Green House, partly finished

Earl · March 18, 2006

Inside's not finished but I had to move plants out of the house.

Sherry_AK · March 18, 2006

Woo, hoo! It looks great! Will you be growing your tomatoes in the greenhouse throughout the season, or is this to give them a good start?

dokutaaguriin · March 18, 2006

Morn' Earl,
I was half expecting the 'good ship greenhouse' to be floating by because of all the rain you guys have had.

I now understand your design plans for the shelving unit....something I must try to build next year.
There is nothing like spending time in the greenhouse with ones tomato plants- the combination of heat, humidity and the smell of tomato is something to be savoured.

Looking forward to more pics,

Jeff

Earl · March 18, 2006

Sherry. I'm not sure yet, but will most surely grow some early type tomatoes in GH as well as early start for all the veggies/flowers that Kathy and I grow. I love cukes so I'm going to start a few Spacemaster seeds, but packet doesn't say if they're self-pollinating.

Tips from anyone tips on cukes in the GH would be appreciated.

Jeff, I need to run a 2by2 the lenght of the hanging shelf as by itself it's not sturdy enough. But I like the idea of being able to push it up and out of the way when working in the raised-bed.

vegomatic · May 18, 2006

Nice setup! I hope it's greened up well by now. I've grown cukes in the gh as well as squash, pumpkin, zukes and luffa. The bigger squahes, you can usually get a willing male to pluck the petals off and manually pollinate. For the cukes, it seemed that a q-tip worked better to deposit one or two of the larger-seeming bits of the pollen. I never was able to get a luffa going, but got to where I had pretty good results with squashes, less-so with cukes.

Whenever I could get a bee in there, she seemed more interested in escape than doing anything useful. For this year's cuke crop, I chose a couple self-pollinating varieties, we'll see how that goes.

-Ed

Miss_Mudcat · September 25, 2006

Earl? I was just wondering if you could give us any updates on the greenhouse. Have you moved plants indoors? Started anything for the winter? How goes it?

Lisa

March 18, 2006	#1
Earl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 1,278	Green House, partly finished Inside's not finished but I had to move plants out of the house.

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Miss_Mudcat Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Central Georgia Posts: 366	Earl? I was just wondering if you could give us any updates on the greenhouse. Have you moved plants indoors? Started anything for the winter? How goes it? Lisa __________________ Farmers don't wear watches; they work until the job is done!

March 18, 2006	#2
Sherry_AK Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Alaska Zone 3/4 Posts: 1,857	Woo, hoo! It looks great! Will you be growing your tomatoes in the greenhouse throughout the season, or is this to give them a good start?

March 18, 2006	#3
dokutaaguriin Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alberta, Canada Z3a Posts: 905	Morn' Earl, I was half expecting the 'good ship greenhouse' to be floating by because of all the rain you guys have had. I now understand your design plans for the shelving unit....something I must try to build next year. There is nothing like spending time in the greenhouse with ones tomato plants- the combination of heat, humidity and the smell of tomato is something to be savoured. Looking forward to more pics, Jeff

May 18, 2006	#5
vegomatic Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Black Hills SD Z4 Posts: 89	Nice setup! I hope it's greened up well by now. I've grown cukes in the gh as well as squash, pumpkin, zukes and luffa. The bigger squahes, you can usually get a willing male to pluck the petals off and manually pollinate. For the cukes, it seemed that a q-tip worked better to deposit one or two of the larger-seeming bits of the pollen. I never was able to get a luffa going, but got to where I had pretty good results with squashes, less-so with cukes. Whenever I could get a bee in there, she seemed more interested in escape than doing anything useful. For this year's cuke crop, I chose a couple self-pollinating varieties, we'll see how that goes. -Ed