I built that greenhouse from an existing shed on my property that's oriented EW so I replaced the entire south facing roof and wall with triple wall poly glazing. Then I lined the interior with R13 rigid foil backed insulation boards and foil tape to seal off intrusions. The intake vent closes, there is an attic fan on a thermostat. Except when ambient temp is over 90 it stays 50-85 degrees all year with a little BS fan heater.

This is actually a really good strategy as I find they both have very similar requirements, the only time I got my peppers to work really well I grew them in styrofoam placed on concrete as I did the eggplants and they both did very well. I will keep my fingers crossed for you just as an extra precaution!

Jack,

I am very impressed by your ingenuity. Good job!

jack dont mess around, he cooks, makes sausages, cured meats and gardens too

did you buy the contraption from Johnnys Seeds to start your seeds (blocks out the soil for the seeds)?

take some ****ing pictures m8, sounds pretty sweet

i def plan to get some garlic down in the ground when fall comes around

I'm in the planning stages for an outdoor garden - bought a new house and the existing garden is in pretty bad shape. I'm using this calendar as a guide.



I plan on starting basil and tomatoes this weekend, will through in cucumbers in a few weeks, and then a few more which are yet to be determined.

i hope you live in a really cold climate and your last frost isnt until early/mid may, otherwise you're getting a late start on basically all of that (according to the chart dates)

That chart is a little weird. You need to modify dates for your climate zone there's no catch all chart possible. Get your peas in the ground ASAP there's no need to start them inside.

I am definitely getting a late start as it's my first spring in my home and a lot of basic landscaping still needs to be done (a 2-month old child doesn't help). I pulled that off a site now but have one customized for my climate zone (and I'm still late).

late is better than nothing, maybe take your baby outside with you for short periods of time and let him/her get some fresh air

i mean i dont think you're that far off or anything, i'm in SC where it's pretty fkn warm and our projected final frost date was april 8

i didnt start anything from seed, just bought babies from a couple different places

can confirm that lemon basil is an excellent addition to a gin n tonic

happy plants



everything is starting to grow in size, got a couple everbearing strawberry plants to hang up (also going to propagate some runners) and added some cilantro. i decided to give fox farm's organic nutes a try here and the results have been quite impressive- would definitely recommend, and if i'm fortunate enough to be able to start growing weed again, i'll probably keep using them. put down an application of their "wholly mackerel" on the first water and gave the soil a dose of the 6-4-4 "grow big" a couple days ago. strawberries got a mixture of grow big and tiger bloom. pretty sick tho, the vegetable plants started standing up and stretching out new growth within the first 12 hours like i had used a chemical fertilizer. havent seen indications that any micronutrients are being locked out, so the soil pH must be somewhere around the 6.5 to 7ish range

was planning on doing some research wrt training and trellising tomato/cucumber plants, any vets got some advice?

Never done it before, but I'm planning on training my tomatoes along the chain link fence in my back yard. I'll post any interesting successes or disasters.

Dad and I have been growing tomato's for years. This is the start so far ...

http://imgur.com/a/Hw6oO

use remay, dont transplant cilantro or beets, tomato starts should be done in channeled cell flats and never allowed to get so leggy.

compost heavily.

I have several summers of work on organic veggie farms and several others where ive done market gardening.

What's remay?

a thin cloth that holds heat and moisture. it extends seasons by at least 2 weeks on both ends in cold climates. it also keeps out pests.

http://hudsonvalleyseed.com/agribon-...OIQaAlfg8P8HAQ

its a nightmare when youre dealing with thousands of feet but ina garden its the nut high.

Thanks gder

Why is my basil constantly dying?

I have a bunch of herbs in pots on the terrace. Everything except basil grows and is green and fine. But basil..... Now already third try is dying just after two days in my care.

Ideas?

Has the pot got adequate drainage? You need to keep basil a bit moist but not too wet as that will kill off the plant. Adequate sunlight is probably the only other thing I can think of.

Tx. I am going to try to give it more sun. That can definitely be an issue here.

Where do you live?

I think Lapka is living in Germany.

Hmmm, depending on his specific zone the basil might need more heat as well as sun.

lapka is female btw but possibly you are right with your diagnosis.