New(est) shade house!
 

Well, it seems that as fast as I put up a new shade house it's full! So this time I decided to go a little bit bigger. I found the structure at one of those roadside 'plastic' shops and as they were going out of business I talked them into selling me one. I think I'm going back for another! The structure itself was 5,000 TB (about $150 US), sandpaper, labor and painting probably another $75, shade cloth - $45, gravel - $90 and my time - priceless! Not bad...if it isn't full in a week! Take THAT you nasty grasshoppers!

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Happy growing!
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Another shadehouse!!!! Shawn you have too much plants!!!

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Wow..shawn...u really have a lot of plants...:1thumbup:
Ur new shadehouse really very big...luckily u got big place...if not..how to keep so many plants...:smile:
Dun forget update ur project..wanna see u how to keep the plants...:tongue:

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You sure have some land there to put so many shade houses.
Congrates Shawn;)

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Argh, you are sooo lucky! Shawn, how many CPs do you exactly have??

Nice setup, looks like that is gonna be a nice growing area, what CPs are you gonna put in there, by the way? Oh, yeah, as harlem said, keep us updated on that shade house, maybe I can learn from you how to make a MINITURE shade house, my house too small, hahahaha:laugh:

Cheers, regards to the poor grasshopper.........

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Lol, Ali, you beat me first......juz jokin, keep us updated shawn, I remind you again, argh, come back here, you mosquito!

Cheers:1thumbup:

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Thanks guys, I'm just wondering how long it'll be until it's full! Edward - I have absolutely no idea! They are everywhere around here. I've gone a bit nuts with seed germination so I'm just trying to stay one step ahead of the seedlings! This will probably be a 'shared' shade house as I have lots of Platyceriums, Hoyas, Neps, Drosera and ferns that are all looking for grasshopper-free growing areas right now.

There's an older post called "Mini-shade house test" showing one of the first ones I put up as a test...really small, really cheap, really good! My workers and I built it in a weekend.

I'll post again before heading to Penang towards the end of November...I'll bet it's close to full by then!

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Whats platyceriums and Hoyas?

Cheers

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Wow shawn you've got so much space......how many are you gonna come up with lol...

Ken

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Shawn! You're just too much... :laugh: Another shadehouse and this is quite huge huh. Are you sure it will only fill up before you go to Penang? I think it will be earlier than that.

I think you can put in there a couple of hundred Neps and a couple hundred more of other plants.

edwardyeeks,
Platyceriums and Hoyas are non-CPs. Platyceriums are staghorn ferns and Hoyas are leavfy plants that vines. Hoyas have beautiful flowers. Check out the Non-CP section. You'll find some pictures of these plants there.

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Shawn, nice big shadehouse congratulations, and you say you might go back and buy one more? Wow!

Not sure if you are doing so already, but maybe in your mini shade house and others, you can also consider hanging some plants too, to really maximize space. Assuming that you are not yet doing this already and that the plants are only on the ground level.

Man if I only lived in the suburbs! :)

TTFN
Arvin

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Well how i wish i actually even stayed on a landed property hehehehehe i can't grow much neps or CPs in a balcony any also i can't have any CPs in the house or any plants.

Ken

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Shawn, you little devil, you. You clearly redefine temptation. Now you're the envy of the forum.