Cold-frame-what aspect??

Hi all,
My friend has bought me one of those plastic-sheet covered cold-frames, 3ft x 3ft x 2ft high. I want to use it to grow on seedlings as my window-sills are already groaning :rolleyes:

Where would be the best place to put this? should it go in full sun???? :confused:

 

I think you could get a lot of different answers to that one, Windy, but my answer is yes, it should. That's where mine is.

 

I put a small wooden coldframe (freebee from the local tip!) against a SW facing wall. It gets fairly good sun after mid day once the air temperature has warmed up a bit (helps prevent early sun scorch) and the wall absorbs the day heat which prolongs the warmth after the sun has gone down behind trees. I also use a bit of green windbreak netting for additional shade during the summer. Don't know if it's right or wrong but it works which is good enough for me :D

I raised some sweet peas from seed in the autumn and they have lived there quite happily all winter and will soon be ready to plant out to give an early show.

I must confess I like chunky wood and glass over plastic as the weight makes things more stable during windy weather. Free is also good!

 

Agree with that comment, Froggy! Ours is made from bits of scaffolding planks, bits of wood left over from something else, and sheets of horti glass from taking down someone's greenhouse! Recycling is good!!

 

I have lined my new greenhouse with bubble plastic do you think it will keep the frost out or will I need to get some sort of heating in there.

 

Thanks for the advice folks!! I'm building a brick and glass cold-frame too, but it's just not big enough :rolleyes: This plastic one will just be the 'overflow' :D :D

 

Fancy, lining with bubble plastic will help to keep your greenhouse 3 or 4 degrees warmer at night than the outside. But if it gets very cold at night then you can get frost inside the greenhouse.