3 into 1 greenhouse build

[Bill]

Has been in the barn drying out Geoff and never had problems when I made the last lot of benching like this and that went straight into the greenhouse.

Bill

[ceacole]

Wowza, what a set up. I am I'm ore and looking forward to seeing
More up dates.
Is there a link our do you have any photos of your set up prior to
The change?

Respect Claire

[Bill]

HI Claire,

From a few years ago, before I made them 4 foot (1.2m) longer



And some internal from 2008 before the extension:

https://plus.google.com/photos/11450964 ... banner=pwa

And internal again but 2010 after the extension:

https://plus.google.com/photos/11450964 ... banner=pwa

And the latest from the build:

And as the weather has turned bad the plants have been moved to the barn:

[Bill]

Well it's taken longer than expected but the first half is complete and all the plants moved from the remaining section of the old greenhouse to the new one:

Looks rather bare!

[IanW]

HI Claire,

From a few years ago, before I made them 4 foot (1.2m) longer

I can see almost entirely cacti in this picture. Was there a time when you were more of a cactus grower Bill?

[Bill]

Well at the time Ian it was more 50:50 and more of a general collection, I still have most of the cacti, just that the Haworthia, Gasteria and other South Africans increased in numbers while the cacti have remained static.

Bill

[sue46]

Good luck with the build, keep us updated please. My little collection would just fit snugly on a corner I haven't really done much with my few plants, they are still in a very cool back house shed not a lot of sunlight but, well I am sure I can see a bud. Bring on this weekend, school hols must have a little look with them.

I have one or two plants where the main plant stem seems to have completely dried up and is just a husk, can these be brought back in to life? Can they sprout new grow in other words! If so how is the best way to do it, or just water and see what happens?

[Bill]

Little more progress:

Hopefully weather permitting (it's quite windy at the moment) the next 4-5 days should see it complete.

Bill

[IanW]

Well at the time Ian it was more 50:50 and more of a general collection, I still have most of the cacti, just that the Haworthia, Gasteria and other South Africans increased in numbers while the cacti have remained static.

Bill

I guess the cacti stand out more because they tend to be bigger plants in bigger pots. For what it's worth my Haworthia collection has grown in the last year too though, it now stands at 3

[RAYWOODBRIDGE]

Nearly there now Bill, looking good.
will the middle end section stay to give you two temp. zones?
also how much glass did you break, I ask this because when I did a move a few years ago I found old horticultural glass had gone very brittle with time.
look forward to the final pictures of the grand opening

Ray