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Posted by Baldric vic aust (My Page) on Fri, Jul 8, 05 at 20:41
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I am contemplating constructing a glasshouse to grow cacti and succulents . the area would be approximately 10 metres by 6 metres [10yds by 6yds] i am contemplating using glass and rigid plastic. can anyone offer me suggestions of how to go about it, a plan or plans perhaps. I am inclined to give it a victorian appearence though that is not necessary. i appreciate that heating may be necessary. ideally i would like this to be inexpensive eg solar .any suggestions , albeit i live in australia i do get frosts in the winter. all suggestiond welcome |
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RE: glasshouse construction cacti and succulenglass ho
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Hi Baldric,
I live in Victoria too, Melbourne. I too am wanting to build a hot house for my ever increasing collection of cacti. I already ahve a hot house (1.5 x 1 meters) which is built on a steel frame. This eables me to sit down at the table and do my propagation, maintenance etc.. This house has now become full and I am in the process of drawing out some plans. I must confess that I have'nt thought of dimension like 10x6 meters. I was htinking more on 4x6 meters, which should be sufficient. I keep most of my big cacti outside and they do not get affected by frosts for the past 3 years.(fingers crossed). I use a hot house only for cacti like lophophora, gymnocalycium, lithops, cereus, notocactus etc which need to be kept dry during winter. |
RE: glasshouse construction cacti and succulenglass ho
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