Greenhouse Growing

Victoria seems to be the voice of doom, first she wrote I would not get a single olive, then: "Sorry, I have to laugh about you 'making olive oil' ... the presses are horrendously expensive making the cost of the olives a joke. Other friends of ours take their olives, of which they have many,...

In the greenhouse, a fan,lamp/heating mat are needed. Humidity also important in planting. And a thermostat/humidistat simplify all. Inkbird being the sponsor here in the forum, we are supplier of humidity/temperature control. If anyone need us,please feel free to contact me directly.

Could it be pigeons?

Think most of us just cobble things together as best we can! Spend a bit of time and just sketch what you want then build it. Use of old windows as the lid is not uncommon. If you want something that looks perfect then probably best to buy a kit.

Hi Martin, thanks for the link. I do keep an eye on Gumtree, maybe I am lucky and find one for next year. I won't bother for this year, and hopefully be able to get one at the end of this season.

Zone envy again. We are still experiencing temperatures well below freezing so I have a natural gas heater in my greenhouse. And an alarm for when the temperatures drop too much.I have a kerosene/parrafin heater for the smaller greenhouse but it pumps out too much heat (no thermostat on it) in...

Hello John,Thank you very much for your advice! So I will get the green one like I initially wanted. I should really stop reading too much information on stuff like this. I always end up confusing myself.Thanks again!

Appears as if the babies are born pregnant. I've seen this in some of my lost and found seed spuds and thought it really weird.

Thanks for the replies. I got some Z and W clips today, so hopefully get it fitted tomorrow.Rusty.

Depends what the plants are, if they are tender you'll need to cover with fleece on cold nights or bring them indoors if it gets frosty.

Some greenhouse supply stores sell tape made for greenhouse plastic. I have some but I also found this other tape even better. It is the tape sold near the plastic shrink film that you buy for windows. I bought this roll of clear tape (slight scrim in it) and have found it to be my go to for...

Our weather forecast well into the middle of next week is for mild temperatures, with the night temperatures above freezing. Today I placed a number of plants back into the greenhouse for as long as the weather permits. The greenhouse was only closed on the first of January, and here in early...

My olive trees put out a lot of tender new growth during their time indoors during the winter. So this time of year I give them a light pruning, avoiding any branches with blossoms of course. We have found that the leaves make an excellent tea, which has a lot of health benefits.The leaves...

Instead of glass or plastic panes, would polythene sheeting be practical? My noobie logic says that if it's good enough for a polytunnel, it has to be okay for a GH - fact or fantasy?

Using the IP camera installed in the greenhouse and the remote thermometer in the house I was able to monitor the device; sure enough the light was turned on at 2 degrees C. It is nice when something works like they claim it would, and, I expect to reclaim the cost of the device in electricity...

You don't need to have a base at all and can plant directly into the soil, this would also give you the option of whether or not you use raised beds. The soil would have to be changed from time to time because of lack of nutrients and possible diseases that may occur. Raised beds may give you...

Cheers for all the advice. Might look into insulating the larger one. Or partition it off. The celotex could be awkward. It's a dome greenhouse so the angles would be a nightmare.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The Halls greenhouse is a much better choice and will outlive the wooden one.

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I grow peaches, grapes and lemons in greenhouse. The lemons are in a large tub that goes out for the summer. I grew toms again this year but threw loads away. I now realise I don't need to grow so many almost a spring madness !must grow toms!. Cucumbers just how many do you need I tend to get...