Greenhouse layouts for maximum food yields?

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Re: Greenhouse layouts for maximum food yields?
« Reply #15 on: March 25, 2013, 12:53 »
Like Newshoot, I grown in containers only.  However aside from cucumbers, tomatoes, chillies and peppers, there is always room for a pot of fresh lettuce leaves, a pot of chives and maybe some herbs too.  Now all we need is the better weather!  Have fun.

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Re: Greenhouse layouts for maximum food yields?
« Reply #16 on: March 26, 2013, 16:31 »
WOW..lovely response!, If two of each for yearly growth sounds good to the experts then I am growing:
May have gone a bit mad on the BOGOF offer on seeds.

Indoors: Thyme, Sage, Chives, Sweet basil, Sweet peppers, Lettuce, Cherry toms, spinach,Cuc's, Strawberrys

Outdoors: Early nates carrots, Hurst Green Shaft Pea's, Broccoli, Onion, Cauliflower, Beetroot.

Plant wise do u think that 2 plants will be enough for a family of 4?  or maybe some more indoor greenhouse plants would be better?

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Re: Greenhouse layouts for maximum food yields?
« Reply #17 on: March 26, 2013, 18:49 »
It's very very easy to overfill your greenhouse! :D

Mine is a 6x4 and while I get the most out of it, I wish I had a bigger one! ::) :lol:
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Re: Greenhouse layouts for maximum food yields?
« Reply #18 on: March 29, 2013, 07:49 »
All these photos have made me realise I havent been using my gh to its full potential!! I am so excited about growing again ... the snow has dampened my growing bug! But thanks to you guys its old clothes on and off the gh with my girls for another move around and sow some more tomato and pepper seeds (to come back and live in doors for a bit), and will buy some mini cucumber seeds now after reading this ...... thanks guys!
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Re: Greenhouse layouts for maximum food yields?
« Reply #19 on: March 30, 2013, 17:16 »
Actually, Devon, you seem to be doing pretty damn well in your 6 x 4!

That's a commendable crop you arranged, so don't worry about a bigger Greenhouse,  - some things like toms don't need to be inside, so you can easily put some more outside!

Great pic - thankyou!

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Re: Greenhouse layouts for maximum food yields?
« Reply #20 on: March 30, 2013, 17:33 »
Mine is a 6x4
One day.....
are you sure about those measurements?

It looks to be a 6ft wide greenhouse, (with 3 panels at the end)  and looks longer than 4 ft to me :unsure:




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Re: Greenhouse layouts for maximum food yields?
« Reply #21 on: March 31, 2013, 21:51 »
I'm sure  :unsure:
I couldn't lie down in it widthways - I think the picture makes it look big with all those plants in :lol:

Ben wouldn't let me have a bigger one - said the garden wasn't big enough! :lol: :(

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Re: Greenhouse layouts for maximum food yields?
« Reply #22 on: April 07, 2013, 09:48 »
I am pretty new in having an allotment but I found that last year after heavily planting up my greenhouse  I got blight along with most of the plot so lost almost everything hopefully moved to a new plot so hopefully won t  have the same probs  . I have 2 greenhouses 1 is almost full of seedlings cannot wait to start planting them out am I the only impatient 1   

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Re: Greenhouse layouts for maximum food yields?
« Reply #23 on: April 07, 2013, 18:24 »
Blight is an airborne disease so moving to a different plot is unlikely to make much difference, but keeping the humidity low by ensuring sufficient ventilation, not wetting leaves when watering, and not overcrowding the greenhouse will all improve your chances, although in a bad blight year you still also need some luck, even in a greenhouse.
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