Greenhouse Growing

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.

Know what you mean, often tried to come up with a practical idea for some automatic variable shading using slats or roller blinds etc operated by a motor or linear actuator but finding some material strong and light enough and that can withstand some wind etc hard to find without spending a...

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...

Connected up one of the roof windows to the pair of auto vents as it's getting warm inside. Peas are growing in one corner for an early crop, Radish and Lettuce growing under glass to, even spotted flowers on the Strawberries too.

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...

Ta!

As mentioned started 2 x 5" pots each with their own probes the other week.To start, the probes are filled with water and need to be placed into wet compost, as the compost dries it openes the little valve to allow the fresh water to flow. This has happened just once for both pots in the last...

Just checking the Semps and lots are already coming through in just 9 days ! Wonder why they say 1 -2 months on the packet or did we just get lucky with some fresh seeds ?

I very much doubt it, otherwise no synthetic fertiliser could be used. On Levingtons packaging, I think it just says, organic, no peat. There is only a very small percentage of cattle reared on organic farms anyways. So if it is available, the manure will probably be more expensive.

Kids from other gardens, though they would have to jump a fence, easy enough for them.Parental guidance, these days ?? !! wishful thinking. Even when some broke the glass in full view of their parents they never offered to pay.The door is only open 6 to 8 " at most so hopefully too...

bolt some timbers on to the glazing bars then use drawing pins or a staple gun

Yes it makes a huge difference where you are growing, I bet you don't get Polar Bears walking all over your garden either............................

Its only a short term cover so expensive twinwall not an option, though we do use it for the greenhouse glazing, use a local company much cheaper that the diy stores, and they cut it to size with a laser or similar, so no swarf inside. 10mm Clear Sunlite™ Polycarbonate Twinwall Cut To Size

I've used this, but it takes a week or two to work, you just place it where you see the most activity, and leave it, just check the ants are eating it after a few days. Deadfast Ant Plus Bait Station - 3 x 4g | Wickes.co.uk

Thanks to you all. That's a relief.

We used to use the low modulus neutral cure silicon for glazing, I agree its softer than the usual type you see. It actually sticks to polycarbonate as well.

why not a clear silicone tube. kind you use for showers /bathrooms etc.

Start small with an allotment, if you can even get one! Do not accept the one that nobody has tended in living memory, which many allotments keep to put off the timid! Once onsite, you will get more free advice than you can handle; just take the average and you will be fine. Grow what you will...

I've moved all my germinated seedlings out permanently into our unheated greenhouse now. Most nights they are returned to the bubble wrapped enclosure side of the greenhouse and in addition to this ( and depending on the temperatures) I add another covering of fleece or/ and very lightweight...