Building a greenhouse Part 2
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- This is part two of my greenhouse build. The greenhouse is made from 2x4's, pcv pipe, and greenhouse plastic.
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Intro Song:
GOLET'S - Slaves
Exit Song:
Benjamin Thompson - Lullaby
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Thank you very much for your good ideas, they will serve as a model for a greenhouse that I will build. Good job
Awesome! Glad it was helpful.
Beautiful ❤️❤️❤️❤️😍🌹 love your videos God 🙏
I built one of these about 10 years ago. Kept my tomatoes growing until Nov. 16th in ohio. Was awesome having snow on the ground and 2lb beefsteaks thriving.
That's awesome! I need to get better cooling. My main issue is it getting too hot in there. I get keep my tomatoes alive through December last winter, but they quit making fruit.
@@JohnHamerProjects the only thing I can think of for maintaining fruit bearing is more natural/artificial lighting, manual pollinating, and consistent feeding. I opted out on the greenhouse this year and focused on a winter crop of collards, kale, cabbage and radishes. The greens are good to till up for nutrients and soil composition for spring (what I cant eat up that is)
I think I was not feeding them enough. I was mostly interested in how long they would live, so it was still a success. My plan was always to grow greens in the winter and play with hydroponics in the summer. I think I will plant some kale and lettuce soon and see how it goes. Have you had any issues with fire ants in your greenhouse? I don't want to put poison in there, so I have just been annoying them until they leave, but they still do some damage.
@@JohnHamerProjects I use diatomaceous earth for the bugs, but sometimes it doesn't work with fire ants. Avoid mulch, and add wood ash if you're able. It may not get them all, but it definitely helps get rid of 98% of them!
Food grade diatomaceous earth that is
#Greatjob I love the simplicity to save money on supplies. Keep us posted if there was any wind damage or bigger fruit grown inside. #Keepupthegreatwork
No wind damage yet, but I did have it lift off the ground a little on one side during a storm with strong wind. I solved it by hammering a few stakes in the ground and screwing them to the frame. No issues since, but we Haven't had a hurricane.
Nice build. 👍🏽🙂
Thanks!
I was thinking use construction stakes i stead of rebar and just cut the center of the pipes and use fittings to attach another pipe across the middle of the top and just zip tie the doorframe to the top end and then cover with greenhouse plastic and call it a day. I'm a bit lazy and cheap. Thanks for the video it's very helpful. I'm starting to grow vegetables as a hobby and wanted a greenhouse to grow all yr. and to control my planting environment.
I'm sure that would work just fine. I ended up adding some stakes on either end after it blew off the rebar on a windy day. We get hurricanes here, so hopefully that will be enough. I think I hammered them a few feet in the ground.
You need a tool belt. You make a lot of runs to your truck for parts and screws. You'd save a ton of time wearing a tool belt/bags.
Haha, not a bad suggestion. Never even thought about it.
That's great!!
Thank you!
Buen trabajo. Me has dado algunas buenas ideas. Gracias.
Awesome! Thank you!
I wish I had a better view on how you put the wood up like a zoom in video but anyways you did an amazing job🎉
I will try to do a walk through video soon with some better shots on how it is all put together. Thank you! I built a PCB to monitor temperature/humidity and open and close windows and cut fans on and off. I'll hopefully make that video soon.
here in MI we have marijuana plants. I want to make a greenhouse but winter are really bad. really nice video. may copy yours and put a heater in it.
My biggest issue has been keeping it cool in the summer. I have been taking everything out in the summer. Maybe do the double plastic with a little air gap for better insulation in the winter? It's a pretty manageable size. Shouldn't take much too heat.
Brilliant video
Thank you!
Man you live in a very noisy neighborhood! That would make me crazy hearing that traffic all the time…
Haha, there is a main highway next to my land. It's not actually that noticeable, the camera just makes it loud for some reason.
Looks great! What did you use for a door, or do you leave it open?
I just made a frame from 2x2's and wrapped it in plastic, but I leave it open all the time.
very nice setup John. thx for sharing that. I'm getting ready to build and your video is very helpful.. I'm learning sketchup so will be drawing mine out as well. How has it held up so far? any issues with the poly cover tearing? I get a little snow in winter, but do to gophers and rabbits and squirrels, I want to grow year round, including our summers which get up over 100 degrees for at least 3 months.... do you think the green house would work, or be too hot? I could possibly cover it in summer with a light shade cloth... or would I need to replace the plastic with shade cloth?
The plastic has heald up good. I have the problem with heat that you are describing. I leave the door open in the summer and I have a shade cloth. I still have trouble with it getting too hot in the middle of the summer. I'm thinking about putting a door at the other end to help with air flow. I think making the plastic where you can roll it up a foot or so around the edges would be much better. I think if I were to do it again, I would make the front and back walls wood with windows and maybe only put plastic on the side that faces the sun. It's an ongoing project and I haven't really figured it out yet. I have a window at the end across from the door with a fan in it that blows air through the greenhouse in the summer. It gets very very hot in there without it. It works great on the spring and fall though.
@@JohnHamerProjects one guy back east, Leon, actually takes the plastic off in summer and replaces it with shadecloth. That might help with the heat. he uses the wiggle wire channels which doesn't seem to damage the plastic. I'd rather not do all that but that might make a huge difference. Do you have a way that keeps small critters out, like rabbits, squirrels, gophers?
@@privateuploads-geo2625 I haven't had any problems with critters so I don't have anything for you there. If I had a way to take the plastic off on the summer, that would be awesome. When the plastic fails I may try that.
Where do you live what time of the year did you start growing stuff in it this year? did you heat it your self at night this past year did you need to heat it at all or no?
I live in South Carolina on the border of 8a and 8b. The only time it really gets cold enough to freeze inside the greenhouse is Jan - Feb. With a little heater, I could easily grow year round. I don't have heat in it and I don't have enough cooling. My biggest issue has been cooling. I tried starting in Feb this year and taking the plants outside on warm days. It just gets so hot in there so quickly. I bought a shade cloth and some other things. I'll make a video on it when I make some improvements. It has been a learning experience.
Hi, where i can I buy those hoops? I call kent and home depot they said they dont have one...what exactly you call those hoops? thank you in advance.
Hey, it's just white pvc water pipe. They have it at home depot and lowes. I believe I used 1" diameter. I used the thinner walled stuff. It's called sdr-21. The thicker stuff is called schedule 40 and I'm not sure if that would bend well enough. You can sometimes get it in 20 foot pieces, but I just joined 2 10 foot pieces with a coupler.
@@JohnHamerProjects Thank you so much...when I called i said its a hoops i didnt mention the pvc.😂😁..thats why he said they dont have hoops..
@@kylaalpin4074 Yup! No problem. They should have plenty in stock. There are a lot of similar videos, but I believe the idea comes from a This old house greenhouse episode. It's on youtube. They used the 20 foot pieces. I didn't see those at the hardware store and they would be hard to transport. The 10 foot pieces worked really well.
What web site you use to design your tunnel
I used sketchup. It used to be a few program. I'm not sure what the status of it is now.
Roughly how much money do you have tied up in it?
Hey Jim, I believe I had about $200 in wood and another 60 or so for the UV greenhouse plastic. I bought the plastic from EBAY.
Are you going to make a larger one?
I'm not sure. I haven't done much with it yet. When I finished it, it was summer and I didn't need it. I tried growing some things in there, but it was just too hot here. I will use it in the spring to start plants for my garden. I bought some parts to make automatic venting and air circulation. I need to get that working before I will be able to do any summer growing. If all goes well, I may build a larger one.
What was your spacing on the pvc pipes
I measured it exactly as I made it, but in my model it comes out to 31 and 1/3 inches so 31 and 5/16 would be really close. That is to the center of each pipe.
@@JohnHamerProjects thank you 👍
How long are the pvc pipes
Each part is made from 2 10foot long pieces, so 20 feet in total.
Thanks for making the video, very appreciated. Did you leave it up through winter? If so how did it hold up against snow? (Assuming you get snow where you are at)
I did leave it up. We didn't get any snow last winter. It is still doing well.
And thank you! I'm glad it was helpful.
Awesome videos.
Thank you
@@D.H.W123 Thank you, I'm glad it was helpful. All the boards are 2x4's. The base is made from 2x4x12 foot boards and 2x4x16 foot boards. I have a sketchup model on my website with dimensions.
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