Let's see those greenhouses!

[huntoften]

I have a very small...minuscule operation actually compared to most. My greenhouse is 9x12 and I'm afraid of what would happen to me if I had one bigger...this one wears me out! Anyway...goal is to break even each year with garden supplies and new toys for the garden (drip irrigation, mulched walkways, texas tomato cages, etc...). I spent the day potting up peppers and eggplant. Tomatoes will get potted up next week.










Those are KBX seedlings in the front...thanks to PaulF! Those WILL NOT be sold! Only family members and CLOSE friends will get those jewels!

[CricketsGarden]

what are you goin to do with all those leggie seedlings?
why did you not transplant them sooner?

[CricketsGarden]

seedlings in the Seed House

[eddie46]

Very nice Hunt,

Ed

[CricketsGarden]

I transplant tomato seedlings 10 to 14 days after they were sown.

[huntoften]

They'll be buried up to their necks next week and will be stocky plants by the end of April.

[Barbee]

Hunt,
Looks like you're going to be doing a LOT of transplanting here soon! Nice set up. Hopefully, by this time next year, I can show a pic of my greenhouse. That is on the project list for this summer.

[Dukerdawg]

http://www.tomatoville.com/attachmen...1&d=1237473185

This is my little 8x16 GH. This pic was from last summer. I only have a tray of lettuce in there right now. Still too cold to run heaters at night so all the tomatoes, eggplant and peppers are under lights in the basement. Usually early April things get moved outside.

Duane

[huntoften]

Keeps me out of trouble after work. Nothing like e-stressing for an hour or two with dirt under your fingernails.

[Wi-sunflower]

Here is my overstuffed greenhouses. #1 is 20x48 and #2 was 20x90 last year but snow killed it and we were only able to use about 24 ft this year.

Pic 3 is of some plants in gallon pots ready for the market. I actually sold 16 of the gallon plants yesterday and 2 of the hanging baskets.

Carol

[veggie babe]

Carol, nice set up. Your plants look very healthy, good luck at market.

neva

[Wi-sunflower]

Thanks, most of the plants are doing quite well so far. Those in the close up pic are mostly dwarfs that are for pots on the patio. They were started in Feb in the house.

We actually did pretty well Sat even tho we are about 2 weeks away from safe planting time around here. When people ask if they can plant yet, Hubby jokes "plant early and plant often". He then jokes that when they frost off we will have more plants ready for them.

Carol

[Mjdtexan]

I bumped this tread up in hopes of seeing some more of yalls greenhouses. I am going to build one this summer here and I am just getting ideas. I am not going to have a large one, in fact, I am thinking two greenhouses 6ft by 10ft.

I cant really tell what yall are using for floors, crushed rock?

[Wi-sunflower]

My flooring is just the native dirt with heavy landscape fabric and/or black plastic on top.

Weed control is primary and you shouldn't use any chemical sprays in there. Bare ground will grow tons of weeds. Landscape fabric will let any run-off go thru but some weeds can still grow thru it. Black plastic is better but has other problems. Water can't get thru so things can get muddy. Occasionally if the plastic doubles up, it can get dangerously slippery when the 2 layers move under you.

A layer of sand a/o gravel can work but you really should put them down on top of fabric so the weeds don't grow. But it needs to be deep enough and that can be expensive and labor intensive to install.

For a small house like you are planning, you might be able to find something like flagstones or possibly old concrete slabs from a sidewalk renewal project or something similar.

Carol

[recruiterg]

Carol, I see you are in Wisconsin. Is that just 6 mil poly you are using? I would worry it might get too cold at night. How do you heat your greenhouse? How early do you put tomatoes outside?

Pat - in Minneapolis