New Greenhouse, Which Shelving?

[dwrudd]

Hello again everyone,

Well I've bin an gone an done it! 8 x 6 greenhouse, twinwall polycarbonate glazing, auto vent, louvre at the back (ooh get him)

Now I plan to perhaps have a walkway in the middle, shelves of the left and nowt on the right so that I can grow toms, peppers etc. My question is, what type of shelving do you all swear by and why?

I am looking to but some soon (read: NOW ), and would like to make an informed decision. As a newbie to greenhouse gardening I am all ears.

Over to you,

Darren.

[nick the grief]

Hi Darren, If you look around at the garden centres, Two wests or the place where you bought your greenhouse from you can get brackets that are for 10" wide shelving. Buy 3 pairs of these & that will give you 2 shelves.

For the shelving itself I use Tanalised roofing lathes (2" x 1") it's really cheap & make a slatted shelf. A friend of mine built benches all round his greenhouse & has the slats removable & then grows his toms in the beds & uses the bench as a support for the tomato Canes.

I'll dig a foto out of my shelves for you.

They are loads cheaper than bought shelves (about 1/4 price) & will last as long as you

[sewer rat]

I have a fixed wooden staging on one side of mine that I cobbled together from 4 x 2's, 2 x 1 and a shelf above which is a length of old skirting board, where I keep my seed packets, labels, dibber etc. Bottom level of staging, just above ground level is where I store my pots, compost and seed trays. Top level of staging is where I put all my pots and trays once sown.
On other side I have removable metal staging that I got at a car boot sale. This is used to put more sown pots and trays and lengths of guttering on.

[nick the grief]

Hi darren as promised foto of shelf. Not brilliant as I couldn't be bothered to move all the pots off so one of the saging as well that show the principle.

[andrewo]

I used to make my own, it was cheaper and I had friends who were getting rid of floorboards.

[dwrudd]

Thanks Nick,

They look great, I think that this is my project for the weekend, I do like the idea of a removeable shelf to give extra storage when needed. I shall start to search my wood store for suitable bits and then off to town for the rest.

I will keep you informed of the progress

Just a thought, does anyone screw the shelves into the side bar grooves or are we all 'free standing' as it were. I am thinking of putting down 5 or 6 flags to give a good base for the shelves to be free standing.

Darren

[charliefred]

Hello dwrudd,

I have a 8x6 new for this year. At the moment I have placed at the back one of those 4-tier mini back to the wall grow things without the poly cover to germinate my seed trays on ( we live in hope). As internal staging I have used the framework for one of those blow-away geeenhouses. It fits a treat and when the seeds are ready I'll just take out the 4-tier housing and that'll leave plenty of room for grow bags. If it all works, same again next year.

Regards Charliefred

[dwrudd]

what a great idea ! I know that they are quite cheap and can easily be put away for next time. That looks very promising, now you have got me thinking.

thanks for the heads up, I shall investigate further.

Darren

[nick the grief]

Hi Darren,

Is your greenhouse aluminum? If so you can buy the brackets as a kit with cropped headed bolts that slide into the groove.

As to the mini greenhouse idea. I couldn't get covers anymore for my old one, so I split this in half & now use the 2 x doubel shelves under the stagin that you saw. the reason I have movable stageing is cos I grow Chrysanths & I drop the staging on the floor & stand the pots on it.