Essential Tips & Supplies for Beginner Greenhouse Gardeners
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 22. 05. 2024
- My top suggestions for beginner greenhouse users! | A greenhouse is a wonderful investment and can really elevate your gardening game! Before you dive into the wonderful world of greenhouses, there are some things to consider and supplies to get. These are all of the things I wish I had known when I start using a greenhouse years ago!
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0:00 Intro
0:50 Deciding on your Greenhouse Purpose
3:06 Start Simple with Your Greenhouse
4:45 Pros & Cons of Temporary Greenhouses
6:17 Pros and Con of Permanent Greenhouses
9:07 Attached Vs. Freestanding Greenhouses
10:54 Greenhouse Location: Sunlight
12:34 Greenhouse Location: Orientation
13:40 Greenhouse Flooring
16:08 Greenhouse Shelving
17:00 Greenhouse Airflow & Fans
18:25 Greenhouse Thermometers
19:12 Greenhouse Pest Control
22:48 Heat for Greenhouses
24:53 Shade for Greenhouses
26:17 Additional Light for Greenhouses
27:16 Electricity for Greenhouses
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Great video. Agree on starting with the plastic pop up greenhouses to learn. I made the mistake at one house and bought the harbor freight gh. No temp control, hard to cool, killed everything.
I learned on my plastic pop up last three years and now Iâm purchasing a large greenhouse with fans, water, electricity and heat.
Dang those pests lol. Thanks for great info
Thanks for the education.I'm building an underground sunken greenhouse ten feet deep 60x100 trees are removed around it. Fun .
A walapini? I'm jealous! My water table is too high to have one
I don't usually comment on videos, but I have to say you are an excellent teacher, and I did hit that subscribe button. This video is the most thorough video I've ever watched. Thank you. I look forward to watching more.
Thank you for sharing all of your amazing, helpful knowledge.â€
I bought a house that has a 1000 sq ft greenhouse with two natural gas heaters with sock in the center, rig vents not automated, water water system with humidity and temp controls , 2 belt drive fans on one side, a direct drive fan on the other.
We live where it gets below freezing on a regular basis and have a Dyna-Glo or Mr. Heater VENT-FREE infrared heater that is hooked up to a natural gas line so it stays on even if our electricity goes out. These heaters are affordable and don't have to be vented to the outside. They have 3 levels of heat and will come on and turn off to maintain the level you set. The fans aren't very strong so you need a good size fan to distribute the heat. Watch the corners near the floor where it will freeze if you don't have a fan to distribute the heat. After researching the difference between the infrared vs. the blue flame (the heaters come in both versions) we chose the infrared.
Fantastic information - thank you so much for sharing!
You are spot On â€
As a 15 years owner of greenhouse in Canada and citrus hobbyist grower, you tips are right on the money.
I can tell you are speaking from experience because all the things you mentioned I have faced or considered - minus the catsđ
Great video. Great advice.
Thank you for posting the video on this topic. Lots of things to consider when investing in a greenhouse. I don't have a greenhouse yet but I hope this will change soon đ
It's definitely a great addition. Now that I've been using one for long enough, I'd be lost with one! Hopefully this helps you get started on a good note! đ
Excellent information! Thank you so very much for taking the time to share these comprehensive tips with knowing are wise and effectively using our greenhouse. I am helping to create a community garden in a very rural area and we are presently building an 8 x 10 x 7.5 greenhouse. The purpose of the greenhouse is to grow seeds, protect seedlings, and store all the tools that are needed. Additionally, to roll in the vertical towers during the cold season in Utah.
Great information. My wife and I just purchased a 24'x36' hoop house with a 13' center. We mounted 23,000 btu heaters in it and ran electric to it from the panel from the main house. We live on 6 acres and we believe it should be the perfect size for all of the canning and food for the 5 and 7 year old that continue to eat us out of house and home lol Great content. thank you.
You brought up a lot of very helpful points. Iâm in central Texas and weâre building a greenhouse now. I mainly want it for seed starting or having an intermediate home for seedlings before they go out in the garden. I plan to try some season extension and experimenting with growing tomatoes and also protecting potted citrus. We do get a few freezes a year typically but itâs mostly fairly mild in winter. Summers are intense sometimes so I donât plan on using the greenhouse to grow anything then. One extra thing to consider is proximity to a water source so you can easily water whateverâs growing inside the greenhouse. Iâll have the option to add drip later but will at least have a hose available. Iâm looking forward to learning how the setup works here.
I just found your channel and I just watch This and is going to help me with my greenhouse, it's a metal one with the plastic cover. Such great tips!!
I now know to keep all 3 roll windows open. I secured it and it can take 30mph wind plus. I'm going to hopefully get some lettuce out soon along with all my early spring veggies.
Thanks for An Awesome Video!!.
I'm in NJ and can't wait till we're done with 32* degree .nightsđą , then I can do the black water canter heat retention.
Excellent information!â€
Thanks, I really needed this!
Love your energy. Thank you.
Excellent tips! Thanks.
TYVM for all of the information.
Wow so much great info
Nice!
Great suggestions for a new Green house owner, thanks for all the great tips!
great video thank you!
Thank you for the green house tops. Just got our green house up before winter hit. Iâm in MN. Have kept some plants alive yet from my garden, oregano, parsley, rosemary and a daisy.
Would love to get to a way to grow greens over winter. But super excited to start garden plants early!
Your video was very helpful! Thanks!
just found you and subscribed, thank you for a great vide, teaching and sharing!!! Be Blessed!
This was exactly what I was looking for, thank you!
Awesome job explaining everything, thanks for sharing.
lot of thought went into
Thanks
Super videoâŒïž Youâre very good at explaining things re; beginnerâs greenhouse. I have a small greenhouse so I really thought this was especially meant for me, lol! đ€ Thankyou so much! God bless đââïžđ
Thank you so much for this video! I learned so much. We are moving from IL to SC and plan on having a permanent greenhouse structure in our yard. I will definitely come back to your page for more tips. đ
This book taught me how to take care of my greenhouse.
Awesome Video!!!!!! ; )
Thanks for this comprehensive planning guide and all the lovely tips. I've had a pop up type greenhouse for 3 years now and the cover is deteriorating. I have been using greenhouse tape to baby it along until the end of March so I can move my strawberry plants back out. I am going to build a greenhouse that is a more permanent structure this spring and summer.
Thanks a lot, I just found you and very happy I was trying to purchase a green house and have no idea what I was doing, I am going to figure it out from your info glad I didn't purchase one yet thank you â€
thanks for showing us your space :)
in the north its more like used for like over wintering fig trees, easy harvest of carrots in winter, etc . deff not economical to "grow food" all winter in a greenhouse. heating would be insane unless you had like a half in the ground set up or something
I agree! We have fairly mild winters (some snow but temps donât usually drop too far below 20) and itâs hard enough just keeping the chill off to overwinter things! Youâd really have to figure out an amazing heating system to be efficiently growing all year. And, frankly, I enjoy my âwinter breakâ đ
I live in Zone 5b. My back yard is brick and cement. What soil I do have (front yard) gets no sunlight and is covered in pine needles due to 2 large pine trees. The only space I have to garden is a VEVOR Walk-in Tunnel Greenhouse. I have no choice but to do all my gardening in the greenhouse. I have tried the past 2 years to have a garden in the greenhouse and I have failed. I would greatly appreciate any advice with what container/raised bed soil mix to use, if raised beds are better than containers, best fertilizers, starting seeds, best lights/grow lights to use, best temperature to maintain... Honestly any and all types of advice is needed. If there are others videos that would be beneficial I'd appreciate it as well. ThankYou!
Good job, 1st videoever here .!!
We are excited to be participating in a community greenhouse on a nearby former tree farm. (That now has horses, goats, and a woodworking/craft school.) There is an orientation for all the participants this weekend, and we will have our own table to use. We still are not sure how we're going to use our space, this all happened pretty quickly. We're excited. Thank you for this video, even though I am not choosing the greenhouse, knowing all the elements to be concerned about is quite educational.
That sounds so cool! What state are you in? I'm in WA and just got mine built and need some pointers bad lol
@@Bianca_urfavbrunette We are in New Hampshire. (near the Vermont border) Just started our first seeds yesterday. It used to be a commercial greenhouse, and it has a couple of organic farmers advising us.
Wonderful!
Do the black plastic shelves holding more heat in the summer? We're in zone 5b/6a.
Related to that is using black greenhouse plastic as flooring vs a crushed granite or rock floor like you have?
Watching your video made it clear that we would need to place ours near a water source. 1 of 4 locations just got ruled out!
I have atunnel 20 x 10 greenhouse, I just started a couple of days ago.. I put mesh floor (instead of tarp) to let water out. However, I am wondering if I still need to put some gravel down? Thank you for your advice đ
Hi hun im in the uk. Mild wheather zone. I want to get a greenhouse so loved you youtube advice. But one question! How do i prevent damp and mould affecting the greenhouse and its plants? Regards Kim xx
I have atunnel 20 x 10 greenhouse, I just started a couple of days ago.. I put mesh floor (instead of tarp) to let water out. However, I am wondering if I still need to put some gravel down? Thank you for your advice
What thermometer was that that you used?
I live in Florida, so with the sun thatâs bearing down on my plants. I need a greenhouse to keep them safe. So when I use a greenhouse, itâs for growing plants 24/7 out of the year. Unless the plant can withstand Floridaâs sun, then Iâll put them outside but other than that they will not go outside outside of that greenhouse, of course.
But because of that, I also have to deal with bugs that like they show up in your greenhouse and devour your plants without you even being aware of it. Compared to outside you have to always look at your plants to make sure the sun didnât destroy it. Make sure bugs are not on it but in a greenhouse you would expect that your plants would not be attacked by bugs so often until you get little white bugs on your plants, eating it and drinking it dry, and then having ants show up and using them as cattle by farming, the sugar substance that they puke out
6:00 just like you said that your greenhouse blew away. I have the same type of greenhouse. And mine didnât blow away in Florida weather đ
Iâd rather have a polymer type of greenhouse like you do right now and not the plastic over a structure greenhouse like I already have lol. Iâve had this greenhouse for a year to Florida standards that is a miracle that I got it to still exist and not end up in a lake? đ so in 2024 I will get me a polymer greenhouse. So I can better grow my plants. đȘŽ going from a 4â8x4â8 temporary greenhouse versus a new 6 x 10 heavy duty, polymer greenhouse
When this video started, I thought you would annoy me with useless off topic discussions (like: this is my cat or my neighbor has a boat). Not at all, your video was well presented and matched the title. It was crammed with good ideas as well as, useful, on point, relevant info. No time wasted here. I have no suggestions to make it better. Good job and thank you...
Cheer up ffs
Plus she literally said - albeit as a joke - this is my cat đ
How do you know what zone your in? I'm in Seattle WA, does anyone know? Lol and what the zones mean? Please and thank you đ
Number 1 Beginner's Tip, & all you really need to know. ... "Understand what the role of a greenhouse is."
A greenhouse sole purpose is to be a shelter to protect plants from cold weather.
That's it. Outside of that purpose... you don't need a greenhouse.
So now that the purpose of a greenhouse is understood... how you set up that greenhouse depends on what kind of plants you want to grow.
I cannot comprehend, why every GardenTuber I see on CZcams, use their greenhouses as potting stations & storage sheds, for garden supplies & tools. There'll only be a few plants, & 80% of the greenhouse space is filled with stacks of empty pots, bags of soil, fertilizer, garden tools, garden carts, & a large work bench.
These items don't need sunlight.
Hi! Are you still making videos
East south ?
CZcams showing me this at 360P See you in a bit
Oh yeah... ain't no one got patience for that! đ€Ł Render faster!
@@RootedRevival At 1080 now. Woot woot
@@eulerizeit Oh man! We are making progress! đ
What about slugsđą?
The city I live in, does not allow green houses or chickens.
What Growing zone are you in.
Zone 8
What, you don't trust Stanley to guard the greenhouse from critters? Can you say bull in a china closet đ
Oh heâs so terrible! He puts his tennis balls on the shelves and then jumps into them to get the balls, knocking the plants over in the process đ€Šââïž good thing heâs so cute
@@RootedRevival :D I can see him doing that. He could give your plants a little extra water with his drool, though!
I am sorry but what is that bumpy looking ball of something behind you?
Onions..
Trauma response is her favor fake excuse these days.
High pitch voice. Ouch đł
Eeew, is that a big wasp nest hanging in your greenhouse over your head?? Why would you allow that to stay in your greenhouse? Those things are so nasty the way they sting people for absolutely no reason. I was floating in my pool 1 day for the 1st time after getting my pool and I was floating , starting to relax , and had my eyes closed when I began to feel a stinging sensation on my ankle. I quickly realized what it was and flipped into the pool brushing my ankle and let me just say, that was the most painful sting I have ever experienced. My ankle was swollen hurting more then the 1st day 2 & 3 days later. I hate those things. They aren't like bees where if you don't bother them, they won't bother you because they know they won't die after stinging someone so they aren't shy when it comes to passing their stinger out.
I bought a house that has a 1000 sq ft greenhouse with two natural gas heaters with sock in the center, rig vents not automated, water water system with humidity and temp controls , 2 belt drive fans on one side, a direct drive fan on the other.
Contact your local extension service - they might be able to help.