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.