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roseman. thanks for the tip on the red velvet roses. I do have a red velvet rose in the back yard. It is 91/2ft. going for the sun, looks like the normal growth for single cane is 6ft. very little BS and sets few hips. One seed germinated and is potted up and looks unremarkable at this point. This was another rose earmarked for more attention. Cheers Neil

Hmmm... looks interesting... nice and strong too which is what I'm looking at. We are in the path of the winds known as the 'Roaring 40s' and so I've been looking at stronger alternatives to plastic film greenhouses. There aren't many of those plastic film greenhouses (polytubes I think they are called in the U.S. I've heard them called tunnel houses here) because the wind if so strong. The ones that are here are the super heavy duty ones that cost tens-of-thousands of dollars. Something like this would last a really long time and not blow away in the first gail we got. If at any time you get a closer photo I would love to see it. I reckon one of these plastic water tank companies down here could do something like this quite easily out of the polyurethane compund they use (without the pigment). I can get a 10,000 gallon polyurethane water tank plus a pump for about $2500 down here. Dave... what did your greenhouse end up costing you again?

Simon, will take more pictures. This is not going to blow away very easy. First thing you do is excavate the footprint 6 inches deep. It has a lip six or eight inches turned inside all around and after in my case six inches of river rock filled in it is solid. The door is designed for such. In other words if the lip is rotohamered to a slab there would be a six inch step over. Or just trench the outline. Cheers

Simon, Carole's poly carbonate cost us $900.00. My greenhouse(double skinned plastic) was cheap as I had most of the frame and other parts. The main cost was the the 2 roles of film. In total it only cost $1100.00. The only Simon would be to go to manufacturers site and compare the size I have.

Neil, any chance of a brand name or supply company that we over here might find on the WWW, regards David.

roseman, http://www.solargemgreenhouses.com/ should do it for you and will send pictures a little later. We had 44mph winds yesterday.

Simon, the web page is there so you probably do not need the pictures. I think my computer is crashing, could hardly sign in. Your use of big freezer bags will maybe save the day on two big roses a neighbor wanted gone. I found a xx zip lock that fit over the canes showing in the last picture. When I tried to post a picture a unfamiliar page came up. Also I seen a really neat page on the site that I could not find again. World map locating current users. Cheers Neil









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Hello Neil. Also, hi Simon and David.
You sure are doing a great job of growing your seedlings.
I have just one hand pollinated seedling, Fourtune's Double Yellow x Kathryn Morely ( seed parent ). I lost one that something chomped in half in my shade house. They hadn't been growing very fast in the shade house so I put the surviving one outside but it's little leaves got burnt and I thought it had died. So I pulled it out in frustration, then I thought maybe it is still alive so I replanted it. Thank goodness it has started to re shoot after having some good rain on it.

Neil, and also a welcome from me.
As I 've seen , you have a lot of seedlings to nurse. Hope you 'puter will work again when they flower. You have a bulk to show

cheers
Bernhard

Hello Bemo, there are only 31 left from last year after their snow burial and many other mishaps. The fall germinated ones kept indoors are slow to get their timing aligned. Of course many of the new seedlings will never make it though the next winter. The germination is much better this year and still coming along with new mothers. Just came out of two weeks of rain and overcast which slowed things. 40 this morning but now 70F in the green house. Cheers

Hello rosemeadow, it's amazing how much root growth compared to top. Some are real subject to burn after just a few hours. Time permitting I give them fresh air and sun before planting out. Even so, one lost all it leaves and is now coming back bettered prepared (I hope). Strange thing, the less "help" I give the better they do. Cheers Neil What a project you developed, very good. Hope you had help. The garden fairies will most likely enjoy too. Just passing through. Moving on now.