Some of you may remember my previous article on the greenhouse I moved up from my allotment to my back garden if not see here;
https://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,81914.0.htmlGenerally I am quite happy with the results I had although the exceptionally hot summer we had threw up some peculiar events such as elongated tomato plants and the best of the crop appearing at the top of the plants rather than as I would expect at the lower regions of the plants.
My Peppers suffered this year as well;
where I suffered excessive 'blossom end rot' and Spider Mites.
These are both things I never suffered from when the greenhouse was sitting on soil on the allotment rather than the paving flags it is on at home.
The blossom end rot I put down to the more than the usual amount of watering I had to carry out due to the very dry conditions and the low humidity experienced in the greenhouse. With the Spider mites; I put this down to these exceptionally dry conditions being ideal for them.
So this week I have taken steps to overcome these 'very dry conditions' next year by putting in artificial beds!
I have fixed a timber kerb to the floor and filled the space with wood chipping which I can get an unlimited supply off.
My hope is these will always remain damp and increase the humidity within the greenhouse, plus they will render down into a good humus making material by the end of the season when I will replace it with new and add the old to my compost!
Question? What are the odds of us getting a repeat of the conditions next year similar to that experienced this year?
I guess only time will tell! But if we do I hope that my handy work will give me better results than I got this year.
I have added a few photos of my handy work below;