Hello Nicole. The materials cost about $75.00. It more than pays for itself in the first year. Eventually the plastic sheeting needs to be replaced. I've been able to use the same plastic sheeting for two years.
Hi Margaret I am new to this, and bought a green house hubby put together. Thought I would put on my deck and put seeds in things. It gets very hot on deck. I am wondering if I am too late to seed now as its June but we have hot weather until October. I was just going to grow everything in some flat tubs or roasting pans.. what are your thoughts because you said you will plant later too and I am wondering about that..
What zone are you in? How cold does it get during the winter? I'm in the Great White North (Zone 5) and most winters are horrible with subzero temps and lots of snow. Thanks Tim
Hi DJMovit. I'm in zone 6, though some winters here are more like zone 5. The greenhouse definitely allows me to grow cool weather vegetables (cabbage family, spinach, lettuce, carrots, beets, chard, -- plants that can handle some frosty temperatures) in winter months. The greenhouse must be in place before the ground freezes, so soil remains workable. I think this approach would work in zone 5 as well.
Hi T.J., The sun warms the air in the greenhouse during the day and the plastic shell keeps the air warmer than outside temperatures at night. You can't grow non-frost tolerant plants like tomatoes and cucumbers, etc. unless the greenhouse is heated. However, many plants can handle slight freezing conditions -- the plants you see in this video, for example are good choices for winter growing.
I have some questions, so can you grow plant (vegetable) in Vancouver BC Canada in winter? and also how can these plants SURVIVE the cold, seens most of them are summer plants? sorry stupid question. I'm new to planting
+Dan Serevi I think in Vancouver you can probably grow plants in a greenhouse in winter -- but they would have to be plants that can withstand a little frost, The plants in this video are a good sample to choose from. You can plant seeds in January in the greenhouse and the seeds will sprout when the soil temperature is right for them. This way you're getting the earliest start.
After posting my first question, I searched and discovered I live in zone 9B, average 25 - 35 degrees F. Is one able to grow squash, asparagus, cabbage in a small green house? Or can you direct me to a more appropriate place for this type of question? Thanks!
Hello Irideon. If you live in zone 9, which doesn't experience the threat of frosts for too many weeks, there's probably not much need for a greenhouse. Asparagus is a perennial vegetable and dormant during the winter, so it doesn't need a greenhouse. It would be fine to plant cabbage in a green house, but it wouldn't gain you much time since it likes cool weather and seed could be sowed outdoors in late January, February in your area. You could probably start hot weather vegetables like squash tomatoes, etc. earlier in a greenhouse (perhaps in March?), though you'd have to uncover the plastic shell pretty early in the year, before it got too hot inside the greenhouse. I have a friend with a greenhouse in zone 9. She plants lettuce, spinach, carrots, beets, kale inside and it's eating greens from it by March and root crops by April.
hi, I have a small one rack greenhouse but it gets to hot, like 50c hot. do you use your in summer and at what temp do you grow in it. I know that the prose is to raise the co2 and heat for winter.
+Enrique Goitia My greenhouse has a plastic cover that I remove in the warm weather. I also drape it with shade cloth in the summer and also grow vine crops like cucumbers on the side for some more shade.
Hi Jon In the summer, I drape trellis netting on the east and north side of the greenhouse plant cucumbers and melons in any open soil and guide the cucumber and melon plants onto the netting.
Sorry, I never got back to you. I was developing a little e-book on this topic exactly when you asked. If you want directions for building an easy hoop house or gabled greenhouse from PVC pipes, e-mail me at margaret.park2@gmail.com. I think I've discovered the easiest way to cover these structures with plastic sheeting without having to install a door.
TY for posting, great information on what to grow and when. thanks.
Hello Nicole. The materials cost about $75.00. It more than pays for itself in the first year. Eventually the plastic sheeting needs to be replaced. I've been able to use the same plastic sheeting for two years.
Very nice.
Hi Margaret
I am new to this, and bought a green house hubby put together. Thought I would put on my deck and put seeds in things. It gets very hot on deck. I am wondering if I am too late to seed now as its June but we have hot weather until October. I was just going to grow everything in some flat tubs or roasting pans.. what are your thoughts because you said you will plant later too and I am wondering about that..
What zone are you in? How cold does it get during the winter? I'm in the Great White North (Zone 5) and most winters are horrible with subzero temps and lots of snow.
Thanks
Tim
Hi DJMovit. I'm in zone 6, though some winters here are more like zone 5. The greenhouse definitely allows me to grow cool weather vegetables (cabbage family, spinach, lettuce, carrots, beets, chard, -- plants that can handle some frosty temperatures) in winter months. The greenhouse must be in place before the ground freezes, so soil remains workable. I think this approach would work in zone 5 as well.
How does it stay warm in the winter? Definitely going to look for your book!
Hi T.J., The sun warms the air in the greenhouse during the day and the plastic shell keeps the air warmer than outside temperatures at night. You can't grow non-frost tolerant plants like tomatoes and cucumbers, etc. unless the greenhouse is heated. However, many plants can handle slight freezing conditions -- the plants you see in this video, for example are good choices for winter growing.
I have some questions, so can you grow plant (vegetable) in Vancouver BC Canada in winter? and also how can these plants SURVIVE the cold, seens most of them are summer plants? sorry stupid question. I'm new to planting
+Dan Serevi I think in Vancouver you can probably grow plants in a greenhouse in winter -- but they would have to be plants that can withstand a little frost, The plants in this video are a good sample to choose from. You can plant seeds in January in the greenhouse and the seeds will sprout when the soil temperature is right for them. This way you're getting the earliest start.
Watch my featured video "Look At How Much Food Can Be Grown In A Small Space" to see the continuing greenhouse crop in August.
After posting my first question, I searched and discovered I live in zone 9B, average 25 - 35 degrees F. Is one able to grow squash, asparagus, cabbage in a small green house? Or can you direct me to a more appropriate place for this type of question? Thanks!
Hello Irideon. If you live in zone 9, which doesn't experience the threat of frosts for too many weeks, there's probably not much need for a greenhouse. Asparagus is a perennial vegetable and dormant during the winter, so it doesn't need a greenhouse. It would be fine to plant cabbage in a green house, but it wouldn't gain you much time since it likes cool weather and seed could be sowed outdoors in late January, February in your area. You could probably start hot weather vegetables like squash tomatoes, etc. earlier in a greenhouse (perhaps in March?), though you'd have to uncover the plastic shell pretty early in the year, before it got too hot inside the greenhouse. I have a friend with a greenhouse in zone 9. She plants lettuce, spinach, carrots, beets, kale inside and it's eating greens from it by March and root crops by April.
Can you grow squash?
hi, I have a small one rack greenhouse but it gets to hot, like 50c hot. do you use your in summer and at what temp do you grow in it. I know that the prose is to raise the co2 and heat for winter.
+Enrique Goitia My greenhouse has a plastic cover that I remove in the warm weather. I also drape it with shade cloth in the summer and also grow vine crops like cucumbers on the side for some more shade.
+Margaret Park but won't the co2 concentration be less without the plastic? or is it just to hot
Yes. It's just too hot with the plastic cover.
Hello. Do you grow in yoir greenhouse in the summer or just in spring and fall?
Hi Jon In the summer, I drape trellis netting on the east and north side of the greenhouse plant cucumbers and melons in any open soil and guide the cucumber and melon plants onto the netting.
What state do u live in?
so how did you build your Greenhouse?
Sorry, I never got back to you. I was developing a little e-book on this topic exactly when you asked. If you want directions for building an easy hoop house or gabled greenhouse from PVC pipes, e-mail me at margaret.park2@gmail.com. I think I've discovered the easiest way to cover these structures with plastic sheeting without having to install a door.