Greenhouse Growing

What are you trying to heat, how big and to what temperature ?With Paraffin you need to have a top vent open to allow the toxic fumes to escape which is not the best method.Assume you do not have electricity in there , which is similarly expensive to run but can be so much more convenient...

Or solar, when some of us live in the cloudiest part of the world!Thanks for link @pete - yes I use the Inkbird controller, as I find the ones inbuilt on heaters pretty random.

I ventilate when I can ,, and keep watering to a strict minamum ..

I'll light it later and see what happens. In honesty the permanent ventilation is good so it might just go outside in which case I'll bin it

Plans beginning for 2025, first thing will be to sow Onion seeds this month in the heated prop, they will be in the conservatory to begin with, then into a blowaway inside the greenhouse.

I put my 12 by 12 up by myself, took a while as I was also sorting out newly built raised bed at the same time. Getting the end upright was a bit tricky, but managed with a friendly fence post, in the neighbours fence, some binder twine and a step ladder. The main roof beam was managed in the...

I have a 12 x 12 with staging down either side, then a narrow path with a wide space between the two paths. The staging is full of plants, at the moments chillis, bell peppers, basil, some dahlias, salvias and nerines. The central space is full of tomatoes, cucumbers, a melon, some more dahlias,...

I am in mid Cornwall, growing my tomatoes under glass. They are just in full growing mode at last. Lots of plant growth, flowers and and some fruit setting. I have stopped a couple at roof height of the greenhouse, 5 trusses of flowers. Now I have my fingers crossed we have an Indian Summer to...

Thanks. I've looked at the height issue and it's ok for me, and that's the important bit!! Regards putting my head through the glass, I've got toughened glass, having a nod to the grandchildren!

What is WiFi?

Oh, sounds easier than I thought, I'd imagine they'd just flew or climb back up.

I would also add that we worry too much about side shoots at times, and with some toms it is really hard to tell the growing tip from a shoot. It is best to remove shoots as they appear, but I've seen me remove shoots over 30cm because I've missed them or been away for a while.

Well they're in the ground now and seem to be enjoying the heat, unlike the tomatoes which are flagging a bit. I thought I would try them as they are so expensive in the shops now.

You might want to take a look at our recent post using these Ceramic probes, which could work well with your water butts.Worked ok on a couple of plants in 5" pots the other month, will be use the larger ones on the Toms once they get into their final big tubs.The need a bit of time to get...

I just thrown old lace curtains or duvet covers over the top of my greenhouse, tied down at the corners onto the guttering. I have even used an old plastic blue tarpaulin. It usually goes on in May and stays on until the end of the growing season when I take it down, put it through the washing...

They wont cover the full roof of the greenhouse, maybe half…..but its easier to build a full solid roof, rather than a half and half roof. But will look into a half and half and see what i can come up with.I may be able to have at least 1.8mtrs of clear roof.

Well done. Brilliant! My neighbour installed double glazing and built himself a greenhouse from discarded old windows and doors. He only used it for a couple of years for growing tomatoes. Then he lost interest and it was used as storage space. The story of his life.

We screw some smallish (eg 25mm )Cup Hooks into frame so we can secure the netting / timber battens to them.The shading is more effective if its reasonably taught across the framework so there is a small air gap between the glazing and the netting. This allows the heat to be vented before it...

Yes - some of those cans are a ridiculous price @CarolineL ! I wouldn't be getting anything fancy, and the weight doesn't bother me at all, so it's just a question of buying something that preferably isn't plastic, but it's not always easy to make those decisions. I checked with a seller to...

When I used to use the old banned slug pellets the birds never touched the poisoned slugs and snails. The slugs used to foam very quickly then dry up. I have read that the new slug pellets with iron in them aren't good for birds and hedgehogs either. I tread on snails and snip slugs, but it's...