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Advice on Greenhouse location.

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  • 06-05-2017 10:05am
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    FrancieBrady
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    Looking a bit of advice for a project I have in mind to build a lean-to greenhouse.
    I have a choice of two walls 1. Is in full sun all day. 2. Doesn't get the sun until midday-ish but is in full sun for the rest of the day.

    Just wondering if there is best practice?


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    Samuel T. Cogley
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    FWIW my potting shed has recently been moved to evening sun only, it was previously in morning and afternoon sun (no evening sun) and it was doubling as a sauna.


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    Marhay70
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    My advice would be to build it in full sun and invest in some shading (netting will be fine). That way you can remove the shading and get the full benefit of the sun in the cooler months when the concrete wall will absorb heat during the day and radiate it back out at night, then replace the shading to protect plants from the ravages of the sun in summer.


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    rolion
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    I built the GH using multi wall plastic,so that it can difuse / divert /spread the Sun light inside,across the each plants green leaf,no matter how big or small is the radiation.
    On the side,used clear foil,for maximum light penetration inside the GH.


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