New here with a slight problem

[lottie dolly]

Welcome to the forum

[seed_beaver]

Thankyou

[Bren In Pots]

Hello and welcome to the vine, growing things is a good hobby how ever you go about it.

[ancee]

We had a conservatory in a house we were renting, It was freezing in Winter and in Summer awfully hot. So we put plants in there to grow and they went mad! We had more tomatoes cucumbers and salad than you could possibly imagine! We had no-where to grow at all outside so we used it as an off the kitchen greenhouse and loved it! Until, that is we got to winter again when no-one ventured in there - not even the dog! One day it was warmer outside!
So I get why you are growing inside rather than out!
A lot of people in the Victorian era used to have grow rooms just for exotics, perhaps you are re-starting a new trend!
Welcome to the vine by the way

[Bill HH]

Welcome.

I have been thinking about supplimentary light in my green house, my garden is plagued by two big trees which shade my whole garden. The one cuts off the sun for a hour mid morning, then I have light for two hours until the next tree cuts off the light mid afternoon. Is it feasable? what type of light would i need in a 9ft x 6 ft green house? Could i grow better winter lettuce and things in there? Will my neighbours report me for growin Wacky Baccy.

[Penellype]

I experimented this spring with a "Grow light garden" in my utility room, in which I started off various tender veg. I certainly ended up with straighter and less spindly tomato plants grown from seed, which has never really worked for me before as I have no greenhouse. The lights appear to be ordinary fluorescent tubes as far as I can tell.

I'm very tempted to turn part of my boxroom into a mushroom farm, as the boiler is in there, but I haven't got round to it yet.

[seed_beaver]

Thanks everyone, sadly it seems the cucamelon are deteriorating, but i will not give up

[RedThorn]

Treat them the same as you would have in a greenhouse that overheated in summer, after a first good drink, water as normal, you may lose some leaves that have been damaged, however hopefully the new growth kicks in and away you go. You will more than likely set the plants back a bit but fingers crossed that is all


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[Bill HH]

Treat them the same as you would have in a greenhouse that overheated in summer, after a first good drink, water as normal, you may lose some leaves that have been damaged, however hopefully the new growth kicks in and away you go. You will more than likely set the plants back a bit but fingers crossed that is all


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I agree, the leaves may be permanently damaged but the roots wont have been burnt and willl soon push up new leaves. So don't give up.

[veggiechicken]

They're supposed to be perennials - so, they may grow back anyway. I'm going to give mine a fighting chance of surviving the winter............well, actually, I'll leave them in the greenhouse and hope for the best