day since my original post on this thread. It's a beautiful morning and the first thing I do every day is go have a cup of coffee in the garden. I pruned them a lot about four days ago and it sure doesn't look like it now. There is some sort of magic associated with growing these plants that makes me OCD. Life is good my friends.
Any suggestions for a organic bloom fertilizer? Should I start feeding a little? Thanks
bone meal
How much should I use. Top dress and just scratch it in or?
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