Greenhouse Growing

If anything I think Electric will be cheaper (excluding the cost of connecting electricity to the greenhouse) In a normal/mild winter the heater will come on very little, the ability to thermostatically control it means power is only used when the temperature is low. In a very cold winter the...

Thanks kristen,that doesnt seem much maybe i can talk darran round ive got electric down there kristen,well in the potting shed next to the gh but i could hook it up i went down earlier,half the floor was soaked,the rain must of been aiming directly at the open door me being a bright spark...

Looking very good Aesculus! I wouldn't worry too much about the glass defacts. Also if you really want you could squeeze some clear silicon into the corner gaps (unless you are about to move house again!) I'd only bother if you plan to insulate and heat the greenhouse, otherwise a few air gaps...

Lovely to read an update from you Folly Mon. Hope you are enjoying a restful chunk of on your new bed right now, Jenny

I have mixed lettuce in pots with plastic bells on top and carrots as well. Both germinated weeks ago but I picked enough salad leaves for a meal this evening. Doubtfull about the carrots coming to anything, I might have to eat the leaves with the salad stuff!

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...

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How many of you recommend twin wall polycarbonate in the winter? We use it in our greenhouse and have great results, there's another thread on here about the possible advantages of plastic greenhouse panels:

All good advice here, greenhouse blight is a pain, but agree that trimming back the affected foliage and only watering the soil is beneficial. It can be great for fruit too, I find cutting back the leaves creates plumper tommys! Yum!

Us oldies don't like change!

Hi Folks, Thanks for all the answers. I don't have any electricity in the greenhouse and have extremely limited space in my home. In fact just enough space to put a large heated mat which has room for 5 normal sized trays. Once they come off the mat the only space I have is the kitchen...

Sweet Peas will be fine in cold greenhouse, although personally I think its a little early for Winter sowing, and I think they do better sown very early in the Spring - less chance of mice and all sorts having a meal off them too! Take some cuttings now perhaps ? Could sow some seeds of...

Great minds think alike as they say. I was just about to ask the same

I'd put them on a windowsill in the house. East or West facing, and at the South end of the windowsill so they only get direct sun first/last thing. Might not be practical if you have a lot of pots of cuttings though ... as "Understanding spouse" will be an advantage for successful applicants!

Thanks for the replies, great help. Freecycle sounds good but what sort of condition will the panels be in and also I do need something resilient so they don't shatter easy. In addition, I have been consider some polycarbonate greenhouse panels what is the overall consensus on this?

I thought Ziggy mite have something to do with it

Hello Gemini and all, I'm new to the forum, but I too am lining the Greenhouse with bubble wrap! Really trying to save more Cacti this year, the last 2-3 have been very bad. I Did it a few years ago, but after 2 years or so if falls to pieces, as it is only cheap bubble wrap and not UV...

Hi intel. A very neat and tidy looking job, well done

Spot on. In a small greenhouse I recommend not trying to grow both Toms and Cues - they need different conditions really - much easier to achieve that in a larger greenhouse. So if you eat plenty of Toms I'd stick to them as it will give you best bang-for-buck. Growing things that you like...