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methusala · 12-07-2008, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pam Moore

On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:50:10 +0100, Dan Smithers wrote:

Currently I have two greenhouses each 8' x 6' next to each other.

One is cold and I keep the other frost free (or just above).

I am considering whether to replace them with one large house say 14' x 9'.

This way I could heat the whole space. Would I get more in a large house
than two small?

They are standing on a hard base and I put grow bags in for tomatoes etc
in the summer and have staging on one side.

I would also like to have a greenhouse vine.

thoughts?

thanks

dan

Bob Flowerdew, of GQT, talks about his polytunnel within a polytunnel,
and I think another within that. he grows bananas and pineappled in
his hot one. You could try dividing a big one and lining one half.

Pam in Bristol

Friend of mine has a well established Greenhouse vine. Once well set these vines are quite hardy. She has the main trunk of the vine planted outside and has trained the vine IN to the greenhouse closing off the entry point with clear plastic, and allowed it to follow the roof line rather like a tunnel. Advantages being the vine is mainly watered by rainfall yet the produced fruit is grown in the greenhouse.

Tony