Greenhouse Growing

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

. Most of the veggies we grow are cool weather plants. You will get away with some slightly tender ones like French beans early in the season, but once it warms up, they shoot up, all tops and no crop.Tomatoes, chillis, cucumbers etc are fine but the rest suffer with the warmth!Further...

you could always try some in the greenhouse and some outdoors and see which ones come up best

hi everyonei planted my tomatoes, courgettes, peppers , melons, cucumbers and sweetcorn about a week back and they've all come beautifully in the greenhouse apart from peppers which with me are always late. i also (if i were you) place the plants in the greenhouse during the and then bring...

hi, I bought three from B&Q which seems to be the cheapest at £21.something and will apparently fit most aluminium and wood greenhouses and are suitable for normal sized vents. They're supposed to be "easy to fit" and they are not!!!! However now they're in and seem to be working well. What I...

Thank you. I will bring them in for a while then!! Kylee

These are outdoor bedding plants, so its best to keep an even cool temp and avoid fluctuations. During the day I'd aim to keep it below 20 dec C and not let it get below 10 deg at night.

Oh and love the hat too

My peppers have taken up residence in the bathroom until the nights get warmer and all threat of frost has gone, far too cold at the moment to go outside!

I bought a 12' x 10' and a 40' x 10' on eBay. Forgotten the price of the first, but the 40' x 10' was about £400. I wasn't in a hurry and just did a search on eBay with very specific criteria and then pressed the "Save search" button - which effectively sends you an Email whenever there a new...

Cheers Walnut. I intend to grow peppers and toms througout the summer in my greenhouse so will I still need to shade the greenhouse?

What is peoples opinions on Bug Bombs for greenhouse use? Are they any good? What is the best thing to clean the greenhouse with?

£100 doesnt sound that bad considering you gain more height and possibly get a taller door too. Mine would be around 6ft 8" if it had an eave.

I have a different view I grew my Toms, Cues, Melons and Peppers in pots last year (I had the pots, and didn't have time to sort out the newly erected greenhouse's soil). I have grown in pots and growbags many times before (at previous houses), and indeed even in Ring culture (many years...