I use cattle-panels to build a DIY hoop-house that's 9' wide and 6' tall and as long as I want in 52" incriments. It worked great:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showp...o=956&size=big
Yes, there is a little nanner peeking from out the end.
It was quick, cheap and no plans were necessary - simply zip-tie cattle-panels together to form a tunnel of hoops and cover with plastic. Keep the short wires on the underside, long wires on top so the ends of the short wires don't gouge the poly. Mine was single-layer poly, tho it pushed the limits of my plants a bit sometimes. I had the nanner, plus chocolate, coffee, vanilla, taro, lemongrass, cashew, etc sequestered inside. The heat went out at least once on a 20F night and the plants suffered only minimal damage.
I currently have a pit 8' deep, 12' wide and 45' long that I'm turning into a walipini greenhouse, but this winter I'll just do another cattle-panel hoophouse tho I'll use dual-layer poly seperated by water-hose for greater insulation, and plywood ends - a little less adhoc.
I tear down the hoophouse in the Spring - so it's really a temporary greenhouse for me. Tho, you can make it into a more permanant greenhouse with better quality poly and wire rather than zip-ties...
Have fun,
Mike
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Originally Posted by imdocrob
Hi everybody, I was just wondering if anyone has any information on where to find a good greenhouse to keep my nanners in during the winter. I am in Oregon and would like to keep them going all winter. If anyone out there has a greenhouse could they give me some info. on where they got theirs and what other equipment they use ie: fans, heaters etc..? Thanks for your help.
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