Greenhouse Growing

Thank you for you help and ideas.

It's going very well, thanks! Slowly... The greenhouse is now on a proper base - mortar, paving slab edge and middle path, gravel strips to the inner sides - and fully assembled on it with half the glass in. I ran out of glazing strip and have had to order more for it to be finished!I'd...

I would go for the footing way and solid concrete blocks. You could put some 300 x 300 slabs for a path and grow into the soil or in containers on top. More alternatives this way concrete is very permanent.

yellow edge is they are cold or they need a feed or both

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

I have one pf these but decided to upgrade to a greenhouse as we got on with sorting the garden. Mine tore where the zip joins the plastic but that is because I was naughty and just pulled the panel at the front up instead of actually unzipping it. I just put some bull dog clips on it and it...

I have found Pinterest invaluable for my garden diy's. If you put in a search for diy greenhouses there are hundreds of ideas and tutorials on how to do it. Good luck and well done on what you have done so far!

Well, the protected growing is paying off, as we have been picking tomatoes and cucumbers for several days, with lots more coming. This year's tomatoes are huge, and the only thing I can think of is that they are due to the change in growing media to my homemade media.The fruit is not only...

other way around

Sorry I'm so late getting back to you all. I've been so busy. Thanks for all the information. I understand things a lot clearer now.

Hard to beat a greenhouse with a unique design, only downside is collecting bin bags full of bottles

Hi @Fizzy whereabouts are you? Someone on here might want the old one.

Hi John As long as we dont go sub zero for a week with zero sunshine in the daytime it`ll stay above freezing. The emphasis is more on cooling in summer for me than heating in the dead of winter as i dont keep tender or tropical plants. Its important to mention that the plants themselves are a...

Hi icom and welcome to the forum - I hope you are still with us. I am afraid I have only just seen your post.Was the water container higher than the tray? If it was the capillary matting would make the water siphon out from the higher level to the lower level, in exactly the same way as a...

About 1.5 to 2 metres up and 1 to 1.5 across. Hardy in a mild winter.

LOL I like a bit of danger

Good luck on your first greenhouse!

You're welcome.

And thy have the added benefit of weighing the greenhouse down in windy weather. Haha!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi Savant, it's not so much the shade they need as coolness, cool with bright ( but not direct sun) light.