Louisiana ’s spicy , humid southerly climate can make nursery gardening tricky — particularly in the summer . In the South , nursery are used not only to protect garden plants from the cold , but also to keep water - sore flora from drowning in summer rain . The combining of a long , spicy growing time of year and high humidity means that orientation , temperature and humidity must be remove into account before the glasshouse is build .

Types

Greenhouses can be either free - standing or constructed against the wall of the house . Free - standing greenhouses do n’t benefit from the cold protection and heat bank of the side of the house , but this is not as great a care in the temperate temperatures of coastal Louisiana . In the northerly region of the commonwealth ( especially in wind - swept plains ) , consider build the nursery against the south side of the home .

Light Control

A glasshouse on the south side of the theater will get the most light during the farseeing wintertime , but will also be at the hot part of the house during the summer . On the Orient - face bulwark , a greenhouse will get less Sunday but still be protected from north winds and the worst of the late - afternoon summer heat . If the paries of the menage and the surfaces within the glasshouse are painted snowy , more lighter will reflect back to the plants .

Temperature Control

Glass greenhouses do a undecomposed job of trapping heat inside the greenhouse . But this may not be worthy , given that summers are much longer and hotter in Louisiana than in northern states . film offer a temperate amount of heating system retention for the plants during the wintertime but keep the greenhouse environment coolheaded in the summer . Cooling the nursery with fans and openings for breezeways during the summer may keep the temperature adequate for tropic plants and the nurseryman .

Time Frame

Greenhouses in the South are used more often for farm veggie and flowers out of season , as well as get a jump start out on planting source for the coming spring . As such , they are irregular shelter for plants . Trying to keep plants in the greenhouse during a hot summertime can be expensive because of cooling and lachrymation costs . Remember that you do n’t have the benefit of rains to facilitate you with the watering chore inside a greenhouse .

Considerations

Since the aviation in the Gulf Coast part is consistently humid , fungal disease can be a recurring problem in the nursery . As the fond , humid air in the nursery cool in the evening , it condenses on the leaves of your plant — a gross situation for fungal spore to make their home on your plant . Since fungicides are n’t always practical or worthy , render ventilation with fan to keep tune circulating across the foliage of the works , drying up that abridgment . If you use a heating system root during the winter , turn it on before the sun pass away down .

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