Greenhouse
Greenhouse Installation
Sylvia Mackay
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Can anybody in Lincoln area recommend someone to install a wooden 6 x 6 greenhouse. I had a man who installs them for a living, coming yesterday and then he pulled out at the last min. as was too busy. I have now got a brand new Greenhouse leaning on my garage wall getting battered by wind and rain. Only bought it as buyer said their friend could install it for me, as he had done other for them. I got in touch with him & installation was all set to happen. I have a sectional base and pea gravel to put down, even guttering and a water butt. He was going to do the lot for £200 a good price I thought.
Posted: Sunday 27th of September 2020 12:20 PM Last reply: Saturday 1st of March 2025 12:16 AM
Moss in the greenhouse
John Cass
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I trust by now you will have potted on your trays of seedlings. The moss should not have been too detrimental. To avoid a repeat occurrence I recommend cleaning the greenhouse including the glass/flooring and using fresh compost. It is rather difficult to complete this task without first removing the plants. I tend to use Jeyes Fluid but I do not have moss. With plants in situ you are obliged to carefully wipe the glass with a cloth dipped in the fluid and wrung out. If you just want to treat the moss I would swap the Jeyes Fluid for "Wet & Forget". Good luck this year.
Posted: Monday 2nd of December 2019 05:32 PM
Moss in the greenhouse
Kathleen Old
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I successfully generated several trays of seeds. However when I looked yesterday they were covered in green moss? They are in the greenhouse and we have had some very cold weather. I live in North Northumberland. What can I do?
Posted: Thursday 4th of January 2018 09:42 AM Last reply: Friday 28th of February 2025 02:21 PM
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Greenhouse gardener by Anne Swithinbank. I find this very informative and a good read anyway
Posted: Wednesday 10th of August 2016 08:24 AM
Re: What can I grow with grape vine in my greenhouse?
ELAINE HUTSON
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I have what I call a conservatory, the temperature drops to 30 degrees Fahrenheit in winter and climbs to 90 degrees in summer, I don't heat it. The plants I grow in it are clivia minata, bird of paradise,oleander and a cymbidium orchid. I keep them dry from end of Sept. onwards, check on them occasionally to see if they look good. Bring them out of their dormancy end of Feb, fertilize and start watering.
Posted: Thursday 7th of April 2016 01:51 AM
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I have two mature grape vines that I inherited in my greenhouse. I believe that tomatoes and cucumbers need different requirements so what else can I grow along side the vines?
Posted: Tuesday 15th of September 2015 12:56 PM Last reply: Friday 28th of February 2025 02:34 AM
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Hi, Chris,
There is a great article here on Shoot entitled A simple guide to propagation that should help.
All the best,
Kathy C
There is a great article here on Shoot entitled A simple guide to propagation that should help.
All the best,
Kathy C
Posted: Wednesday 20th of May 2015 05:17 PM
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Hi all, I am pretty new to gardening, I love trying to grow plants from seeds put must admit I am incredibly hit and miss. I believe this might in part be due to using regular compost instead of things such as cutting compost, vermiculite, perlite, sand etc. As you can probably tell I am a bit clueless - which of these things (or others) would you say I should make sure I have in my greenhouse? Thanks all
Posted: Tuesday 19th of May 2015 07:12 PM Last reply: Saturday 1st of March 2025 09:19 AM
Re: Help to identify a plant please
Shoot User
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feeble guess - but is it an avocado? Though, would have thought it was too cold.
Posted: Monday 16th of February 2015 03:33 PM
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wonder if you can help me identify this plant which is about 5 foot tall growing in my son's greenhouse. He moved into the house a year ago and we have been unable to identify it. There have not been any flowers or fruit on it. At first we thought it was a walnut tree but its leaves have stayed on it over winter. It is not a heated greenhouse.
Thank you for any help you can give.
Thank you for any help you can give.
Posted: Monday 16th of February 2015 01:40 PM Last reply: Saturday 1st of March 2025 07:30 AM
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Greenhouse is the best method to protect your garden from the harsh weather. Polytunnels are less expensive as compare to the greenhouses.
Posted: Monday 29th of December 2014 11:19 AM
Re: Recommended book for greenhouse growing
Janice Wood
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"Be your own greenhuse expert" by Dr D.G. Hessayon has got to be one of the best.
Posted: Wednesday 6th of November 2013 10:21 AM
Recommended book for greenhouse growing
Shoot User
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Hello all - We've just bought a second-hand greenhouse which we'll be installing ready for next spring - we hope!! Can anyone recommend a book specifically on greenhouse growing that I could use as a reference bible? Is the 'Garden Expert' any good or maybe Alan Titchmarshe's version? Any others? Thank you!
Posted: Sunday 6th of October 2013 05:05 PM Last reply: Friday 28th of February 2025 11:10 AM
Re: Cucumber probs in greenhouse
Shoot User
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We also have problems growing cucumbers. We have 2 separate plants, one produces lovely cucumbers but the other produces horrible bitter ones. Is this just because they are different varieties or are we doing something wrong? Can anyone help?
Posted: Thursday 8th of August 2013 02:19 PM
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I can see other questions on this but no real answers. My cucumbers have gone from lush green to this mottled look in less than a week. I see it most years but since last year I have thoroughly cleaned and smoke bombed. I have used un punctured grow bags this year and watered well and consistently but have had to resort to tap water over the past 10 days. I think it's not soli borne. So related to the watering, or insect related. In past years this rapidly develops leaving crisp shrivelled leaves.
Posted: Saturday 20th of July 2013 12:08 PM Last reply: Saturday 1st of March 2025 09:40 AM
Re: ipad
mrs finch
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i do not know which version of safari the ipad has. the safari works fine on the laptop, when you click to edit the plan you can see it loading up, but on the iPad it does not load. did you test it on an ipad or on a computer?
Posted: Saturday 13th of July 2013 04:58 PM
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Hi again, I just tested on Safari Version 6.0.2 (7536.26.17). All works OK. Please see attached screenshot
Which version of Safari are you using? We can test it here too for you. Thanks Nicola
Which version of Safari are you using? We can test it here too for you. Thanks Nicola
Posted: Saturday 13th of July 2013 03:01 PM Last reply: Saturday 13th of July 2013 03:10 PM
ipad
mrs finch
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i realise there is not an ap for shoot. but i thought if i accessed my acoount on safari i could update my garden plan on the iPad. but when i go to the garden design page it is just blank. Checked on the laptop that i was looking in the right place. any suggestions
Posted: Saturday 13th of July 2013 08:52 AM Last reply: Saturday 1st of March 2025 11:47 AM
Re: install a greenhouse
Shoot User
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Hi. We inherited a greenhouse when we bought this house ... for some strange reason the previous owners had sited it directly on the lawn, and in doing so created a no go area which had become overgrown with nettles and brambles ... when we later cleared it we found a "Marjories Seedling" plum tree totally overgrown with bramble and bindweed .. obviously fairly young as it still had the nursery tag on. We decided to resite the greenhouse to create one wall of the vegetable garden, which we had cleared by letting our new flock of hens live in for a few months .. they took almost everything out for us! A local handyman/builder marked out a slab just slightly larger than the greenhouse frame and created a reinforced concrete base. We removed & numbered every sheet of glass, then three of us carried the frame to its new position, where it was screwed to the concrete and all the glass replaced. We rigged up a large water butt to collect the rain from the roof of the greenhouse and that has been largely sufficient to keep plants topped up. It has been very productive and is full of tomatoes, gherkins and courgette plants at the moment. We returfed the area of the lawn where it had stood and 2 years on, it looks as if it's always been where it is now.
Posted: Sunday 26th of May 2013 09:39 AM
Re: install a greenhouse
Valerie Munro
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I think that the first task is for you to find the best possible place for your greenhouse - and this may sound a silly thing to say. Possibly you have already chosen the site, but is it in the shade of over hanging tree branches, and therefore will be quite dark for much of the day? On the other hand, in the height of summer (assuming that we will have one!), sitting in the full blast of the midday sun's excessive heat may also cause difficulties.
The next step is for you to measure the area and then select the biggest greenhouse that you can accommodate there and can afford - the larger it is the lower the cost will be per sq m of running it.
Then think about how you might be heating your greenhouse in winter - perhaps being built close to a source of electricity might save you angst later.
Having decided exactly what greenhouse, and where it is to go, then you should get your appropriate concrete base laid before you build the glasshouse itself. A completely flat surface is needed to avoid any future 'twisting' of the framework which would then result in windows cracking or, worse still, popping out.
Perhaps you could also think about allowing some space around the structure so that you can have easy access to cleaning all of the windows.
If you can find someone who can lay down the base, and also put it up for you once the concrete has set, then I would encourage you to accept the offer. My husband and I spend many miserable hours trying to re-assemble a second hand greenhouse, and I will never do that again - it was amazing that we are still speaking today!
Good luck!
The next step is for you to measure the area and then select the biggest greenhouse that you can accommodate there and can afford - the larger it is the lower the cost will be per sq m of running it.
Then think about how you might be heating your greenhouse in winter - perhaps being built close to a source of electricity might save you angst later.
Having decided exactly what greenhouse, and where it is to go, then you should get your appropriate concrete base laid before you build the glasshouse itself. A completely flat surface is needed to avoid any future 'twisting' of the framework which would then result in windows cracking or, worse still, popping out.
Perhaps you could also think about allowing some space around the structure so that you can have easy access to cleaning all of the windows.
If you can find someone who can lay down the base, and also put it up for you once the concrete has set, then I would encourage you to accept the offer. My husband and I spend many miserable hours trying to re-assemble a second hand greenhouse, and I will never do that again - it was amazing that we are still speaking today!
Good luck!
Posted: Sunday 10th of March 2013 11:48 AM Last reply: Sunday 10th of March 2013 11:50 AM
install a greenhouse
dorothy
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hi, i retire in a few months time and want to grow my own salad items. i prefer to have a greenhouse on a solid base as my garden is quite waterlogged. do i have the base laid and then set the greenhouse on top at some point or have a contractor do the whole job while the base concrete isnt set?. thank you.
Posted: Friday 8th of March 2013 11:04 AM Last reply: Sunday 2nd of March 2025 01:53 AM
Re: Foxgloves
Shoot User
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Need to leave it a few more weeks, so long as good growth I would plant them out into ground first week of Spring around 25th March. Frost is the main concern for young plants but if you have a sheltered spot to plant them in you could erect a fleece frame around them and they will be ok too. @hawky79
Posted: Thursday 28th of February 2013 02:21 PM Last reply: Thursday 28th of February 2013 02:27 PM
Foxgloves
Shoot User
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I have a lot of Foxglove 'Alba' plants in my greenhouse now which were sown from seed last year. They have done well over the winter and are looking healthy. Can anyone tell me if it's still too early to plant them out in the garden now? I'd like to make room in my greenhouse for other seeds if possible.
Thanks
Thanks
Posted: Thursday 28th of February 2013 11:22 AM Last reply: Saturday 1st of March 2025 08:23 AM