Allotments 4 All
Produce => Under Glass => Topic started by: Garden Manager on August 22, 2010, 15:45:13
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I was looking around a place selling greenhouses yesterday (spending imaginary funds on my dream greenhouse! ;D), and it got me wondering what was the average/most common greenhouse size amongst amateur gardeners.
I personally have a 6' by 6' structure that i am currently finding a bit small for my needs and am wishing (as we all do) that i had a bigger one.
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I have a 8x6, ans so do 2 other plot holders, 1 plotholder has a 6x6.
I find my greenhouse too small, but don't know how big would be big enough, as I will always want a bit more.....
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I have an;
8' x 6' 10' x8' 12' x8' and a 28' x 8' from these I would reccommend the 12' x 8' as it is more versatile.
Only the 10' x 8' is heated as this is at home and it is the one I do all my propagating in.
A lot depends upon what you plan on growing in it! I grow very little in my 10' x 8'
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I have a 6x8 and now wish I had a bigger greenhouse :'(
My brother-in-law told me to get bigger and I had to admit to him that I wished I had taken his advice. I dont have enough room for everthing I want to grow. I wish I had two one for propagating and one for growing my toms and cukes etc.
Get as big as you can afford and as big as you have the space !! :)
Duke
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6 x 8ft at home
6 x 8ft at plot 1
6 x 8ft at plot 2
6 x 12ft also at plot 2
They all get filled too, though the larger one is predominantly for seedlings and potting on. Although I do put a few extra sweet pepper plants in there.
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6 x 8ft at home
6 x 8ft at plot 1
6 x 8ft at plot 2
6 x 12ft also at plot 2
They all get filled too, though the larger one is predominantly for seedlings and potting on. Although I do put a few extra sweet pepper plants in there.
Ok, now I am jealous :D 8)
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I have a 6x8 and now wish I had a bigger greenhouse :'(
My brother-in-law told me to get bigger and I had to admit to him that I wished I had taken his advice. I dont have enough room for everthing I want to grow. I wish I had two one for propagating and one for growing my toms and cukes etc.
Get as big as you can afford and as big as you have the space !! :)
Duke
I totaly agree duke, i could do with a gh for propagation and one for growing. Trying to do both in one small gh is tricky to say the least.
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I've got..
1x 6x8
1x 8x10
1x 8x20
1x 10x20 tunnel
...and some how you never have enough room for those few more things that you want to grow..and yet you always manage to squeeze another 'new' tomato..to try ::) ;D
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Hi
For years i had greenhouse envy and had a small fleet of mini greenhouses each one could take 2 tomatoes or 4 chillies! they did really well becuase each one had different conditions.
Now this year i finally bought my first house and built a plastic 14ft by 8. Fabulous.
Id say any wider and the things at the back get a bit mildewed and forgotton.
A good tip though is to have a bench that has a slatted or grid top that lets a bit of light in below with slatted shelves on top or even a row of minis inside so that you can basically have extra storage and shelf space . basically build up This works great for things you can grow in pots, chillies , plum tomatoes, aubergines carrots, spring onion salad, and all your seed trays in the winter. also you can grow things like cucumber in a corner by training them upwards onto the ridge same with grapes and to some extent melons. and put shade tolerators under the bench this is ususally my house plants in the summer.
The other thing is whatever size you get stick a couple of rows of bricks under , its a total pain to build a foundation but this will give you more space to grow upwards. This is what i did with my new greenhouse and it means that i can stand up to work in the eaves and have more shelves- of course watering can be a bit challeneging and you often get a stream down your arm!
good luck with yours what every size it is, some of my best crops came out of the minis!
x sunloving
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One 8ft*10ft one 16ft*16ft greenhouse and a 20ft*10ft `Solar` tunnel
And still not enough to grow everything ;D
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Allotment & greenhouse envy attack coming on fast ;) ;D ;D ;D.
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greenhouse envy attack coming on fast
WARNING-greenhouses are addictive. "I thought I could handle it,but one was not enough. Yes I do not sleep well when frost is predicted ,and in the summer I lay awake at nights worrying if red spider might could steal in"
You have been warned ;D
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i have a 10 x 10 high eve greenhouse at home that i heat and have raised beds with soil warming cables in them that are removable when i need to plant the boarders and a 6 x 8 on the lottie but i maybe getting a 16 x 8 to also put on the lottie.
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Allotment & greenhouse envy attack coming on fast ;) ;D ;D ;D.
ditto !!!
Good info about thinking and building upwards to use the space Sunloving
1066 :)
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I have really missed not having access to the "big" greenhouse this year. I have to walk past it every day and all there is in it are a few self set tomatoes sprawling about... :'(
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That's sad Saddad. What a waste. Can anything be done?
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I'm intending to stand again at the AGM... and get back in...
I wouldn't mind so much if they had used the season to do some maintenance on it... or I would have looked out and planted it up if they had asked.. :-X
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Good luck Saddad. When is the AGM.
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December... or late November if they manage... too late for this season really. I won't put over winter stuff in as it interferes with the run up to the plant sales... :-\
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Hmmm. Was thinking I could probably squeeze a small greenhouse in the new veg plot when I do it next year. Now thinking I really need to get out there with the tape measure and figure out whether I can squeeze a huge one in ::)
You lot are a bad influence ;D
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oh dont,ive been torturing myself looking at greenhouse/summerhouse porn on line of late! since we got our second half plot i have been dreaming of a wooden greenhouse,seen one for two grand! and no i wont post the link,im not that cruel!
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I'm off at the weekend to pick up a second hand 20x10 Robinsons. Cost is 300 quid plus fuel from Swindon to Essex plus I'll have to camp there a couple of days I expect..... but well worth it when you think what those things cost. It'll be replacing the 14x6 poytunnel I had this year which will be moving to my allotment.... hopefully I'll have enough space but muyst put some thought into an autowatering rig for the polytunnel, Glastonbury generally eats a week of my life in June....
chrisc
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i have been given 2 greenhouses, so any tips on dismantling and putting back together would be appreciated. i don't know the size of these greenhouses but i intent to put them up side by side and leave the glass out of the 2 sides to create a big greenhouse.
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Take notes and pictures before you dismantle-they look simple but when it comes to putting them back up you will be glad you did.
I`m not quite sure how you intend to put them side by side-will there not be two apexes? and a problem with guttering the middle?. End to end if you can fix them together* I just about envisage. (I have been sat here doodling to see :) )
*Assuming they are the same size and the whole area is completely level
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I have an 8' x 6' at home which I use for seedlings and the like and then eventually the overspill of tomatoes, then I have the 25 x 12 polytunnel which is my main (provider) and is brill!
My friend bought a secondhand wooden greenhouse which must be about 15 x 12 and it is fantastic - the glass is all toughened glass and I am soooooooo jealous of it. But that would cost in the region of £5,000 and would not be anywhere near any budget of mine!!
O B
;D
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I have a 6 by 8 for seedlings and propagation, also a 50foot by 16 foot polytunnel for growing and growing on plants, flowers as well as a outdoor plot.
Greenhouse big enough for job I want but small for anything other than propagation
Keene2
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i have been given 2 greenhouses, so any tips on dismantling and putting back together would be appreciated. i don't know the size of these greenhouses but i intent to put them up side by side and leave the glass out of the 2 sides to create a big greenhouse.
Two greenhouse person here, 8 x 6 & 8 x 10. :)
The smaller one was already in the garden but the larger one we dismantled at a friend's garden.
Just a couple of tips echoing Cleo's advice
1) Thick black felt pen, number the uprights, door and roof beams (I even did the glass too!)
2) Take pictures from all angles showing the numbers in situ
3) New glass clips are an essential
If you can erect them as separate greenhouses it will be much better in the long run, maybe have the doors facing each other. A nasty outbreak in the entry greenhouse will transfer to the back one very easily.
Ninny
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I have room for a 10x8 greenhouse in the garden we have even ran ducting under the path to bring power to the greenhouse however i have had to shelve the plans as i cant get planning permission. Last application was rejected saying i had the plans in the wrong colours and a suggestion i get an architect !!
Unlikely i will get it now till after christmas - when do the sales start for greenhouses' ?
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I have an antisocial (only room for me ;D)8'x4' greenhouse with no heat. I start seeds off in my house and move them out to the greenhouseafter germination. I would dearly love a bigger one with light and heat, but that's never likely to happen now.
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I have a 11x8 greenhouse made with hardwood double glazed units which is 8ft tall sloping down too 7ft,but after finishing building new shed will be extending ,even though have just been given a brand new 6x6 frame still in the box not sure what to do with this yet probably erect this as well
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I have room for a 10x8 greenhouse in the garden we have even ran ducting under the path to bring power to the greenhouse however i have had to shelve the plans as i cant get planning permission. Last application was rejected saying i had the plans in the wrong colours and a suggestion i get an architect !!
Unlikely i will get it now till after christmas - when do the sales start for greenhouses' ?
Why do you need planning permission?.... It's a horticultural building, until it hits 30 square metres or occupies more than half the plot or is closer than 5m to the main house then it doesn't need anything (the power will need building regs though)
chrisc
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Like emaggie I have an antisocial - in fact, barely room for me at the height of the season- 4' wide greenhouse. It's 12' long; which fits the space at the end of the drive. It's quite efficient with pots/growbags down each side and just room for a 5'2" little'un to squeeze down the path in the middle.
I'm lucky too because it has electricity. ;D
But I still have polytunnel or huge greenhouse envy ;)