Greenhouse/Garden Thread

[88BlackS-ETA]

Got a greenhouse or vegetable garden I want to see it. What are you growing in there? Dimensions?

I have a glass/aluminum greenhouse that I bought early this year from a person 5 miles from me. It was on his parents house when they bought the house over 25 years ago. My garden was 33' x 21' until I put the greenhouse in the north corner.

Dimensions: 14' x 10'. I have (7) 55 gallon metal black barrels 90% full of water to absorb the suns heat during the day and to release it at night to help keep the temperatures up so the small heater doesnt have to work so hard. I also put 3 mill plastic up to make a "second wall"/insulation and it helped a lot. The south wall is all glass and the north wall is 1.5" insulation since sun doesnt come in from that side. I keep the greenhouse above 45*F at night and try to keep it below 95* during the day. Today at 9 am EST it was 31* outside and 81* in the greenhouse.

Currently planted:
9 indeterminate tomatoes (sakura, sunrise bumble bee, amish paste)
6 bell pepper plants
Kale
Arugula
Spinach
Red salanova lettuce
Green salanova lettuce
6 red potato plants

https://youtu.be/hzuZ5_Mvx3I

[kickinindian]

i have a hoop greenhouse but im def. not gonna post pictures on here....

my wife is a greenthumb though our whole house has plants inside, outside, wherever a plant will get sun and thrive its there.

[MR E30 325is]

Lots of plants and gardening going on at my place too.

I'll get some pictures posted up soon.

[cheffy30]

the only advice i can give is to look at your soil. that and scheduled watering is most important.
1:1:1 vermiculite: peat moss: rich organic compost

having a worm bin is a bonus... their castings are like crack for plants...

my 2¢

[MR E30 325is]

^^ We actually get about 80 lbs of organic compost every two days from an organic juice place that is located next door to our retail store.

Maintaining our compost piles is a damn part-time job!

[88BlackS-ETA]

Update: Tomato plants are 6' tall and some tomatoes are almost ready to pick. The lettuce, arugula, spinach and kale are all doing very good. The potatoes in the 2 blue pots have green poking up through the dirt. The bell pepper plants are not surviving the cold so I'll pull them out. This is the first time planting lettuce and spinach, it tastes so good compared to store bought.

I also lost 1 tomato plant to bugs. I tried a few different organic, made at home sprays to kill the bugs but they all hurt the test branch/leafs. So I got 700 ladybugs and released ~250 and within a week all bad bugs were gone.

I have plastic on the inside (you can see it rolled up) that makes a 1.5" air gap from the glass to the plastic, also put a 6 mil sheet over the whole thing (you can see it on the roof) to help keep wind out. Last night it was 7*F and 2 very small heaters were cycling on and off and kept it from 49*-51*F all night. Right now (10:10am) its 11*F outside, sunny and the greenhouse is 91*F with the end door vents open ~1".

[M-technik-3]

Are you composting your organics? I might build one this year as I did have a small raised bed garden this year.

[88BlackS-ETA]

I put down ~3" of leaf/wood compost in the fall and turned it in to the top 6" of soil with a pitch fork. The compost was almost completely broken down and had very little heat to it. I have noticed a metric shit ton of worms have moved into my greenhouse because of the compost. I get it free from my township building. I do not compost my own organics because of this.

I did try to compost on my own this year, until I found out I can get it for free. I was using layers of leaves, grass, sticks and also put in coffee grounds, egg shells, ect and it was doing decent even though I didnt really take care of it like I should of. If you do make one make sure you keep it damp, like a rung out sponge, also you need to turn it over every few weeks.

[kickinindian]

my grandpa used a rotisserie style barrel composter and would spin it once a day. was the best compost and he always had great veggies

[M-technik-3]

my grandpa used a rotisserie style barrel composter and would spin it once a day. was the best compost and he always had great veggies

I had one of those but could never keep mine wet enough to get it to break down.

[kickinindian]

well he is a retried old man. he has plenty of time to make sure his compost is at optimal moisture

[88BlackS-ETA]

Well I lost a total of 2 tomato plants. I have a few more growing that started off as suckers from the main plants. I put them in water for 2 weeks and they grew roots, so I planted them in dirt and they are growing. Made a salad with red and green salanova lettuce, arugula, spinach, sakura tomatoes and sunrise bumble bee tomatoes. Served 5 people and it was so good.



Video update!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nazs...ature=youtu.be

[superj]

nice. I cannot get anything to grow. wood working and gardening are not my deal. I envy people who can grow stuff because I love salads and vegetables. it would not bother me to eat vegetarian 90% of the time