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Outaide grow area.

JB_OrchidGuy

Cardiac Nurse
Outside LL grow area.

So I had to make a little detour seeing as how my GH wasn't going to be finished any time soon due to finances. So I had to setup a new outside grow area.

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My goal is to build the bench and extend the shade cloth over the top of it. I have plenty of shade cloth on the other side of the GH.

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Early in in the build its looking good and I'm still designing how and what to do and how fancy to get.

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I get the frame built and start adding slats.


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Almost done laying the slats.

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After the night of day two the bench is finished. Now all I need to do is add misting system and poll for hanging plants.

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Poll is installed and shade cloth draped over.
I tightened the shade cloth up when I re secured it down. It was too dark after moving plants out of GH to get a pic. Those have to come later.

This build took me approx two days with the build and the third day I spent a time moving plants and draping cloth over. The entire build is made of pallet material. The only things new are the nails and screws.
 
Looks great! One question, what % shade cloth is that?
 
50% shade cloth. My main goal is to just protect from noon day sun. I've used lattice effectively as shade too. Let's light in but as the sun moves a different part of the plant is getting hit by light at a different time.
 
Not bad for reclaimed pallet wood huh. I like it.
 
I had been meaning to ask you how you were gonna keep the humidity up, but I forgot you live in SC (Sauna Conditions, USA). LOL
 
Yup yup. It gets pretty humid. Lol
 
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