Greenhouse Growing

Pretty much. The plants perform the expensive compression phase for free (liquid to gas ), which takes a lot of energy but again its provided for free by the sun. The fan just moves the vapour to the "condenser", which is the soilmass/heatsink. The system just takes advantage of what plants do...

Mine is about 3 inches deep. But it depends on what size pots you want to use and how deep you want to bury them, that is if you are making a plunge type bed. Measure from the base of the pot to the thicker piece and that is about the depth you ideally need.

Excellent. I'll be interested to know how you then feel that that helps temperature control.

Spruce's suggestion of a flagged path with gravel borders is what I have, except I have patio pavers rather than flag stone. When it is really hot I wet down the gravel and pavers and let the evaporation cool the greenhouse. I don't know about others, but I find that just sitting in the...

the sun doesnt effect my grrenhouse untill at least 12.30 in summer but in winter maybe 9 , but had be up then anyway

No, but they will sort it out over the phone

Here are a few more photos of the inside of the new greenhouse. The tub is thanks to the wifey and here idea for this. It holds a reservoir of water in the base so all we have to do is spray the plants when they need it. Sorry to say the fuchsia's are now covered with aphids, so out came the...

By all means, contact Elite but this link may help, it may not be for your exact model, but it should give you a starting point.

Yes indeed - along with the other standard engineering tools of cable ties & gaffa tape...

To support my tomatoes now I only use the bolts shown above to anchor the upright supports and prevent them from sliding. A few pieces of framing and some sturdy dowels and twine support my tomatoes nicely. I leave them in place all year, however, it is a simple process to remove them if...

Thanks for the tips guys , will keep you posted with how I get onSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Up here in Scotland it depends on size of greenhouse, maybe the same in England? I know I built 1 which was 9ft x 14ft and a neighbour who taught planning at a university told me I should have got planning for that and it was in my own garden! I'd also find out the facts about whether you will...

i like the idea of both solid and soft , think i may do half and half that way i have best of both worlds. cheers for advice .

Guess you're right. It's too compacted down there for it to grow.

Or pop down to me,I carry it in my van....Free to G-C mates.

I'm definitely going to concentrate on this next Winter. I had good intentions last Winter, but events overtook me and I wound up just stuffing everything in then, when watering, some things that should be dry accidentally get watered. I did put my Coloured Labels on plants whilst still in the...

Clear uv poly would look better and let more light in. When i get a new battery for the lux meter i`ll do a test to see what the difference is.

Yes FC a good plan. You'll probably never need to access it but then there is sods law

My brother used creosote to kill ivy. He reckons it's the only thing that works totally.

I wonder if there is any reason why they are not more commonplace? No overlap joint = no gunk getting between the panes, and a tight fit against the frame all the way around - good for winter insulation / reduced draughts More expensive if a pane breaks, but IME (touch wood!) that's a rare...