Category Archives for Greenhouse Gardening
Growing Crops under Glass
This section is concerned with some of the general principles underlying protected cultivation. With the aid of some form of protective structure it is possible to extend the production season for a number of fruits and vegetables. These structures include … Continue reading
Garden Tools and Equipment
The essential gardening operations can be carried out with a small number of tools such as spade, fork, rake, trowel and Dutch hoe with a draw-hoe for taking out drills and earthing up potatoes. Nevertheless you will undoubtedly accumulate a … Continue reading
Garden Cloches: Glass or Plastic Tunnels
Glass or plastic tunnels placed over crops or other plants to keep out frost and cold winds will speed up growth and extend the growing season. Gardeners discovered long ago that a plant could be forced into early growth by … Continue reading
Raising Seeds in a Heated Cold Frame
Raising seeds An unheated cold frame can be used to raise seeds of all types of plants which would normally be sown directly in the garden, such as many half-hardy annual and hardy biennial bedding plants and hardy perennials — … Continue reading
Cold Frames for Bringing On Your Vegetables
Cold frames are an important greenhouse adjunct. They can bring on vegetables, harden off bedding plants, strike cuttings and overwinter rootstocks. A garden frame is a low, generally oblong box designed for a variety of garden purposes — mainly associated … Continue reading
How to Use a Shady Greenhouse
There is no doubt that the ideal site for a greenhouse is one in full sun. You can shade easily enough, but it is not so simple to provide light of solar intensity. The sun is also an important source … Continue reading
Growing Carnations in the Greenhouse
Perpetual-flowering carnations of the size and quality sold in florists’ shops are not easy for the beginner to grow successfully, but once you have mastered the right conditions for them in your own greenhouse, you will be well rewarded by … Continue reading
Growing Cacti and Succulents in the Greenhouse
Cacti and succulents add an exotic note to every collection of greenhouse and indoor plants. Once known as the `Cinderellas of the plant world’, their popularity is now assured. With a little care they can be induced to grow well … Continue reading
Rules for Using Chemical Garden Sprays
Sprays Chemical sprays are of three kinds; insecticides, fungicides and herbicides. All should be treated with great caution for as well as killing insects, fungus diseases and weeds, they can injure human beings and domestic animals, sometimes with fatal consequences. … Continue reading
Winter and Spring Greenhouse Flowers
Greenhouse Flowers A greenhouse with good light and sufficient warmth to prevent the temperature ever falling below 7°C (45°F) can be a flowery place throughout the year but many home gardeners may prefer to use it for crops such as … Continue reading