Greenhouse Growing

Hi jane Spiders are a good thing in the greenhouse I have loads every year I see spiders nests with hundreds of baby spiders, I never get problems with aphids. regards Alex

Thanks to you all. That's a relief.

Harvested first tomatoes today 15th May two sungold and two gardeners delight regards Sandy

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.

please could someone help me with another question my brother has just rang and wants to know what a fair price would be to prune a apple tree it hasnt been touched for 12 years it is about 15ft high and 20ft wide

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...

Pete is right, keep it moist but not waterlogged.

I'm mostly a 'start off in the greenhouse" man. Actually I start off mostly in a propogator indoors then move them into the greenhosue once they have germinated.Except for root crops like carrots and parsnips, if you disturb the roots when you transplant they will 'fork'. I've tried using...

The bigger the greenhouse, the easier it is to control the greenhsoue (although if you leave it closed it will still cook :( but in Summer its hard to keep 6 x 4's cool, much easier with 12 x 10 and bigger. With smaller greenhouses yo can open door and vents, but all you are doing is creating...

Well done Sarah, good to have you back and I'm sure you'll have lots of enjoyment filling it up.

i prefer diy so i know i can fix it if/when it breaks Steve, Sounds like double glazing might be better for your location or perhaps twinwall polycarbonate if you don`t mind that opaque look. Perhaps they`ll give a discount if you buy it without the styrene..unlikely but might be worth a try.

hi Hel you will love it i do i can lose a lot of time in it that one is the Small one i have got a bigger one but to cost-lay to heat but when the Werther heats up its good at the moment i have got my bulbs in there Mary

Thanks Kirsten that's a good link, with some improvements to the ventillation that could make a substantial polytunnel.

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...

Yes you can buy seed in this country, but its best to wait till early spring now.

So you asked them as well as us lot then

Nice plants Bilbo. On the Brug front, I'm tending to think its more to do with acclimatization to sunny outside conditions, its not been hot by any means this summer, in fact mine would, I'm sure have preferred more sun than they are getting. Now the Melianthus, I find always wilts in full...

Just a quick note Scrungee, check through your glass packs and make sure there are none broken. I had a total of 5 broken panes when I got mine, and all where in the centre of a couple of packs. Nice buy BTW! Steve...

That's the theoretical temp for cucs Freddy. Toms can stand it quite a bit lower but though low temps won't kill them they can set them back.

The topic at this month's meeting of the Northeastern New York orchid society meeting was growing orchids using a semi-hydroponic method. It is a simple inexpensive method of growing orchids and once the plant is established it is virtually impossible to overwater the plant, as it will be...