Greenhouse Growing

My small greenhouse has a slab base.I grow toms etc. in 3gall 99p cheapo builder's buckets and use a JI type mixture for growing in. 7 parts loam, 2 parts home compost from dalek bin, 1 part peat and 1 part sharp sand. All except sand are passed through a 3/8 mesh sieve. Use a rasp to make...

THanks Hex, Downloaded the book and will have a look tonight.

Thanks to all for the helpful replies. I did have some netting Kristen, but it was while that was on that we had the very hot weather and although it 'shaded' the plants, it didn't seem to do anything regards keeping the temperature down. To JWK - I too was looking for something similar,...

Kristen, it can all get a bit confusing I reckon. Somewhere I read that manure has no value as a fertilizer, but rather creates an environment where nutrients within the soil can be released effectively. Or was that Lime ?

I bought one of those telescopic window cleaning thingies (either from Kleeneze or Betterware) - not much use for the bedroom windows but perfect for reaching the greenhouse roof.

this is a mouse my cats caught and brought into the house.(S)he was eating their food whilst they were sleeping - they did get him in the end thoughI've also seen a mouse in the tree, or rather on the bird feeder hanging in the tree, eating the peanuts intended for the birds.My...

I don't take any side shoots off my Cucumbers (but they don't produce many that actually grow). My book says to pinch the laterals out them 2 leaves after a flower, and any that don't flower at 2 feet.

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