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Opinions on "Indoor Allotment" Idea
R writes
Given that there is (reportedly) a shortage of allotments around the UK generally, and that with the overall demise of garden space urbanwise what say the group about the idea of division of a very large ex-commercial greenhouse into "units" for people to use ? I think that's a great idea. Presumably you'd charge people for use? Have you checked on allotment rents? - they're not very high - you might find that people would not be willing to pay a rent that was economic for you. Bear in mind that even if you decided not to heat the greenhouse, you'd still need to maintain it, so your costs would be higher than if you were the owner of a conventional allotment site. You will need to provide a water supply. What would you do about staging? You could leave that to the plot-holders. Thus far my idea is divide the existing 200ft x 80ft greenhouse into 10ft square "plots", dividing if required by walls of tarpaulin or somesuch I don't see the need for that, and it would cut down light especially for the inside plots. You'll need to leave reasonably generous paths between the plots. with the front of the greenhouse as a shop/sales area for produce etc (Already exists in reality). I'd expect most people would be more interested in growing for themselves. Would there be problems with cross pollination and other issues? Only if people were saving seed for next year, and not much more than on an allotment. There would be a problem with pests - they can multiply and spread quickly under glass. There are decisions to be made about management. For example, are pests to be managed using biological controls - a very attractive option nowadays since so many of greenhouse pests are now resistant to the pesticides available to the home gardener? Or are you using pesticides? - you can't mix the two, because the pesticide will kill the biological controls as well as the pest. What temperature will you try to maintain in the greenhouse - eg what level of shading in the summer? How much ventilation? -- Kay |
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