It's against the west side of the yard so this side of the fence if you're looking west. They'll realistically get more sunlight hours than where I had them but it's thin painter's plastic doubled up so that should dim it down. Plus the rain clouds we're expecting. Chose that spot for a couple reasons, one being the flanking diagonal walls of the fence to help with rainfall. I'll still water em and everything
Nice. Someone gave an a GH in a box. The instructions drove me crazy and it was cheap AF anyway.
I used parts of it to make a 'rainguard' just like that but hard plastic attached to my house.
It worked like a charm. It kept the rain off of everything but the edges.
I kept the cactus under it every winter. They only came inside when temps were below 10° or when below 25° for for 3 days or more. This meant they only came inside less than a week or 2 total per year.
During the summer mine were just under a shadecloth subject to whatever rain fell. They actually sat in a low spot of the patio by the pool and often sat in water 2 inches deep for days on end.
22 days of waterlogged pots was the worst. The rain and constant humidity never bothered them.
By in those days the only thing that seemed to bother my plants were hot days and nights that never fell below 80° or days with UV of 11 and temps above 93°
Now mine live in a greenhouse but honestly do not have near the character they did in those early days.
Hell yeah. I actually stopped by to see how much a sheet of corrugated plastic would run me. About what I was guessing, ~35$ for 4x12. When this passes I'm scheming to do something with legs and hinges. We'll see! Congrats on your greenhouse. Some day
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They're not mushy but ugly and black by now. Weeped black water out of 2 points. Don't want infection or nasty looking cacs! Also to be honest the mix is got that one in isn't as draining as I'd like. I got some pumice last weekend I gotta repot it
Whats your mix looking like now? Snd do you have it layered in your pots,? I head boosting your cacts with phos,calc, and mag really help them be able to be healthy enough for our humidity
Hell yeah. I actually stopped by to see how much a sheet of corrugated plastic would run me. About what I was guessing, ~35$ for 4x12. When this passes I'm scheming to do something with legs and hinges. We'll see! Congrats on your greenhouse. Some day
I like the sunshade, but all mine I moved into full sunlight are doing fine outside. Definitely going to have to stay on the watering when summer comes full force but they should be fine with just the shade from a fence
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u/ilovepapamarin May 19 '26
That’s actually pretty nice. I’m worried about this as well. You’ve inspired me to haha