What I did in the Greenhouse or Polytunnel today

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Re: What I did in the Greenhouse or Polytunnel today
« Reply #195 on: February 10, 2015, 23:07 »
Removed last years remains and started to plan !!
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Re: What I did in the Greenhouse or Polytunnel today
« Reply #196 on: February 14, 2015, 15:32 »
Installed the base for the new GH.


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Re: What I did in the Greenhouse or Polytunnel today
« Reply #197 on: February 23, 2015, 18:19 »
Moved the parsley and rosemary onto the heated bench, played musical seed trays (heated bench to kitchen window). I'm leaving the peppers out but bringing in the pepino. Moved the radish off the heat as they're going mad but no sigh as yet of the early toms, chard or salad stuff.

Would be nice to get an afternoon out there to clean up properly, I might even move the bench away from the far end as next doors tree is casting a gloomy shadow over it. There's also the small matter of last years tom pots to empty  :(

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Re: What I did in the Greenhouse or Polytunnel today
« Reply #198 on: March 06, 2015, 15:41 »
Installed top opening vent and auto opener to the new greenhouse...should sort out the overheating problems (it's been up to 35C in there recently)

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Re: What I did in the Greenhouse or Polytunnel today
« Reply #199 on: March 07, 2015, 13:55 »
2 hours of planting seeds - lovely jubbly.
Unheated GH was at 30 degrees C today - shorts and t-shirt weather in the garden (Speedos  in the GH ;-) )

Pip pip,
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Re: What I did in the Greenhouse or Polytunnel today
« Reply #200 on: March 08, 2015, 17:00 »
So behind already  :(

Started to wash the glass on the bottom GH but was absolutely cream crackered after 1 side  :ohmy: It's just no fun to try and get he algae from between the overlapping glass. Seriously thinking of leaving it for now and slowly working my way around taking a section out at a time, washing it and refitting.  :unsure:

Emptied the last dregs of compost into a 20 cell tray so I could start off some tomatoes, getting more has been on the to do list now for nearly 2 weeks everything is on hold now until I do.

I've still got some rhubarb in flower buckets in there , so chanced it and covered 1 to see if I can force it.

Cleaned a few pots and gravel trays and mused over moving the potting bench again as I'm still not happy with the layout.


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Re: What I did in the Greenhouse or Polytunnel today
« Reply #201 on: March 10, 2015, 20:26 »
Still thinking about cleaning the glass ... but after carrying the compost from the car it was never going to happen. Either those bags are getting heavier or Im getting older.

Moved the chard off the heated bench, noticed some of the early sown tomatoes have just germinated  ::) but that's about all.

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Re: What I did in the Greenhouse or Polytunnel today
« Reply #202 on: March 11, 2015, 12:34 »
You all seem to be well in front of me, I have not planted anything yet.
Catherine

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Re: What I did in the Greenhouse or Polytunnel today
« Reply #203 on: March 12, 2015, 22:57 »
Big day today for me as a newby to greenhouse growing.

Built a trough and a three level stage, put in string for toms to grow up and made myself a coffe table haha 8)
its good to get dirty.

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Re: What I did in the Greenhouse or Polytunnel today
« Reply #205 on: March 15, 2015, 16:21 »
It's grey, gloomy and rather cold here today but managed to find some time to spend in the greenhouse. Upped the thermostat on bench to 18C hopefully to keep things around 10C overnight.

Most of the tomatoes (15 varieties) have now germinated, I'll start another tray off next week as a backup.
No sign of the sweetpeas so I've resown those.
The peppers and pepinos now have a few true leaves but I think it's still a little cold for them.
Cell trays of paris island cos, garlic chives, chives , spring onions and valmaine sown.
Mushroom tub of Leek Toledo
Divided up the curly parsley it's not looking too well.

Looked for the pot of mint I had outside but everything now just looks like pots of weeds  ::)

Still pondering about moving the bench ... will have to make a decision soon though as things are filling up in there.

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Re: What I did in the Greenhouse or Polytunnel today
« Reply #206 on: March 15, 2015, 17:59 »
Watered seeds and started potting up the dahlias

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Re: What I did in the Greenhouse or Polytunnel today
« Reply #207 on: March 15, 2015, 18:05 »
Fitted the glass to the greenhouse frame I erected a few weeks ago. All ready for the plants now 😄

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Re: What I did in the Greenhouse or Polytunnel today
« Reply #208 on: March 18, 2015, 18:02 »
Just taken up 24 potted up tomato seedlings to leave in my plot neighbours greenhouse.  Feeling very ignorant, do I now need to go in every morning to open up the door to stop it getting to hot and then return late in the afternoon to close up to protect from the overnight chills?

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Re: What I did in the Greenhouse or Polytunnel today
« Reply #209 on: March 18, 2015, 18:43 »
Planted some International kidney spuds in a corner, hoping for an earlier small crop.



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