Greenhouse floors

[Barbee]

Thanks all.
I think it will work out well for what I need..which is a place to keep my seedlings after I've potted them. Right now, I've got everything stuffed up in my office on shelves and rotating things around and inside/outside.
And a place to keep all my garden supplies together

[dcarch]

doohicky thingamajig girl,

Here you will find several solar vents, no power needed:
http://www.farmtek.com/farm/supplies...archQuery=vent

dcarch

[Barbee]

dcarch LoLoL Thank goodness you're a patient person!
OK I get it now with the visual And by golly that is a good idea. I'll run it by hubby and see if he thinks he can install it.
Dense here, but learning

[Sherry_AK]

My other floor...

[Barbee]

I like the looks of the gravel with the walkways. I think that's just what I need to do.
How wide should the walkways be?

[Sherry_AK]

Depends on the configuration of your greenhouse. My smaller one has one wider walkway down the center; the new one has enough width to have a row of plants in the center (and on each side, of course), so I have two slightly narrower walkways. The brick ones in the last photo are about 30 - 32" wide (a guess by counting the bricks in the photo and I think they are 4" wide each). That is a very comfortable width, by the time the tomatoes stick their little branches out into the walkway a bit.

Sherry

[Barbee]

Hehe, this means I'm going to be forced to go out and play around in there
I feel like a kid in a candy store!

[mdvpc]

Sherri-Great looking greenhouse!

[dcarch]

With solar energy at over 200 BTUs per hour per sq. ft., I would make the flooring as dark as possible to gain solar heat.

dcarch

[Sherry_AK]

Thanks, Michael. That second one is new this year. I'm loving it!

[Barbee]

dcarch, believe it or not, I did think about using the floor for a heat source And I also have snagged a large black watering trough (sp) to go in there.
So after playing around out there, I thnk I'll go with the pea gravel under my plant tables and potting up area and then use pavers in the rest of the space.
Now why do you use the pea gravel over say...No. 8's or a larger size of gravel?
And Sherry, I like your new greenhouse a lot but the walkway in your small greenhouse is really cool.

[veggie babe]

both greenhouses are cool, I'm pea green with envy. My dh is talking about building a green house; it may take him years though he likes to do a lot of thinking.

Neva

[Sherry_AK]

Although we did use pea gravel in the smaller g/h, that was because we happened to have some on-hand at the time. I don't really think it's necessary, and it's usually more expensive (here, at least). I think pea gravel is well-suited to such things as animal enclosures, because it's rounded and has no sharp edges. Something else will work just fine for a greenhouse. Seems like what we have in the larger g/h is 3/4 minus.

Have fun!

Sherry