A good start

Hi all I am in the process of buying a greenhouse 8 x6 and was wondering what is the best way of prepping the soil (compost, manure, etc etc) to give anything I plant a good start , any advice would be very helpful thanks

 

I treat my greenhouse as an extension to my Compost hand Muck heaps. The compost and muck go into the greenhouse border 50:50, then get dug out in the late Autumn and put on the bed where the Spuds were (Tomatoes and Spuds share some diseases - so this means that the Spuds don't see that soil for another 4 years or so).

But it depends a bit what you want to grow - if its overwintered Carrots they won't like the Muck at all!

 

Thanks Kristen it is actually for the missus I just get too do the donkey work toms, cukes peppers chillies salad crops are going too be the main projects

 

They will all love the muck - but if the salad crops includes Carrots you could grow them in containers (in the greenhouse) so they haven't got their feed in the muck!

 

This is an interesting...

I dont use my border soil at all. Instead I have weed control fabric down followed by gravel. (8X6 greenhouse) I use my own compost or grow bags but grow in containers. Recently managed to get hold of some florists buckets at a car boot sale which will be ideal for my toms/cues etc. I transplant my salad veg to a raised bed I made outside the greenhouse.
Hope this is of some use

 

Thanks wilroda as this is a relatively new project for us all info is of help , was thinking of using the soil to grow toms cukes maybe some lettuces and probably some chillies, peppers and whatever else she sees in trays also read somewhere that introducing certain flowers into your borders can keep some flies , aphid's :cnfs: