New pallet greenhouse

That is excellent news. Absolute must to get as much sunlight as possible. The more sun, the more to eat! We took a beautiful oak and a big white birch out for my garden. They shaded the garden and sucked moisture and food out of the ground. We are still surrounded by trees so no big loss. Just big tomatoes!

 

For groins....??? Lol...Just funning with ya....

 

Pete I dont want to hijack but I figured I'd share the hoop house I built 2 years ago. It was 17x34 and I put in a wood stove to heat the early spring nights if there was danger of frost.



Last year with the addition of the 2 leased acres I did not grow a garden in the yard so I used the hoop house to harden off my seedlings. I built a rectangle out of hay bales and filled the area with fresh horse manure. The manure gave off an incredible amount of heat to keep the seedlings protected on cold nights. I did not have to use any type of heating mat or cable.

 

I'm sorry, that is the GD spell check thing doing that. Sometimes, it can be down right embarrassing.

 

Nice. My grandfather told me about building a cold frame and having it over four feet of horse manure. The heat from the decaying manure kept the seedlings safe from frost.

 

I didn't point that out to embarrass you, sorry... it just struck me funny at the time...

 

Its all good. No hurt feelings. I saw that misspelling after it was too late to edit it. Oh well!

 

You may know this already, but in case you don't, do not use any heat in a greenhouse that is from a non vented device such as a portable k-1 heater, or nonvented gas heater. The fumes severely weaken and kill the plants. The soil heating cables work well, but don't let the soil dry out. The peat moss in it can catch on fire from the cables.
I would love to grow tomatoes in a hoop house. I have found in those grown in the greenhouse avoid the blight. There are problems unique to greenhouses, but the are easier to address than blight.

 

I am thinking of making a greenhouse. I grow tomatoes and hot peppers mostly outside in my garden. Peas, beans, Italian parsley, are others I grow. I can my peppers and I know they could grow better and yield more with a greenhouse. Also, if I could keep my tropical plants in it over winter, my wife would love it. But, I have this winter thing I'd have to content with to keep trial pants wood and happy in the winter.

 

Google hoop house, you will see all sizes and multiple construction. Even better, do a search on YouTube. It can be costly or cheap. Generally a three season thing. When you go into your greenhouse in march and it is 90 f and all matter of things green start growing, you will fill so much better. Fill multiple milk jugs with water, paint them black and put them in any vacant space. They give heat back at night. Also a second layer of plastic inside will do a lot to limit radient heat loss. Start off with cool season things like most greens. When you can keep the ground temp 50 or above, do the tomatoes peppers cukes etc. Sometimes you can make a smaller greenhouse in the larger one so you don't have to heat the hole thing. Keep fans going. Dampening off can kill all your seedlings in one night. The moving air usually stops that.

 

Will do. I'm sure I'll have questions though. Don't mind me if I ask a stupid question, or 3.

 

No problem. Also all the others here will jump in with their experiences. You can sort it out from there. Conditions very from area to area. Some things hold true for all. We have a member, bogydave in Alaska will plant very differently than billb3 in Massachusetts. Both content with very different growing conditions. Go to the thread, "Gardening" for some growing stories.
Larry