Hey Irish,
Good luck on bringing those plants indoors from out. I've never brought a plant indoors that was growing in the ground. I would assume it would work, but I'd be very careful with that root ball. For me the idea of bringing a plant in from the ground is just never gonna' happen. I have litteraly hundreds of house plants and some I've had upwords of 25 years and I don't want to loose them or have them infested with bugs. I leave them outside in my shade structure from late spring till early fall, then when I get ready to bring them back in the house I put them in a camping tent and spray them so they're not bringing any bugs inside. It's alot of work and takes 3-4 days but it's better than bringing them into the house and fighting bugs all winter long (in Mn winter lasts about 11 1/2 months, or so it seems)
My green house is made from a thing called a temporary garage. It's just a kit of metal poles and a heavy duty white plastic roof. It's 10ft wideX20ft longX12ft tall, but I modified it to suit my needs. First off I didn't use the roof (I actualy use the roof to cover my firewood, does a good job of it too), then I left out one section of the side poles, so instead of being 12ft tall it's only 8ft. Then I left out one section of the roof poles, so instead of being 10 ft wide it's only 8. I left the length at 20ft. Then I used strap hangers to attach it to the 2x12's that make up my raised bed (if you don't attach it to the raised bed, or stake it to the ground some how it's gonna blow away). Then I covered it with 6mil plastic and was done. I did modify it this spring, I added zippers to it for easier access and made a door frame at each end from 2x4's, I was just rolling up the ends for access and ventilation but that thing holds alot of condensation so every time I opened it I got a shower. The zippers make it so much better. I'll actualy be recovering it within the next 6 weeks or so. My tomatos are growing taller than the sidewalls right now.:hubba: But all-in-all I like it, it keeps the snow out in winter, animals out in spring, and if you grow your MJ in pots you can throw them in there to finnish in the fall, no frost, no bud mold.
As to the NL, they are getting really chunky. We had a good bit of wind here yesterday and I was watching them and thinking "thier gonna snap in half" but they just rode it out fine. On two of them, the top 1/3 looks like one huge bud. They are so top heavy I think I'm gonna' stake em'. Theese are the tallest NLs I've ever grown, they range from 36 inches to 50 inches from the soil level
. I'll have to get out there and take some pics.
take care and good gardening.
