Hi, new viewer here. Just some kind info: brown generally means not enough water , yellow means too much water. Leaves that is. Congratulations on your greenhouse! I'm 55 ans have my first greenhouse in the packing box in my garage waiting to be put up 😁
My formula for rescuing poorly houseplants: 1. Cut off everything that doesn't look like a healthy plant (ie, anything dead, dying, or unhealthy looking). 2. Repot, with plenty of compost and good drainage. If that's the pot the umbrella plant came home from the store in, it's almost certainly rootbound. 3. Water thoroughly & mist/sprinkle leaves (including undersides) until water is dripping off of them. 4. Put somewhere in moderate light & stable-ish temperatures; & water when dry. I also think your umbrella plant might benefit from a humidity tray. Good luck!
For storing compost we use a couple of plastic dustbins; just empty the bag into the bin and done. A scoop stays in the most used one and they can sit outside or inside the greenhouse. These were pinched from the others I use to keep kindling in, these stay in a windier spot so need a bungee to holds the lids on.
When potting into a bigger pot you can put the old pot into the bigger one then fill up the edges with compost. Pull out the original pot and hey presto you have a hole exactly the correct size.
TBF I was waiting for Chicken to add to your compost in the tomato plant bed. Our cats always seem to make a bee-line for any freshly dug or composted border to use as a lit-tray.
It's very satisfying watching getting themselves organised. Not so when you realise that you have a garden to bring back to life after a winter of neglect. Wish I had room for a greenhouse.
Lovely greenhouse. 😊 I've just rehomed an old one (I'm the tender age of 52). I hope we both have a happy first greenhouse year. I think I'd be tempted to try the palm in the greenhouse in the day, then fully over summer
Potting up is always one inch larger than the pot it was removed from. Live in growing zone 6b. I'm waiting to finish installing the panels on my greenhouse. Weather here has been crazy also. On the parlor palm, check the fronds for spider mites and cut out the dead or dying fronds.
Don't overfill your bench Andy with anything permanent ,seedlings now and then it's perfect for growing sweet peppers and chilli's and mini cherry tomatoes as the reality is the greenhouse is way too hot to use in the summer months for potting on ect .If you buy a portable potting on tray you can use that on your garden table .Mine is full to the brim of seedlings at the moment and trays of mixed lettuce we are cutting from weekly .Its hitting 30 degrees in the day but still dropping low at night .
Congratulations on the greenhouse! By the way, when re-potting a root-bound plant, it’s a good thing to sort of loosen the roots on the side of the root ball; gives them a start spreading out into the new soil.
Love that new greenhouse feeling 😁 bit tooo hot to work in very soon 🥵 may I suggest your next project? The Andy Mac potting shed 🛖 the greenhouse is then free for your plants, who like the heat 🫑🍅🥒🍆🌞👌 excellent vlog Andy Lynda zone 9b 🏴🌱
Parlour palms were popular with the Victorians because they thrived in dark terraced houses. If your window is South facing, that will kill it. Loving these videos, and totally jealous about the greenhouse!
Better later than never I never had the time to garden or greenhousing but I do and have for the past 6 years other than volunteering. Good luck to you both it's all trial and error and the rewards are great especially these days and taste very different from buying veg and fruit from the shop. You learn along the way and enjoy the process and if you have kids they too can enjoy it with you.
Andy , put the Palm plant away from direct hot window but still where it gets the light. See if that helps. Also, I would have planted the Umbrella plant into a larger pot.
Agree with you about stickers that stick too well. You probably know this but I've discovered that wiping paper ones with a little olive oil and waiting a while often softens the glue. Slower than other solvent based solutions but it seems so much more satisfactory to keep it food safe...
Brilliant Andy got your green house up and running and as I said before a place for Chicken to have a sunny nap. Roll on spring looks like you are going to be busy planting and watering seedlings, so back to the green house and enjoy it,. Great video Take care
Couldn't agree more about easy-peel stickers! Try watering the palm from the bottom? Let the palm sit in water for 20 mins, drain then don't water again until dry again. Greenhouse looks lovely! Enjoy 😊
Very pleased for you mate, it's great to see you so enthusiastic, there is nothing quite as magical as raising your own plants from seed although there can be bumps in the road to contend with ! Very satisfying to get organised and make some space in the shed by transferring all the garden equipment, and makes the greenhouse feel like it's up and running too. Bench looks great, Mrs Mac doesn't know her own strength ! 💪😉😁 I think I would be putting some sort of rail on the back of the bench to avoidd the frustration of things falling down the back or worse still damaging the glass. One thing you learn very quick with greenhouses is to do every movement in a measured careful way especially with long spit things like canes ! You could put a second water butt to catch the water off the greenhouse and also connect it via a syphon to the bigger one up the garden which will save you plodding up the garden to fill up ! You can get plastic potting trays which are OK, and galvanised ones that start around £30, or I guess you could make one out of timber, although this would be less good if you are planning to leave it with damp compost in it or water it ! A lot of people use the Ikea "Sortera" waste sorting bins for compost etc (I see they have similar in Argos & Dunelm too) I use similar for things like grit, Vermiculite & Perlite but don't now bother for compost as I use that much I'd be forever refilling it. I'm on the look out for a wheeled lidded bin that takes 100L+ of compost but have yet to find the right one !
Looking good there Andy. I agree with your approach of live with something and see what you need rather than fill something up with 'things' - half of which you may never use. Good luck with the parlour palm (my sister had one in her bathroom and it did very well?).
Hi, new viewer here. Just some kind info: brown generally means not enough water , yellow means too much water. Leaves that is. Congratulations on your greenhouse! I'm 55 ans have my first greenhouse in the packing box in my garage waiting to be put up 😁
My formula for rescuing poorly houseplants:
1. Cut off everything that doesn't look like a healthy plant (ie, anything dead, dying, or unhealthy looking).
2. Repot, with plenty of compost and good drainage. If that's the pot the umbrella plant came home from the store in, it's almost certainly rootbound.
3. Water thoroughly & mist/sprinkle leaves (including undersides) until water is dripping off of them.
4. Put somewhere in moderate light & stable-ish temperatures; & water when dry.
I also think your umbrella plant might benefit from a humidity tray.
Good luck!
For storing compost we use a couple of plastic dustbins; just empty the bag into the bin and done. A scoop stays in the most used one and they can sit outside or inside the greenhouse.
These were pinched from the others I use to keep kindling in, these stay in a windier spot so need a bungee to holds the lids on.
When potting into a bigger pot you can put the old pot into the bigger one then fill up the edges with compost. Pull out the original pot and hey presto you have a hole exactly the correct size.
TBF I was waiting for Chicken to add to your compost in the tomato plant bed. Our cats always seem to make a bee-line for any freshly dug or composted border to use as a lit-tray.
It's very satisfying watching getting themselves organised. Not so when you realise that you have a garden to bring back to life after a winter of neglect. Wish I had room for a greenhouse.
Lovely greenhouse. 😊 I've just rehomed an old one (I'm the tender age of 52). I hope we both have a happy first greenhouse year.
I think I'd be tempted to try the palm in the greenhouse in the day, then fully over summer
Watching you pottering in your greenhouse is the next best thing to having a greenhouse of my own... lovely stuff, Andy!
Pottering. Best pastime in the world!
Potting up is always one inch larger than the pot it was removed from. Live in growing zone 6b. I'm waiting to finish installing the panels on my greenhouse. Weather here has been crazy also. On the parlor palm, check the fronds for spider mites and cut out the dead or dying fronds.
Don't overfill your bench Andy with anything permanent ,seedlings now and then it's perfect for growing sweet peppers and chilli's and mini cherry tomatoes as the reality is the greenhouse is way too hot to use in the summer months for potting on ect .If you buy a portable potting on tray you can use that on your garden table .Mine is full to the brim of seedlings at the moment and trays of mixed lettuce we are cutting from weekly .Its hitting 30 degrees in the day but still dropping low at night .
Congratulations on getting your first greenhouse. Now you are a man of the soil. Enjoy the fruits of your labour. Keep well all here.
Congratulations on the greenhouse! By the way, when re-potting a root-bound plant, it’s a good thing to sort of loosen the roots on the side of the root ball; gives them a start spreading out into the new soil.
Love that new greenhouse feeling 😁 bit tooo hot to work in very soon 🥵 may I suggest your next project? The Andy Mac potting shed 🛖 the greenhouse is then free for your plants, who like the heat 🫑🍅🥒🍆🌞👌 excellent vlog Andy
Lynda zone 9b 🏴🌱
For someone who purports not to know what they are doing, it’s looking good. And in what month will you be 50, because you certainly don’t look it 🌞
Parlour palms were popular with the Victorians because they thrived in dark terraced houses. If your window is South facing, that will kill it. Loving these videos, and totally jealous about the greenhouse!
The greenhouse is looking good. I'd rather be in mine right now.
Parlour Palms don't like central heating, they like moist air. Try a bathroom.
Better later than never I never had the time to garden or greenhousing but I do and have for the past 6 years other than volunteering. Good luck to you both it's all trial and error and the rewards are great especially these days and taste very different from buying veg and fruit from the shop. You learn along the way and enjoy the process and if you have kids they too can enjoy it with you.
Andy , put the Palm plant away from direct hot window but still where it gets the light. See if that helps. Also, I would have planted the Umbrella plant into a larger pot.
Another great video-good for the soul!
Agree with you about stickers that stick too well. You probably know this but I've discovered that wiping paper ones with a little olive oil and waiting a while often softens the glue. Slower than other solvent based solutions but it seems so much more satisfactory to keep it food safe...
Have had the exact same issues with my parlor palm ! Seems to be a rather tempermental plant!
Very good. One thing I learnt from my greenhouse is that compost dries out very quickly in there - keep an eye on those bags under the staging!
Brilliant Andy got your green house up and running and as I said before a place for Chicken to have a sunny nap. Roll on spring looks like you are going to be busy planting and watering seedlings, so back to the green house and enjoy it,. Great video Take care
Turning into a right Percy Thrower,you could buy a tape from Gosforth Handyman Andy.👍👍
Couldn't agree more about easy-peel stickers! Try watering the palm from the bottom? Let the palm sit in water for 20 mins, drain then don't water again until dry again. Greenhouse looks lovely! Enjoy 😊
Making me jealous Andy! What a great set up in the greenhouse. Great to see you enjoying life after your hard work!
how exciting
Ooh exciting stuff now the learning really begins you will make mistakes but enjoy it❤
Mega jealous, i so want a greenhouse😊
Very pleased for you mate, it's great to see you so enthusiastic, there is nothing quite as magical as raising your own plants from seed although there can be bumps in the road to contend with !
Very satisfying to get organised and make some space in the shed by transferring all the garden equipment, and makes the greenhouse feel like it's up and running too.
Bench looks great, Mrs Mac doesn't know her own strength ! 💪😉😁
I think I would be putting some sort of rail on the back of the bench to avoidd the frustration of things falling down the back or worse still damaging the glass. One thing you learn very quick with greenhouses is to do every movement in a measured careful way especially with long spit things like canes !
You could put a second water butt to catch the water off the greenhouse and also connect it via a syphon to the bigger one up the garden which will save you plodding up the garden to fill up !
You can get plastic potting trays which are OK, and galvanised ones that start around £30, or I guess you could make one out of timber, although this would be less good if you are planning to leave it with damp compost in it or water it !
A lot of people use the Ikea "Sortera" waste sorting bins for compost etc (I see they have similar in Argos & Dunelm too) I use similar for things like grit, Vermiculite & Perlite but don't now bother for compost as I use that much I'd be forever refilling it. I'm on the look out for a wheeled lidded bin that takes 100L+ of compost but have yet to find the right one !
Looking good there Andy. I agree with your approach of live with something and see what you need rather than fill something up with 'things' - half of which you may never use. Good luck with the parlour palm (my sister had one in her bathroom and it did very well?).
Get yourself a round plastic bin for the compost in the greenhouse
Where did you get that brass handled / Dark Olive Green watering can from 🙏
Never had a greenhouse but we have a conservatory and I’m not sure there would be much difference temperature-wise 😂
Great Video go to a resale shop for a selection of pots Bisi
Te pasa como a mi, lo llenas tanto de cosas que no dejas sitio para las plantas.
I can see you are OCD,the way you have to organise everything