My young plants are still indoors and I really need them to go in the greenhouse but I have no heating in there. Would fleece protect them enough if there was a frost? I have mainly tomatoes, chillies and peppers.
I think these plants want a minimum temperature of around 40°F (4°C)
Have you access to any bread trays?
I find I can get around 60 x 3" pots in these and they are handy for moving batches of plants around.
What is on mind is: you could carry your plants out to the greenhouse and leave them there if you can keep them at around 40°F then if you get a frost warning you could quickly fetch them indoors again!
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I have been looking at the pictures I added and they appear to be jumbled up is anyone else finding this?
I do this with stuff that is in my coldframe if I get a frost warning!
Tee Gee, thanks for your reply.
My plants are in 3inch pots within large trays so I could easily move them. I do have some large bread trays but I may struggle carrying them.
The house is a long way from the greenhouse but the summerhouse is nearer so I could transfer the plants to there if a frost is threatened.
The summerhouse is well insulated with loft insulation between the concrete base and wooden floor. The doors are double glazed, so it never gets too cold in there. It also has electricity so I could put in a thermostatic fan heater.
What worries me is that I may miss a frost forecast or the weather forecasters get it wrong. Rather than risking the greenhouse then, I may take a tray of peppers into the summerhouse and move the dining table so it is infront of the glass doors. Whether my OH will allow me to do this is another question!
My peppers and chillies are about ten inches to 1 ft high and look very healthy. There are even buds showing now. I don't normally have them as advanced as this until much later in the season but this year I started them off in a propogator and then moved them to my newly concocted light box.
What sort of heater do you have in your greenhouse TeeGee?