Introduction to Sustainable Greenhouse Gardening: Growing Plants in Your Greenhouse

By Dueep Jyot Singh

Table of Contents

Introduction to Sustainable Greenhouse Gardening
Introduction
Why Make a Glass Green House
Types of Greenhouses
Span Roofed Greenhouse
Three-Quarter Span House
Different Shaped Houses
Propagating Frames
Heat in the Greenhouse
To Heat or Not to Heat; That Is the Question
Soil Choice
Sand
Pots and Containers
Getting the Right Potting Compost
Caring of Your Greenhouse Plants
Sowing Seeds
Transference of Seedlings – Pricking off
Potting Your Plants
Proper Ventilation
Watering and Precautions
Appendix
Cleanliness
How to Make Leaf Mold
Conclusion
Making Propagating Frames
Author Bio
Publisher

Introduction

When I was young and had just begun to take an interest in gardening, the only information I could get about Greenhouses in gardens was a very patronizing sneer, “a greenhouse? Oh, this is a fad of rich people, who want to show off.”
“Serious” gardeners did not bother much about expensive greenhouses at that time. Possibly they had reason because we were living in a climate where one did not need a greenhouse in order to grow everything we wished growing in our garden.
We had plenty of sunshine, air, and rich organic soil. We did not have harsh winds and snowy winters. We did not need to pamper our plans so much, praying that they would survive in inclement weather.

When I grew up and began to look at the gardens in other climates and in different corners of the earth, I began to understand and estimate the quality and value of a good greenhouse.

So for all those people who are still under the impression that greenhouses are expensive to make and maintain, well, the answer is no! You just need to have some space in your garden. This is not only going to increase the interest of your garden, but is also going to add in its utility. Also, it is going to extend the range of plants, which you can cultivate to a very large extent, and if some of the glass is heated then your cultivation range is almost limitless.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mendon Cottage Books
• Release date: Apr 26, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311956736

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Introduction

When I was young and had just begun to take an interest in gardening, the only information I could get about Greenhouses in gardens was a very patronizing sneer, a greenhouse? Oh, this is a fad of rich people, who want to show off.

Serious gardeners did not bother much about expensive greenhouses at that time. Possibly they had reason because we were living in a climate where one did not need a greenhouse in order to grow everything we wished growing in our garden.

We had plenty of sunshine, air, and rich organic soil. We did not have harsh winds and snowy winters. We did not need to pamper our plans so much, praying that they would survive in inclement weather.

When I grew up and began to look at the gardens in other climates and in different corners of the earth, I began to understand and estimate the quality and value of a good greenhouse.

So for all those people who are still under the impression that greenhouses are expensive to make and maintain, well, the answer is no! You just need to have some space in your garden. This is not only going to increase the interest of your garden, but is also going to add in its utility. Also, it is going to extend the range of plants, which you can cultivate to a very large extent, and if some of the glass is heated then your cultivation range is almost limitless.

Why Make a Glass Green House

On the usefulness side, a range of glass is going to offer you many facilities for increasing your outdoor crops. You can force certain things into early and useful maturity long before their time. You can raise tender plants like flowers and vegetables for use outside in their season. You can do earlier propagation of these plants and get a harvest, much earlier than what you would get if you had planted them outdoors.

Also, if you are concentrating on flower gardening as a hobby or as a business, you can get an unending sequence of flowers, for your market or for indoor or conservatory decoration, if you want, all the year