Greenhouse Growing

I unscrew the hexagonal threaded knobs that the pistons push onto, so the roof vents don't open, possibly letting in birds, horizontal rain, etc., in when I'm not checking it every day.

@kazzawazza is correct. The reaper is the hottest. Bhut jolokia (ghost pepper) is next. Ive been groweing both for a number of years.I also grow scotch bonnet, 7 pot yellow, choclate douglah, devil's tongue, red habanero, orange habanero, ring of fire and a couple of other kinds of...

I think it does work fine. The tomatoe shoots have grown very well and fast, along with othe plants I planted late, and are fruiting. Not sure if I will manage to see any ripe tomatoes, given they are outside, but the temperature is going up again and the sun is showing up, so perhaps I will.

Hi Greg CFirst of all, the terracotta pot heating idea I saw here is genius, bloody love it! I got another idea for heating without a mains supply though - a portable propane heater. I'm not sure if one would fit in there, I was having a look here: The Best Shed Heaters of 2018 - A...

Hi Jane, No, don't strip the plants of all their leaves. If you have trusses of toms being covered by some leaves then you can take those off to left the Sun get to them.

Just for a bit of fun, I sowed seeds saved from some very long Tesco Finest yellow peppers and what every plant produced was very small red peppers.

I've got loads of greenhouse glass (awaiting me building the new greenhouse), I bought an old greenhouse on ebay for £50 then got given another for free!

First thing to determine is the rough dimensions. Then determine which are the base pieces. Then work from there. If you are practical and have a good sense of spacial relationships, you’ll work it out. Give yourself plenty of time to make mistakes and you’ll get there. The biggest problem may...

I top mine @joebongo at around that height and remove some leaves especially round the base to open it up a little... I still self polinate with an artists brush and spray mist..Dont forget to remove sucker stems/offshoots...

Just received my Orbit water controller and the Hozelock irrigation kit . The Orbit is robustly made and programming it is really really simple. You just follow the setting dial. The set up photo below shows the Controller , pressure reducer , Hozelock tap connector and irrigation hose Ø13 x...

Thanks for the info sandymac. I'll have to prob pollinate with a brush as not getting bees in even though I've got 2 nests lol

I agree with Noisett47 and JWK looks like scorch. Looks like water droplets sitting on the leaf in the lower picture, this can be caused by overwatering see section Lumps and nodules appear on the foliage in the link supplied by Noisett47 these nodules release water then scorching...

IIRC ricky101, it's whitefly that African Marigolds repel. Marigolds self-sow in my polytunnel each year and there has never been a whitefly problem, so I tend to believe in that tip

Hi,Doubt you will be able to enjoy any of the 'fruits' of your labours, sure the kids will have gobbled them all up before you get home .

@sandymac i'd say any plant would grow ok as long as it as so much of sun then shade

Thanks all. I was only growing in greenhouse in case they don't grow well outside in the North East as its not as hot at the South.

Just admit it mate you have memory blokes

Hi,At the very least you need to shut the windows at night, but thats where an auto vent add on kit becomes your best friend.You start feeding once the first fruits have 'set' eg you can just see the little green toms as the flowers begin to fade.What you may also need to do is hand...

You can buy auto vents, and new pistons, off of Ebay for around £13.I'm going to get one for a new vent I've put in.

I had to replace 2 panes last week, went to glazier and asked for a standard horti glass 2ft pane, and I needed the triangular piece for the apex, which I did have the old one with a corner missing, he may have cut the triangle but they keep the squares ready cut, he informed me 610 is size now,...