Greenhouse Growing

I had a lot of stuff for my allotment from 'freecycle' saves me paying for slabs and wood.:thumb:

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Hi folks. Just to let you know, my toms started ripening around 2 weeks ago but I don't think I'm going to get many. There are plenty of fruits but still looking very green. I'm just looking forward to next year now with regard to the toms. Cheers...freddy.

Thank you for that Kristen, and the inspiring photo, that is a real success and early enough in the growing season to get a continuous crop given a decent summer. I put my failures down to the lack of good sunny days but what I lack in gardening skill is compensated for by unfounded optimism,...

Its not too difficult although it gets expensive for the various bits. You just need to make the pillows as airtight as possible and then keep them inflated at the correct pressure. Sounds easy enough

Excellent job Bob. well done...:thumb: funnily enough I measured my weeny space out of curiosity only this morning. I assmed I had 4ft depth so I was going to go for a 4 x 6 and position it sideways so to speak. I am so glad I didnt order one as the paved area isnt 4ft its only about 3ft 8ins...

If we are talking dead cheap then get to one of those instore places or wilkinsons-tenner each for a four tier.

We have not had much sunshine here for the last few weeks and everything in the greenhouse is suffering. All my toms seem to develop a white mould and the fruit rotted at the bottom, the cucumbers were not quite so bad had quite a few of them but it seems to have finished flowering now and has...

stel it depends on what you plan to keep or grow in your greenhouse over the winter. If you just want to overwiter a few tender plants it would be much cheaper keeping them indoors on a windowsill, rather than heating a whole greenhouse. If you are starting from scratch why not consider an...

The whole of my back garden is 35m square (I think, might be slightly out and a little smaller than that) and a triangular shape, my mums gardens bigger. I've got a coldframe that my dad made me sat on the patio so I can do a small amount of overwintering things. I love freesias, I was going to...

You can also cut polycarb sheets by scoring a line along the sheet with a craft knife or stiff broken hacksaw blade and then placing the sheet on a table with the scored line at the edge and and a straight-edged piece of wood on top and then give the overhanging (usually the waste side) of the...

"I bought one of those frames with a plastic cover u pull over"I think that's an excellent piece of kit. (It has limitations, of course, but they are pretty obvious, eh?)The problem with a small greenhouse is that it is difficult to get the atmosphere right - a bit like a party that is...

My son bought the pineapple from Homebase but when he read the tag it said the plant could be poisonous. He has 2 cats that he adores and decided to give it to us rather than take it home. I can't imagine it will grow into a pineapple that can be eaten - but who knows ???Hey- I don't think...

I found my water butts at the tip! They had cracks in the bottom but OH managed to seal them with gutter sealant/mastic. Work a treat! I managed to cobble together - with cable ties/duck tape - a drainage system that does the biz using a bit of drainpipe about 2" across and a couple of angled...

I can imagine the difficulty, I probably wouldn't have the temperament to see it through :(

Defiantly something I shall bear in mind.To be honest, I can't remember how high it is, as I bought it early last year...think it's 8foot at the apex, so I assume it goes from 6 foot at the sides...will check it out.:thumb:

Hello Ian and welcome to G.C,unfortunatly you are a bit late to sow a lot of things this year,but you can still get away with sowing a couple of things like pak choi on the vegetable side or on the flower side you have sweet wiliams or forget me nots you will JUST get away with.

The idea of building a wooden greenhouse really appeals to me, having just spent the last few evenings sawing up rafters for my extension. I think I missed my vocation, I love the smell of the cut wood, really like going to the timber yard looking at wood and get a lot of satisfaction looking at...

I would have sworn that I posted a reply in here. It must be that preview button again.Anyway, thanks for the Papyrus ID. When I told 'Er indoors, who is the real gardener here, that peeps thought it was papyrus she replied"Oh good. I thought that was lost a few years ago. Never seen the...

Polycarbonate is the best choice of the synthetic options but some of these greenhouses look quite weak. As glass is heavy it requires a good solid frame, so glass greenhouses tend to be better built. I would suggest you invest in cedar wood frame glasshouse as my wooden greenhouse has a much...