Allotments 4 All
Produce => Under Glass => Topic started by: ohmeohmy07 on June 21, 2013, 13:54:25
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I've just managed to build my greenhouse on my allotment (all stuff from skips - joists and old windows) with a guaranteed "no accurate horizontal or vertical or right-angle". It's a good size: 4mx2.5m. And so far it's holding up despite wind and rain!
I would appreciate advice on what I should build inside and how: shelves etc.
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I would appreciate advice on what I should build inside and how: shelves etc.
A lot depends upon what you plan on growing in it, before you can decide this.
If you are going for some shelving then I would suggest you make it movable!
For example I erect my shelving after the growing season in preparation for the plants I will place on them to harden off the following year, and any plants I shall be over wintering.
Once my new plants are hardened off and planted out I remove the shelving to make way for things such as Tomatoes and Cucumbers and any other plants I will be growing under glass / plastic!
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Agree with Tee Gee, having a flexible system is really useful, I use four of those 4 tier mini greenhouses....in spring they house all my seedlings (with the plastic covers on) before being hardened off, then they go outside as hardening off and direct sowing units, and I put growbags with pots on top for the tomatoes and have one three segment permanent staging with gravel for peppers and chillies. My greenhouse has a tiled floor though, presume you will have at least part as a bed?
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If it was me I'd go with a row of shelving round pretty much the whole thing at around 14" under where the roof line breaks inward, adn another shelf a foot below that... top shelf is for plants in the spring, middle shelf is for storage, and you can still use a decent depth on the floor (or removeable staging), shelves want to be a seed-tray deep, later on you can tie canes to the shelves for extra support and if you put hooks on them you can hang up big-drippa style watering bags too...
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This is how the inside of my greenhouse looks if that is any help!
Can't understand why I didn't link to it in my earlier post
http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Greenhouse%20heating/Greenhouse%20Heating.htm (http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Greenhouse%20heating/Greenhouse%20Heating.htm)