Fushia cells

[smallblueplanet]

We don't do branded chemical feeds - I say its because we're organic, but really we're too mean! ;-)

Is comfrey or seaweed high in nitrogen, or the only other liquid feed we have is worm 'pee'?

[nick the grief]

Don it again!! Is there any windows in there LJ? if there are it will be OK otherwise they will keep growing & get leggy. You could even stand the seed trays on the boiler to root the cutings !

[nick the grief]

Hmm, got me there SBP, I know comfrey has some Nitrogen in it, not sure of it's make up and as for worm pee Well, what can I say!!

I guess if it's a balanced liquid feed that will be OK as it won't push teh plants too hard and there will be some nutrients in the compost, I shall research worm pee while the kettle boils

[smallblueplanet]

Don't mix the two liquids up! [grin]

By worm pee I mean of course the liquid run-off from a worm composter!!! :-)

[bramble]

Nick, How do you keep your green house frost free?

[smallblueplanet]

Nick, How do you keep your green house frost free?

Its all that hot air!!!

(just thought I'd sneak that in while he's out brewing tea!)

[nick the grief]

here you go SBP, I knew the tea wouldn't fail me

http://www.the-organic-gardener.com/...html#Balance_C

[nick the grief]

I heard that SBP I use fan heaters Bramble, mainly because I've got my Chrysanthemum stools & Dahlia tubers in there (plus about 100 cacti & the Pelargoniums) so it helps to keep the sir moving as well as providing heat. From the end of November till about Christmas it literally is frost free & anything that is tender or needs a tad more heat I put on my rpopagating bench which is a 150w cable in about 3cwt of damp sand & the excess or rather escaping heat from this warms the shelf above it (see below)

[bramble]

Nick, You must have a big greenhouse then. Do you do this as a hobby or as a business. Don,t get me wrong. Not being nosey, just interested.

[nick the grief]

No this is purely a hobby, (it keeps me out of pubs ) The foto is the end of the big greenhouse, the 8x6 is left to the mercies of the weather although I can put a parafin lamp in there if I need to. Most of the time the little house is used as a big coldframe bu t during the summer it has toms in there & I keep the other one for the stuff that likes it hotter (peppers, chillies etc) as this is infront of the small g/house and being higher up it shades it a bit. Come November they are both full of Chrysanths then when they have finished flowering it's time to put the staging back up and get ready to start taking cuttings again!

I would love to do it as a job, but the pay is crap. My father used to have 3 greenhouses & his passion was Fuchsia's, he had a 12x10 with his stock plants inm and 30x14 ish with cuttings & tomatoes in & a 10x8 with his cacti collection in. He used to sell the fuchsia cuttings but I was never bothered then, Now I 'm interested & it's too late, such is life. I guess my son is the same he's more intersted in other things but I guess it will change when he leaves home (I hope) & gets his own house.

[Lesley Jay]

Nick that looks like good strong quality bubble wrap you have in your extremely tidy greenhouse. Where did you get it from? We must replace ours this summer.

[nick the grief]

I got that from NA Kays LJ. I bought a roll due to the size of thet house & the fact I've got the small one as well. One thing I will do if I get chance is to use better way of fixing it. The green plastic clips are pants as my daughter says. What I think I'l do fix some soft wood battens using some brackets & pin it to this. That way I'll be able to get it tighter. I leave mine up all year round. I loose a bit of light this time of year, but it helps diffuse the sun in the height of summer & doesn't damage the plants.

[Lesley Jay]

Exactly what my other half said about those green clips this afternoon when I told him we needed new bubblewrap. Does anywhere sell better clips?

[nick the grief]

Not that I've found LJ. I did thinkof using some net curtain rods but the aluminium frames aren't that strong & they deform easily, thats why I thought of fastening a batten to the frame & pining it.

You would need 6 I reckon. 1 on the bottom, 1 at the eaves & 2 in the roof apex and that would make the sides easy. The ends you may be able to pin thru into the end of the side battens if that makes sense. Might mean you'd have to take some glass out, but if it works it will b e worth it.

[nick the grief]

Overwintering

As you were asking about Over winterint i thought I'd post some photo's of the situation at the moment.




May give you some Ideas