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Understanding Greenhouse Structures
Novices, hobby gardeners and commercial growers rely on greenhouses to protect their plants from pests and the elements to ultimately extend their growing seasons.
How to Use Your Greenhouse in the Summer
Many gardeners are drawn to invest in a greenhouse to help extend their growing seasons. Not only does it give them the ability to control the growing environment—despite the extremes of weather—but also it helps them create a place for plants to thrive.
7 Helpful Tips for the Beginning Greenhouse Gardener
Enthusiasm is an admirable trait for the beginning greenhouse gardener, but don’t let it overshadow the practical steps you should take to ensure your efforts are successful.
Best Ways to Keep Your Greenhouse Cool in Summer
If you’ve already invested in a greenhouse, then odds are you did, like most hobbyists and commercial growers, to be able to control the environment inside for your plants’ sake.Though temperature is one of the variables greenhouse gardeners try to manage, the more intense summer heat can certainly make it a challenge—especially depending on your local climate.
6 Types of Flowers to Grow in Your Greenhouse
Growing flowers for fun—or profit—is another popular greenhouse application.Your greenhouse can be used to nurture seedlings before being planted in an outdoor garden. Or your greenhouse can offer a controlled environment where you can tend to tropical blooms.
Do’s and Don’ts for Increasing Greenhouse Production
Making the most of your gardening efforts is important so you can increase the enjoyment and the profits—if you’re going that route—from your greenhouse. Essentially, the more success you have, the more you’ll want to grow!
Understanding Greenhouse Ventilation
Ensuring proper ventilation in your greenhouse is one of the most important concerns you’ll have since adequate and uniform air circulation is crucial to the success of your plants.Ventilation is a primary concern because without it the greenhouse can quickly become anoven in which no plant can survive.
Best Vegetables to Grow in a Greenhouse
More and more American households are discovering the benefits to growing their own vegetables at home. In just a five-year period, 17 percent more households—from 32 million in 2008 to 43 million in 2013—took to their backyards and community gardens to test their green thumbs, according to a special National Gardening Association report, Garden to Table: A 5-Year Look at Food Gardening in America.
How to Choose Your Greenhouse Site
After you’ve carefully selected a greenhouse that best suits your needs, now you’ll have to put some thought into where it’s located on your property. Site selection is extremely important for your greenhouse, primarily for the success of the plants and vegetables you might want to grow. But it can also pay great dividends in terms of reduced maintenance and maximized time for you to enjoy your hobby if you just keep these factors in mind
What to Consider When Buying a Greenhouse
Greenhouses were once the necessity for gardeners growing fragile flowers and plants. But with more than 42 million American households taking up food gardening, according to the National Gardening Association, many more gardeners are using greenhouses to extend the growing season.