Greenhouse Growing

Last year i only had a 6x4 plastic greenhouse, now ive got my 6x6 glass house (cost a crate of john smiths) and its a lot better for growing in. Make sure it is perfectly level before you start with glass fitting, both front to back and side to side, if not the glass wont fit correctly and can...

Hi Pam, It`ll be easier with a hose and a fine spray nozzle. I covered mine with old hessian sacking with poly over that to slow evaporation and hosed the sacking down twice a day for a week. It shouldn`t be allowed to dry out at any time :wink:

A photograph of the leaves might help be more sure of the cause.

Hi, By the sounds of it I think itâ??s the same gutters my granâ??s greenhouse has. The guttering problem was solved in two ways:One gutter has sort of what Kristen said but I think a piece of sheet aluminium was used. Then a bit of hard plastic pipe a bit bigger than the diameter of a...

Peteandjayne, that is an excellent link. :gnthb: Thankyou

One point about using capilliary matting. Its easy to get the matting wet and to put pots on it. But you have to be sure that the soil in the pot is in contact with the wet matting. You either need flat bottomed pots, or a thick matting so that the pot can sink into it - preferably both. If you...

Probably the best option is to use a combination of shadecloth, misting and ventilation. Putting everything outside on a really hot sunny day might not help.

Yes I did fit them and it was a lot easier than I thought, the best tip I can give is to take the glass out of the opening windows. It made the fitting much easier, although you will have to watch that the openers are parralel to the glass before you put it back in as it wont go in if it isnt....

Depends what you are growing But for conventional Cold Greenhouse crops, such as Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Peppers, Aubergines, you want a minimum of 10C - otherwise the plants will "check"

It's the basic one. £69.00 and then £10.00 for p&pOrdered it this afternoon. Just waiting for an ETA now :D

I bought one from "Wilkos" last year, it was plastic covered with loads of shelves :cnfs: It tore as we were putting it together, we went to the store and the manager offered to refund our money,or we could take another cover, from another box. We took the second cover and duck taped the...

I am not sure if this is true, but apparently the temperature immediatly next to a house wall can be a couple of degrees warmer. I have one of those small plastic greenhouses and have moved ours next to the wall. Everything seems ok inside, so I don't know if this has made a difference or not,...

It's this one. Big enough for what I need

Hi folks, thanks for all the replies, sorry I didn't get back sooner. Problem solved, my neighbour will open and close it for me. The watering is also sorted as I bought one of those kits with a timer and it seems to work ok :thumb:

Hi there, if I sow seeds now will I get a plant and a harvest of chillies this summer and will they survive outside? thanks :O)

The light level below staging may be a bit limited now, but in mid summer the light level from the sun will be much higher than plants can utilise. I did a little research when I was making a light box, and found that plants needs about 2,000 lux (measure of light intensity) to grow healthily. A...

"never remember the water cycle I learned at school"Water evaporates from the surface, or plants transpire it, and it condenses on the plastic. Ha!"I think it was Kristen who gave me the idea."Could be, I grew all my seeds in "pans" (as in "shallow pots") in plastic bags last year.This...

I'd send you some seeds - nearly all my packets have thousands of seeds, and I only use 10's ... but the Chard packet has only 100 seeds, and I reckon by the time I've done an Autumn sowing they'll be used up.I've got Suttons Leaf Beet "Rhubarb Chard" which is red stemmed. Hessayon says...

I think it's worth paying a bit extra for toughened glass. It looks just like ordinary glass, lovely and clear and doesn't decay with age, but it has no sharp edges and is really really hard to break. I too replaced some panes in the old g/h with polycarbonate, but they blew out.

Great story there. I can just imagine it, lol. Look forward to seeing it filled. cheers