Hi Phil - I think a Work Cover NSW Inspector would have had a field day on your site, but then on the other hand, you were wearing a high visibility shirt and as you said, safety glasses.

Your shade house looks a good size and you'll now be able to grow heaps of plants where the dogs can't wreck them.

Good luck with the re-construction, all the best, Nev.

thanks nev i cant wait to re-construct it. the shade house is 11x5.7x3.2 good size for a home hobbie
Phil

Phil, How long was the house before you took it apart?

hdd the shade house was 11m long 5.7 wide and 3.2 high i am planing on making some benches in there so i can fit twice as much have to figure a way to get enough light on the lower shelf
phil

I wouldnt put plants over plants...you ruin the air circulation and you can see whats going on with the ones underneath. You have plenty of room in that house if you add more center support the length of the house to hang plants in baskets

hmm good idea hdd ill do that instead i was thinking of enclosing one section as a hot house and growing seedlings and striking cutings in there

um what do you guys recomend. i am on dam water wich is full of clay paricles. sould it be ok for me to use over head watering on them and is my dam water ok.
phil

I sure hope you numbered the parts so they'll fit together correctly, Phil! ;-)

I wouldn't use dam water in an overhead irrigation system unless you install a really good filter. Otherwise it'll clog up (as well as leaving a residue on your plants).

hmm that is a problem as its is all we got the clay in it is realy fine so it mey not clog up. for an example our dam has never settled and when we tried it only settled an inch so one inch was clear and the rest murky as. oh well might have to be something ill have to put up with untill i can get a good filter. thanks lisa
phil

oh yea i did number it all lisa so no need to panic all i got to do now is put it back to gether like a puzzle

Phil, now this Brom-Bug is seriously going to bite you, seeing you now have a protected place to grow them in! I wish you all the best with the re-construction!

The dam water that you use, do you pump it straight from the dam into your irrigation system, or do you pump it first into some kind of 'holding tank'or another smaller dam? If that is the case, I am sure you can get some chemicals that would not be harmful to the plants that you can add to the tank which will cause all the mud particles to settle as a sediment at the bottom. I grew up on a small-holding next to the Orange River and we used the muddy water. Every now and then, we would add a small handfull of ground peach pips to the tank and in less than a day, the water would be crystal clear!

Japie

Hi All and Phil,

That's great.;-) You will have a plenty room to grow broms.

My shade house construction is different from you. I use 70% shade cloth. I do not cover the entire house. I usually keep shade cloth 1 feet apart for good air ventilation. That's perfect for broms. I tropical climate, the weater is very hot during daytime. Good ventilation is helpful to down the hot temperature.
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Cheers
Yong

Yong - that sure is one professional-looking shade house - very impressive.

Phil - I so enjoyed your humorous account of the deconstruction event. Good luck with the jig-saw puzzle when putting it back together. You'll be as happy as a pig in mud when it's all finished! I look forward to the continuing saga...

K

Hi Phil - It's me again, I read somewhere that you can put powdered chalk into cloudy liquids as a clearing agent, I know it's used in home wine making so I guess it should work the same in muddy water. You can do the same thing with egg whites, but in your case you would need a poultry farm to get enough eggs so that rules out the egg method.

Do you know what was grown in the shade houses by the previous owner?

All the best, Nev.

hey Yong you have mad me very jellous of your st up you have how big is it and how many verietys do you have.

Kerry i can say i am glad you enjoyed my humorous account of the deconstruction event and that it most probly be just as humorous putting it back together.

Nev we use some pool settler to settle the clay in a tank for your house when we run low on fresh tank water.

Phil

Hi Kerry, Nev and Phil,

Phil It is 78 x 28 meters. Is that big? I'm not sure about how many varieties I have. Maybe thousands. I have a lot of hybrids done myself. Most of broms are Neo. I like the colorful foliage.

At my nursery, I use underground water. Usually this water have so many chemicals and also particles that might be harmful to plants. I think I have good luck because there is no problem with my plants. I pump it into holding tank overnight for sediment be down to the bottom and release to the irrigation system in the morning. I usually release the sediments by lower faucet until the water is clear from particles.

Cheers
Yong

Hi Yong - You have a terrific shade house and plenty of space for your hybrids, oh how I wish I had the same set-up.

What is the material you use for benches, is it fibro roofing? and doesen't it stop the air flow through the plants?

How about starting another thread and showing us through your shade house and all your hybrids, pleeeeeeease........

Sorry about all the questions, but I'm still learning.

All the best, Nev.

Hi Nev,

I use roof-tiles for benches. It's cheap and easy to find but it's not good for air flow underneath. I usually put some spaces between plants for good air ventilation and sometimes keep brom. pots overlay on overturned pots. I grow plants on those benches more than 10 yrs. All plants grow well. The only one problem using roof-tiles is it getting hot during summer. I usually spray water on top to cool down the temperature during daytime. That's OK for my plants

Cheers
Yong