How to Make a Hotbed - with Mini-Greenhouse
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
- So my greenhouse is unheated and I usually germinate my seeds inside my house and transfer them outside when they are seedlings, but I am running out of room. I thought I would try out making a hotbed, where I fill a small area with horse manure and use the heat generated, as the manure breaks down into compost, to make a little heated greenhouse, within my greenhouse! Join me as I take you through the process of How to Make a Hotbed!
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Great Job. Thanks for the video. We made a hotbed in the greenhouse last year and it worked a treat for germination. Just want to pass on a tip that Charles Dowding sent us about using hotbeds “Just ventilate a bit more than normal in the first week, when they give off ammonia steam which can singe nearby leaves”. What a lovely greenhouse you have too - greenhouse envy ha ha.
Thanks and thanks for the tip!
I've never been keen on having a green house because I didn't want to pay to heat it. Problem solved! Now I want a green house!!
Even without the hotbed, having a greenhouse gives me so much extra flexibility and an extended season.
A think its a great idea and you made it look pretty simple!
It is really, keep it well water when you make it :)
loving the postivity :)
Thanks 😊
Thanks for so many great ideas!
Glad you like them!
Love this idea !!!! Thank you
definitely has been useful and then I use the compost that is made, as a mulch :)
You are hilarious......well done...cant wait to see if this works 😅😅
Thanks and it definitely did work :)
Beautiful scenery in your area!
Healthy farmyard smell, great to clear the sinuses out, LOL..it all sounds like a win win to me Steve..
Actually, I have just been in this morning and it hardly smells at all!
Looks great Steve, I will be interested to see your results. I am so envious of your proximity to the sea. stay safe x
-6C outside this morning and 0C in my new hotbed mini greenhouse. The hot bed itself hasn’t even really kicked in yet, The manure has only just got to 22C and I expect it to get up to 50C. So things are hotting up 😀😅
I appreciate these videos. Thank you.
Thanks Brittany :)
So clever!!
Thank you 😊
I love you r videos great greenhouse keep up the good work
Thank you for your kind comment 😀
Thank you! Another video I can forward to hubby :D
Great stuff 😀
Nice job i really must dedigitate and get building a green house I've loads of pallets and even windows that i collected from a double glazing firm and this has been an inspiration not very good at tec stuff but I'll try and send a photo or two
That would be great to see!
Always enjoy your very interesting videos
Thankyou Susan, that is always nice to hear. I am always worrying that I am missing the mark as my views don't seem to be going up much, so it is nice to hear your comment :)
@@TheOptimisticGardener Yes I noticed that and find it really odd because you have so many good and inexpensive ideas.. Anyway please keep up the good work
Do you have all the walls of your hotbed protected with poly? What gauge? What about the floor? I think it is brilliant. Also liked the passive heat storage w black buckets & 4L milk jugs.
Yes, well I have the three fixed sides protected with plastic that you use as a membrane on walls in the house, sorry can't remember the gauge
Thanks so much for the great, informative vids! Living near Halifax I have a problem with RATS using my compost as a takeout!🥡🐀
That can be a problem, my compost heap is at the back of my garden, but I have seen a rat or two there. As long as you aren't putting cooked food, etc. they shouldn't be too much of a problem.
And thanks for your kind comment :)
@@TheOptimisticGardener No cooked food; they run off with egg shells, pieces of carrot, etc... lol
@@TheMrewer as long as they run off!!
It's worse if they nest in the compost.
excellent hot bed. Just be careful when the time comes to use on your garden as well rotted down compost, because the salt content in the seaweed.
So I am going to slightly push back on your comment about the salt in seaweed. Seaweed doesn't really contain any salt or much sodium, but a ton of beneficial minerals. I use seaweed as a mulch all the time and never wash it beforehand, I even actually grow potatoes directly in seaweed ( see my Growing Potatoes in Seaweed videos). In both instances I never have a problem. Seaweed is an absolutely fantastic garden resource. You can wash it first if you really want, but it is entirely unnecessary :)
@@TheOptimisticGardener Yes its true, people living on the coastline of the UK have been growing vegetables in seaweed for thousands of years. A place near where I live "Filey Brigg" is a long narrow peninsula that sticks out from the shore with 20 meter cliffs. People were living here 4000 years ago using seaweed.
I see Spring Mix at grocery store, what are they? My pet parrot likes some of the greens. Spring has arrived South Alberta, still soggy though.
Usually spinach, arugula, and young salad leaves from a variety of different lettuce
@@TheOptimisticGardener I sometimes cook them and add to meal. My pet parrot likes some of the greens.
Interested in the results...hope the heat is ongoing until May.
Three days in and the hot bed is up to 43C/110F and the mini greenhouse was at 7C this morning when it was -2C outside :)
@@TheOptimisticGardener impressive....how much heat can be generated over how long of a period.So many possibilities !!
What humidity level do you have after you put that plastic foil on seeds?
Not sure if the exact, but it does get quite humid
That's ingenious! You've made a mini hoop house! It might be wiffey, but it will be the smell of success.
Hopefully 😀