There are three different ways of gardening. One is to have your
garden inside your house. The other is to use whatever space your
garden has and plant your crop outside. The third way is to do your
gardening under glass. This is called greenhouse gardening.
Greenhouse gardening is not that different from your average outside
gardening. The main consideration that you need to think about is
controlling the temperature of your greenhouse. Remembering that
plants thrive at temperatures that are slightly lower than what is in our
houses and that they require a much higher humidity than we are used
to, will let you see that your greenhouse plants get the proper
environment.
The best way to ensure the right amount of sunlight and heat for your
greenhouse is to build it in a spot that can take advantage of the
maximum amount of sunlight right throughout the year. This is
especially important during the spring and fall seasons as the sun is at
its lowest point in the southern sky. You should try and have your
greenhouse located where the sun’s rays will reach through a
southeastern to southwestern direction.
To ensure that ventilation flows throughout the greenhouse you should
space your plants evenly around the gardening areas. One method of
having good ventilation is to open the greenhouse doors in the morning
and close them in the late afternoon. This is a fine method in the winter
time as well, providing that you keep the weather report in mind and
make sure that winter frost does not creep into your greenhouse in the
late afternoon.
The other way is very simple. Just hose down the entire greenhouse
floor and then open the ceiling vents. This method cools down the
entire greenhouse very quickly.
For whatever plants that you have in your greenhouse, commercial
potting soil works fine. Rather than having your plants in pots or
containers you should grow them in large tray beds. The best
greenhouse gardening soil mixtures include fir bark, sand, peat moss,
vermiculite and perlite for drainage.
As with all types of gardening you must see that your plants receive
adequate water. Greenhouse gardening means that care must be taken
not to over water your plants. A climate controlled greenhouse
regulates the moisture level with the greenhouse.
Planting in a greenhouse means using your imagination. You should
have plenty of space so that you can pot new plants and move around
seeing to the health of your other plants.
You will need to plant vegetables like carrots, beets, turnips and other
root vegetables in a deep box tray which will fit under benches. Lettuce
and other low growing leafy vegetables can be planted in tubs with
vegetables that have a taller growth. Vegetables like peas, cucumbers
and tomatoes do well in tub type containers.
All you really need for successful greenhouse gardening is your
imagination. Let it loose, and see what happens!
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