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Growing Crops in Your Greenhouse
Greenhouses are great for starting seeds and hardening off seedlings. But no matter where you live, you can use your greenhouse to grow your favorite vegetables, too!
Heat-lovers like tomatoes and peppers are best suited for greenhouse growing. In my greenhouse, I built a planter (pictured) that runs the full length of the structure. My tomatoes and bell peppers have never been happier--especially since we're having an unseasonably cool spring in our already temperate Pacific Northwest.
If you want to try growing veggies in your greenhouse, here are a few additional tips:
- Use a soaker hose for watering. Ditch the overhead sprinkler. Wet foliage is a petri dish for pathogens.
- Install a fan. Even heat-loving plants might get a little too hot under the collar if you can't exhaust excess heat.
- Get ready to pitch in. Pollinators such as bees might have trouble finding their way inside to do their job. Buy some cotton swabs in case you need to help by gently transferring pollen from one blossom to another.
By Jason Miller
Jason Miller is a freelance writer and master gardener from Concrete, Washington.
Greenhouses.net
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Instruction Languages
Question:
If you require to have your information in Spanish. many installers do not read or understand English sufficiently and having the instructions in their language could be a benefit to you, your client and to them. Also on sales you make into Spanish speaking countries, having the commercial literature as well as your site plus the installation instructions could be a marketing plus.
Answer:
We currently do not have our instructions in Spanish. Our instructions are mainly pictorial to cover all languages. We will keep your name on file.
GardenPro
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Roof Vent
Question:
The roof vent on our lean-to greenhouse is sagging on one side
Answer:
Please try some WD-40 in the hinge area. Hopefully that does the trick. If you are still having troubles, give me a call next week and we will send you out another top piece of your window vent.
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Choosing a greenhouse
Question:
Which greenhouse for under $1000 that has the highest wind resistance? The area we live in can occasionally get gusts up to 80 mph. Is there a way to strengthen the frame? Are the windows strong enough for that? I appreciate all the information you can give.
Answer:
I would suggest the Juliana Basic 600 for the best greenhouse under $1000. 80 mph winds will do damage on the majority of greenhouses. You may have to strengthen the frame will aluminum supports. I would also suggest the greenhouse site (if possible) to be somewhat protected near a house, fence or garage.