On 20 July, 15:09, Lordspudz
wrote:
Hi all
New here and new to 'growing my own' veggies.
Had some success with my first attempts at growing potatoes and peas and
have been severely bitten by the 'homegrown' bug.

I am now considering getting a greenhouse to expand my veg choices and
allow for a longer growing season. *After trawling through the pages and
pages of info on the web about greenhouses, I am even more confused then
when I started!

Can someone please enlighten me on a few points?

1 Which is best - horticultural glass, toughened glass or polycarbonate
panels?

2 Is it necessary to have a base fitted to the bottom of the 'house'?

3 Can automatically opening vents be fitted to replace manual opening
ones without too much alteration?

4 Is it good practice to line the house with insulation such as bubble
wrap?

Any help would be very much appreciated.

--
Lordspudz

Consider too a polytunnel. Much cheaper than a conventional green
house. The plastic lasts about ten years before it needs replacing.
They have disadvantages too, you can't easily collect water off the
roof and you can't have roof vents. You can have a door at each end.

Go for as big as possible whatever, And I would recommend ring
culture.

http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/todo...aqs.php?id=107