PVC greenhouse advice please.

[Dread]

Hey all,
So my partner bought me a small pvc greenhouse today and as I’m new to growing, I don’t really know the use of it.

Basically it’s a shelving system that has a pvc cover that can be put over it.

With the heatwave that we are having atm, I don’t wanna just throw my plants in and kill them or anything.

Can someone please educate me.
Thanks
Dread

[veggiechicken]

Is it like this?

[Dread]

Yeah, pretty much.

[veggiechicken]

What do you want to grow in it? They get very hot in the sun!

[Dread]

Well at the moment I only have basil, spring onions, mixed salad and coriander growing.

[nickdub]

May come in useful later in the year if things turn wet and rainy, but probably the main benefit you will get with it is raising plants late winter / Spring next year. Probably best to put the polythene cover away out of the sun for now - uv will make it brittle eventually, but there's no need to hurry the process :-)

[Dread]

This is what I thought, thanks for clearing this for me.

I shall just use it for shelves in the mean time.

[Earthgirl Jen]

nickdub... what do you mean "if things turn wet and windy" since I can't remember when?! It's going to a glorious summer...

[the big lebowski]

where are you going to put it ? if its out in the open you may need to secure it to somthing ,they dont have the nickname "blowaways" for nothing ,good luck with it ,cheers

[nickdub]

nickdub... what do you mean "if things turn wet and windy" since I can't remember when?! It's going to a glorious summer...

Not all of us are blessed with the gift of foresight :-) I try to keep a few alternative plans in mind, so I can react to what the weather Gods give us.

[robbra]

I only trust my seaweed and pine cones.