Large Cold Frame Greenhouse, 1344

Great, Works well, minor issues…

For the money, this little greenhouse is a good deal. Closes up tight to keep heat in, opens wide up to expel heat and introduce fresh air. Covered in 40% Aluminet, my orchids thrive within it, on my patio in Northern California (I do have a small heater/fan installed for nights; and aim a larger external fan toward the plants on warm days when the greenhouse is wide open). It’s been easy with my arrangement to keep the greenhouse within 59F-90F year round. Assembly is fairly straight forward and easy. I did have trouble mounting one of the doors perfectly due to a sloppy screw hole, so the right sided door sticks out a tiny bit more than the other door, but it’s very minor and the magnetic latches keeps both door closed nice and secure, even if their respectful depths of alignment are slightly different. The one drawback is due to the almost solid wood construction of the top shelf, the bottom shelf is very, very dark, receiving little light, except at the very front,where it meets the polycarbonate; making it essentially useless for plants. I had to replace the top shelf with a custom made chrome wire baking oven shelf (at a cost of $200, but it’s very open and allows much light to filter down to the bottom shelf).

It’s works perfect on my balcony and it gets the perfect temperature during the day where I live. Just have to figure a nighttime heating situation