Propagating with heat

Liz,
Build your own.
If you buy one..even a small one it`ll cost you anywhere from �£1400 to �£5000+ LOL (lottery win needed)
My old frame had 165 struts, most commercial ones only have 65!
The complex shape allows firms to convince you they are incredibly hard to make, which isn`t the case.
They are quite labour intensive though but labour is cheap if you DIY

 

if you have a domestic electicity supply , you have no concept of cost of electricity
in my tanning studio, electricity cost 20p per session , in a customers home it woould have been �£2.00

 

maybe we should all wait until the sun can do the heating for us? I've never gone into the costing - but now I think I should have done!

 

If the sun does all the heating, it`ll still cost for cooling.
Probably coupled with water supply problems / restrictions
Electricity just went up another 18%
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4758032.stm

So it just got worse

 

If you propogate early you will have a lot of plants that will need to be 'grown on' early and here in Old Blighty frost can be expected in early May. I dont Replant outside until mid May. So timeing is important. I don't put my seeds in very early [ apart from tomatoes] and I am a week or two behind imported/heat grown plants[ flowers and so on] Obviously heat is need in the greenhouse but we don't need plants too large and too early. Today I will plant my tomatoes but they will live in the conservatory for a few weeks. Also go and watch Shrewsbury.