Anyone have a greenhouse.
I'm just wondering if it makes sense. Because I have 5 months of snow. And
I could seed in my house windows. Or my hydro units if I wanted to pay the electric. And I don't want to heat it. I've got commercial greenhouses near me that sell awesome starter plants. |
Anyone have a greenhouse.
On Dec 26, 8:34*pm, "DogDiesel" wrote:
I'm just wondering if it makes sense. Because I have 5 months of snow. *And I could seed in my house windows. Or my hydro units if I wanted to pay the electric. *And I don't want to heat it. * *I've got commercial greenhouses near me that sell awesome starter plants. If you have five months of snow, you'll need to heat it during the winter. I built one for my wife, it's 12' x 14' and is stuck on the south end of our house. We're just north of Baltimore, Maryland. During the winter, it gets up to 80 degrees F during a sunny day but would chill way down at night or on a cloudy day without a heater. I ran a 220 line out there for heat. She keeps it at 50 degrees F during the winter and I figured that costs us about $300 in extra electricity each year. She enjoys gardening in the snow so much that the extra expense is worth it. You may want to consider a cold frame instead of a greenhouse. Our cold frame is a box about 3' high and 14' long with clear plastic doors on top. This lets the sun heat it up in the early spring for starting seedlings to get a jump on the planting season. Paul |
Anyone have a greenhouse.
Pavel314 wrote:
On Dec 26, 8:34 pm, "DogDiesel" wrote: I'm just wondering if it makes sense. Because I have 5 months of snow. And I could seed in my house windows. Or my hydro units if I wanted to pay the electric. And I don't want to heat it. I've got commercial greenhouses near me that sell awesome starter plants. If you have five months of snow, you'll need to heat it during the winter. I built one for my wife, it's 12' x 14' and is stuck on the south end of our house. We're just north of Baltimore, Maryland. During the winter, it gets up to 80 degrees F during a sunny day but would chill way down at night or on a cloudy day without a heater. I ran a 220 line out there for heat. She keeps it at 50 degrees F during the winter and I figured that costs us about $300 in extra electricity each year. She enjoys gardening in the snow so much that the extra expense is worth it. You may want to consider a cold frame instead of a greenhouse. Our cold frame is a box about 3' high and 14' long with clear plastic doors on top. This lets the sun heat it up in the early spring for starting seedlings to get a jump on the planting season. Paul Or consider a heated frame using heated soil cables next to your house. -- Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan) |
Anyone have a greenhouse.
On Dec 27, 9:47*am, Pavel314 wrote:
On Dec 26, 8:34*pm, "DogDiesel" wrote: I'm just wondering if it makes sense. Because I have 5 months of snow. *And I could seed in my house windows. Or my hydro units if I wanted to pay the electric. *And I don't want to heat it. * *I've got commercial greenhouses near me that sell awesome starter plants. If you have five months of snow, you'll need to heat it during the winter. I built one for my wife, it's 12' x 14' and is stuck on the south end of our house. We're just north of Baltimore, Maryland. During the winter, it gets up to 80 degrees F during a sunny day but would chill way down at night or on a cloudy day without a heater. I ran a 220 line out there for heat. She keeps it at 50 degrees F during the winter and I figured that costs us about $300 in extra electricity each year. She enjoys gardening in the snow so much that the extra expense is worth it. . You may want to consider a cold frame instead of a greenhouse. Our cold frame is a box about 3' high and 14' long with clear plastic doors on top. This lets the sun heat it up in the early spring for starting seedlings to get a jump on the planting season. Paul I love my greenhouse. I currently have my fill of lettuce, peas and tomatoes (cherry) and peppers.Gosh I guess I have taken things for granted, I have more than I think! I will start my pepper plants for the real garden by January 15 and tomato plants by the end of January. I plant the garden by the begining of April. I love the fact that the seed catalogs are already in the mail ! |
Anyone have a greenhouse.
On Dec 28, 6:32*am, "
wrote: On Dec 27, 9:47*am, Pavel314 wrote: On Dec 26, 8:34*pm, "DogDiesel" wrote: I'm just wondering if it makes sense. Because I have 5 months of snow.. *And I could seed in my house windows. Or my hydro units if I wanted to pay the electric. *And I don't want to heat it. * *I've got commercial greenhouses near me that sell awesome starter plants. If you have five months of snow, you'll need to heat it during the winter. I built one for my wife, it's 12' x 14' and is stuck on the south end of our house. We're just north of Baltimore, Maryland. During the winter, it gets up to 80 degrees F during a sunny day but would chill way down at night or on a cloudy day without a heater. I ran a 220 line out there for heat. She keeps it at 50 degrees F during the winter and I figured that costs us about $300 in extra electricity each year. She enjoys gardening in the snow so much that the extra expense is worth it. . You may want to consider a cold frame instead of a greenhouse. Our cold frame is a box about 3' high and 14' long with clear plastic doors on top. This lets the sun heat it up in the early spring for starting seedlings to get a jump on the planting season. Paul I love my greenhouse. I currently have my fill of lettuce, peas and tomatoes (cherry) and peppers.Gosh I guess I have taken things for granted, I have more than I think! * I will start my pepper plants for the real garden by January 15 and tomato plants by the end of January. I plant the garden by the begining of April. I love the fact that the seed catalogs are already in the mail !- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Between my wife's greenhouse and my greyhouse (the mushroom garden in the basement) we always have something fresh and interesting on the table. Paul |
I got a similar dilemma about greenhouse. I understand that it needs to be heated during cold winter months but what about the light? As much as I understand most of the vegetables require lots of direct sunlight. Do you provide them an additional artificial lightning? I would love to harvest tomatoes and sweet peppers during winter.
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