RE: [CH] Chile-Heads Digest V6 #380
Sue Callaghan (scallagh@african-life.co.za)
Mon, 5 Jul 1999 14:06:30 +0200
Hi all,
> Tantrika wrote..
> >Does anyone know if there is a greenhouse email list? I'm interested
> in
> >adding on a green house to the side of my house and looking for good
> design
> >tips.
>
> My husband and I built a greenhouse this winter using the plans we
> found on this site - Backyard Greenhouse - NC Ext service:
> http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/bae/programs/extension/publicat/postharv/green
> /green.html
> There's more at:
> Garden & Greenhouse homepage : http://www.diac.com/~jwest/index.html
> And I picked this up on the Garden Gate site:
> http://www.prairienet.org/garden-gate/
> "When it's cold enough to bring tender plants in from the outside, the
> Hobby Greenhouse list can help you get them through the winter. You
> can also find helpful advice on planning, heating, cooling and
> maintaining a greenhouse. However, the listserv system is a bit quirky
> and may unsubscribe you without notice.
> Send E-mail to:listserv@ulkvym.Louisville.edu
> Message: subscribe HGA-L [your name]"
> The NC Ext Service greenhouse was relatively easy to construct and
> cost us about 20% of what a kit type of greenhouse would have cost and
> is about 4 times the size of the small kit houses. If you have the
> slightest inclination to DIY then check this site out.
> To keep this more or less on topic - my chiles were looking distinctly
> sorry for themselves as we hadn't finished the greenhouse when the
> cold weather first struck - leaves were going brown, dropping off and
> looked burnt despite being under shelter. We moved them into the
> greenhouse about six weeks ago and they lost all their leaves (maybe
> they are deciduous under the right conditions) and are now sprouting
> new leaves and flowers as if it were spring (we're in the southern
> hemisphere and it's the dead of winter here - frost each night and
> temps down around 0 or 1 deg. C). Last year I schlepped 4 large pots
> in and out of the house each day depending on the weather and the
> plants nearly died anyway. This year I have about 30 plants in large
> nursery bags (Rocottos, Scotch Bonnets, Red Habs, Pasillas, Anchos
> etc) and it looks like I'm going to get fresh chiles off them in the
> middle of winter! <g> This greenhouse is really worth it - I'm just
> sorry that I didn't have any tomatoes growing in bags too.
> Cheers from a chilly and chile South Africa!
> Sue
>