Greenhouse Growing

Just been pollinating the strawberry flowers in the greenhouse, due to lack of pollinators in there I use a small artists brush( whilst buzzing like a Bee as the plants are listening you know!)

The pop up greenhouse type of things really are a risk anywhere a breeze might get a bit on the strong side. The poles are usually metal, they are fine, the plastic covers are rather flimsy, the stitching can deteriorate quickly, but the real problem are the connecting plastic parts, they snap...

Too much searching for information can be bad for your gardening too. I've seen many posts from people scared to let pets out into gardens because they've read that plants, or parts of plants, can be poisonous. What the information generally fails to tell people, is how much of a plant would...

Just beginning work in the greenhouse, strawberries that were in pots are now in the border soil as they were struggling in pots last year, I have plenty of room as I am not growing sweetcorn in the greenhouse this summer.

Sadly we may never know.

@CanadianLori yes some of them can be short-lived - particularly the immersed ones. The pump I've got is not submersible, so I just leave it dry. It's the same pump I used to modify my knapsack sprayer from manual crank handle to be a "Frankensprayer". It's much lighter without all the piston,...

Just my thoughts, but I run mine at Just frost free, so around 3c min. But that's just to overwinter tender plants, nothing actually grows at those temperatures.I just get the feeling you might be burning paraffin with few results.

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'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

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!

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.