Thanks Kms. I ordered a rooted Plastic Pink today :) Really thinking about the greenhouse as you've suggested. Our forest is so dense that there is no place for it but right against the house, but it would work. The wind is a problem (it's blowing 60mph today) but I think I'd take it in come this time of year. Have a reasonable 10x10 one picked out that won't break the bank and your suggestions about using rebar etc. should help it stay out. Plastic Pink and others could grow merrily.

Thanks for your continued help.

Nancy

I use a "Flowerhouse" pop up greenhouse bought on Amazon. The first one lasted me 4-5 years before the material started to shrink and rot and the fiberglass poles began to split. A second one lasted about the same amount of time. I then bought a larger one 4 years ago and its lasted longer and has about 2 - 3 more seasons before it will probably have to be replaced.

The thing that may help you is the number of anchor points it has. The greenhouse has an inside skirt (without grommets) which I would always place plants and rocks on so it had weight. Then an outside skirt with grommets which would take stakes or rebar driven into the ground. Then loop straps for tie downs higher up on the corners. So each corner had 3 separate possible anchors to keep them down and prevent the wind from getting under it.

I never used anything more than weighing down the inside skirt but it was in a sheltered location between the house and native Live Oaks and our storm season where microbursts can routinely drive a 60mph wind are uncommon during times when I used the greenhouse.

You could probably engineer a wood frame of laid 4x4 posts laid like skids on the perimeter which are anchored to the ground with rebar and then anchor the greenhouse to those posts and to the ground for a near permanent installation.

Would you fly out to my home and put this up for me? lol.

Gosh I appreciate your help on this. Not quite ready to pull the trigger but your instructions really help. Copying them for next spring when we do this. I like the idea of the 4x4 posts and anchoring with rebar. I'd be happy if it just lasted for maybe two seasons. Here's what I'm thinking might work- can you give me an idea if this just not going to be sturdy enough and maybe I should invest more? I've explained the wind problem, but we also have many more rainy days from October to May than we have clear ones. Worry about leakage. Could I take this down like a tent?
https://www.amazon.com/King-Canopy-GH1010-Enclosed-Greenhouse/dp/B000ZGN09W/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1477359470&sr=8-4&keywords=greenhouse

What is the one was that is lasting for you? Thanks so much.

Nancy

Kms,

There's a 9x9 Flowerhouse that looks pretty ok too. I may be underestimating the amount of space I need though on both of these.

https://www.amazon.com/Flowerhouse-FHFH700CL-9-Feet-8-Feet-FarmHouse/dp/B001TI0480/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=14775856

You could always measure out a 10x10 or 9x9 area and test fit to see how well your plants fit in there. That would give you a good visual reference. Remember the tallest part of the greenhouse is right down the middle. I think the 10x10 you are looking at is the one my wife just bought me as an interim structure until we can get our new HOA to approve a permanent greenhouse. I haven't opened it yet so am not sure how good it is but I will say this...when I picked it up off the front porch I thought, not too bad it must be about 50lbs. After carrying it about 100 yards to the back yard I thought wow this thing has gotta be 100lbs. I'll probably start setting it up this weekend.

Pretty sure my current pop up flowerhouse is the 500 series which I would stack shorter plants in for storage. They were crammed in there kind of like a game of Tetris. That kind of approach will not work for you since you will use it year round and the plants will need to be accessible and have room for circulation and growth.

Then the tall ones went into a permanent woodframe and polycarbonate panel greenhouse 10 ft tall (it was punched full of holes and scrapped after a series of large hailstorms this spring). The ones which were too big for that went into the garage on a few very cold nights.

The anchor kit with the steel augers would be a very good addition for you to get as the greenhouse would probably collapse before those things could be ripped out of the ground.

Did your insurance pay on hail damage to your polycarbonate building

Yes they paid a nominal amount for replacement of the panels but since our house was under contract and the buyer was not interested in a greenhouse it was scrapped.

My JJ Divine the following morning of one of the hailstorms.

Been there mine was baseball size nocked off bark and did a good job on greenhouse but everything is still alive 3 years later

roger

Kms,

Thanks again for your reply. I'll be real interested to see what your thoughts are about your greenhouse when you open it. Will definitely have hubby and friends help me with the heavy lifting when I want to set up now. Oh man, that Divine must have broken your heart. How beautifully shaped it is.

I'd follow your advice and arrange my plants outside to measure, but planning on just setting up April till October, take down and storing it with plants in basement. Won't know how big plants are till then. Hope that's a reasonable proposition. Too many of my neighbors have had similar greenhouses like this cheapie and have them take off like a hotair balloons with the first 85 mph wind even secured with 2x4s and rebar. These storms come in 15-20 a year. Hoping that if it lasts a couple years hubby will come around to building a permanent structure. The anchor set you mentioned and the greenhouse are on my Amazon wish list with all sorts of plumeria related items for my kids to surprise me with. Plumeria have replaced Nordstroms on my list.

I'm still laughing about the Attack Gold = possibly Aztec Gold!

That is actually a Dwarf Singapore Pink and the Divine is behind and to the left. whoops.

I'll let you know how that greenhouse works out. Still have 3-4 weeks before I need to start working on winter prep.