08-12-2014, 04:01 PM
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Location: Penticton, BC, Okanagan Valley, Canada
Zone: Hardiness Zone 6
Name: Olaf
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Re: Is it too late to transplant?
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Originally Posted by newbananagurl
I am not bringing them in during the winter, but I do plant to "enclose" them into their very own green house. I built a pvc/plastic area around the banana boxes they are in now and wow do they love it.
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Hi Girl,
Here is a much cheaper more practical means to built a support structure for your vinyl or
polyetheline shelter and than a wood frame would be.
PVC irrigation pipe is quickly assembled with the use of a few fittings to any size or shape
frame you envisage, similar to Lego without the use of screws, nails or even glue. In Spring
they can be easily dismantled and stored away, where they use minimal space
The three little structures below show such assemble made from ¾” pipe your structures
will probably have to be larger, than the ones shown in the pictures, then just use Diagonal
cross braces with a tee and a 45^ elbow at each end. To secure them into the ground I usually
pound a properly sized bamboo pole ground at each corners of the structure and shove the
pipe ends over it
If you decide to go that route, I which you the best of luck
Olaf
One Caveat though, these polyethylene shelter are very warm, when the sun shines, but during
cold nights they provide only minimal insulation. I even tried sandwiching the bubble wrap you
see in the last pic. Between sheets of construction grade vapour barrier and it mad very little
difference.
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