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greenhouse and southern exposure?

I have recently concluded that my orchid/cactus collection is outgrowing the windowsills of my home. I have done research into greenhouses and everything seems to fit the lay out of my yard, but the only downside is I don’t have southern exposure. My neighbor has a garage and then a giant tree. The place where i would put the greenhouse is near the tree.
Also i have some eastern and western exposure, but not complete because of the house and barn.

With a southern exposure you might have found that your greenhouse gets too hot, and you’d have to apply shading in the summer. Having said that, cacti do need a lot of bright light. As many orchids naturally grow attached to trees they would probably need different conditions from the cacti and be OK. Have you actually timed how long the area would receive direct sun? Remember that in winter you will get more light when the leaves are off the tree. If there isn’t enough sun for the cacti perhaps you could just move the orchids and keep the cacti on the sunny windowsills?

When you are measuring how much sun your greenhouse would get remember that there may well be more at bench height than ground level because of the shadows of the buildings.

You will also have to be prepared for a lot of leaf removal and cleaning of the roof lights!

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