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Turning an old shed into a greenhouse

jamesholtjamesholt Posts: 489
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My plan is to remove the roof and replace with translucent material.  I also plan to add these windows to the sides?
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  • jamesholtjamesholt Posts: 489

  • jamesholtjamesholt Posts: 489
    I am clearing a site for the shed to be moved that will allow water and electricity to be acessible
  • jamesholtjamesholt Posts: 489
    The tree had died last year in a storm when it was pushed over.   I had hoped it would live but post oaks do not seam to do well if the roots are disturbed.  And since it had died already it makes a good spot for a greenhouse?
  • jamesholtjamesholt Posts: 489
    More firewood.
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  • jamesholtjamesholt Posts: 489
    Thank you.  I'm a recycler and am trying to use odds and ends to build a greenhouse for an attempt to save money
  • pansyfacepansyface Posts: 21,938
    So the panels that you remove will become something else? 

    And the “translucent material” that your replace them with will have come from some other building?

    No idea about Texan sunlight and UV levels. This is a British website and most of us live in the perpetual grey half light that passes for daytime here. 😊

    Be sure that whatever translucent material you use will, firstly, not break down in sunlight and, secondly, will allow enough UV light in to encourage your plants to grow while at the same time keeping enough UV light out so as not to let it damage them.
    Apophthegm -  a big word for a small thought.
    If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
  • jamesholtjamesholt Posts: 489
    The windows I picked up from someone that was going to throw them away after remodeling their house I was hoping it would be a good way to reuse them?  Maybe not?  Maybe I should put them next to the building and see what you think?  We have on average about 240 sunny days a year.  If you think this is a bad idea let know it might save me the trouble
  • pansyfacepansyface Posts: 21,938
    Are they double-glazed?  Do they have a UV filter within the glass? Our house’s window glass is double-glazed and contains a UV filter.

    Plants grown in the house grow in quite a different way from plants grown in the greenhouse, which has glass designed for greenhouses.  

    In the greenhouse, a dark purple heliotrope with dark coloured leaves turns into a pale lilac heliotrope with pale green leaves when kept in the conservatory in the house.

    There’s glass and there’s glass.🙂
    Apophthegm -  a big word for a small thought.
    If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
  • jamesholtjamesholt Posts: 489
    wow I did not know that!  These are double pane and may have a uv filter.  My entire plan may need to be scratched.  Thank you for keeping me from failure!  I will say though that for some reaon many of our native Texas plants keep showing up on gardners world and grow better in your climate than in my garden. I have been trying to grow joe pye weed this year with no success and recently saw monty don planting it in his garden.  Right now I have all of my tender plants in a cold dark barn and am trying to work out a solution.  I have been leaving the lights on a couple days a week but the plants are starting to show signs of stress.  Maybe I just need to buy a greenhouse.  Would it be better to have one built by a house framer or order a kit?
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