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Mon, Feb 18, 13 at 23:22
| I am new to greenhouse growing and hoping I do this right. So far so good. I am just tossing seeds in paper pots and covering them to see what grows and what doesn't. Many herbs, carrots, sweet peas, a couple tomatoes, broccoli, cukes, and lettuce have come up. I am also experimenting with aquaponics. I got the 6x8 Palram greenhouse for Christmas. What normally gets started around this time in a greenhouse in zone 7? |
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RE: New to greenhouse growing
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| This is a better overall view of the structure. Pay no mind to the destroyed yard. It will be nice again one day haha. |
RE: New to greenhouse growing
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| You will need heat under them to get them started. Get to cold at night without heat. I use heat mats under my trays. |
RE: New to greenhouse growing
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| I was going to suggest the same thing about heat. I build a box to hold trays of seed starting mix and then heat it with a space heater. It helps to have enough light so that the sprouts know which way is up. The expensive professional germinating chambers are metal boxes with glass fronts. |
RE: New to greenhouse growing
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| I would like to heat it but as of right now it all seems to be working out. Everything has sprouted but it did snow last week which dropped the temp to 20 one night and a couple cukes died. Light hits the greenhouse about 9am and goes away in late evening. My worry is that summer will make it unusable :( |
RE: New to greenhouse growing
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| For the summer, you might look into shade paint. "Kool Ray" is the one brand I know of. It's a temporary white paint. |
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