Greenhouse Growing

Hmm. Lots to think about there, @ricky101! Had already decided just to try a bit of experimenting this year, so was thinking about using the greenhouse for tomatoes, lettuce, peppers, strawberries and germinating seeds for containers and hanging baskets. I'm not going to be able to commit to...

I've only got a few rooted cuttings and some bits and pieces at the moment Lori, just trying it out. Things are growing but only slowly, maybe I need to up it a bit on the 12 hr day, I've got the temperature set at 20c. I'll be sowing some seed soon so that might be a better trial.

Us oldies don't like change!

Only got two panes to replace with Perspex and the rest I fitted from the inside, I only needed about 15cm distance to fit the glass! Will post a picture soon.I stuck with the concrete slab base and packed the soil in with a wooden border.

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.

Because we sailors always gravitate toward the red lights!

It didn't look anything like that picture today the fog really came down. I was surprised by how many people were ascending today there were literally hundreds!!!! I'm quite lucky I only live about 30 minutes drive away

Hi folks. Just to let you know, my toms started ripening around 2 weeks ago but I don't think I'm going to get many. There are plenty of fruits but still looking very green. I'm just looking forward to next year now with regard to the toms. Cheers...freddy.

Hi Jane, No, don't strip the plants of all their leaves. If you have trusses of toms being covered by some leaves then you can take those off to left the Sun get to them.

Hi helen, no got it about six weeks ago, when we had the earth wobly we had extremly bad winds in the week after if you remember that was when my last gh lost the will to stay standing, but i was insured so not too bad,my last one was mounted on 4x4 about 6 years ago didnt know much about them...

"Just what is the point of bubblewrap?"The point of bubblewrap is to provide a transparent blanket which will retain heat while passing light.There are two kinds of bubblewrap, double skinned and triple skinned. The double skinned is more readily available not only in garden centres but also...

The frame is the easy part of the job :wink:

imo nutri grow A + B is a harsh chemical fertilizer and if you use it as you are suggesting you will burn your plants, you already have FBB in your compost, are the plants showing any deficiencies. If not why do you want to add a chemical feed that may destroy friendly bacteria and upset the...

I'm with you now, tried to picture it but kept coming up with a picture of a staircase by Escher in my head. Thats usually a bad thing in my case.

Wow Martin! And to think, I just put a few slabs down and stuck my greenhouse on top lol!

Why worry about the small stuff when Fukushima's going to poison the planet anyway ? Sad but true

Hi Liz, I guess thats one way to do it, but it might get expensive depending on how large an area you have to heat.Commercial greenhouses use hot water through pipes buried in the floor or positioned under the staging.Overall i think you have to look at the greenhouse as a whole to get the...

We've watered all our plants for sale, except edibles, with Vine Weevil killer. A couple of thousand of them

Will all your requirements , sounds like you need to commission a custom unit.If you search the web you will find some smaller commercial units like this one that might be adapatable, though doubtless expensive. Greenhouse Controller - BWI Grower Technical SalesYou might find some diyers who...