Yes, leave the door open (in my opinion). also you should position your greenhouse in dappled shade, or screen it from the full sun. It acts like a lens if you don't
RE:EXPERTS...(Ceanothus etc.)...Chris Beardshaw's grandmother told him to ignore the "experts" because "x" is an unknown quantity, and a "spurt" is just a big drip!!!
Watering plants in greenhouse once a day but lost a few plants in this heat...should I leave the door fully open when its so hot? have had it open 5 inches or so...will water twice a day whilst its so hot too...
You need to shade it and provide ventilation as much ventilation possible-plants will just stop growing if it gets too hot-leave door open.
I've just been out on a nocturnal snail hunt in a vain attempt to get them under control. Lots of them were making an assault on my shallots this evening.
I am sitting in the conservatory and a snail has just started to climb the window next to me. I can hear it chortling away because I missed it just now. He he I'm heading for your hostas!
@debbie11.. yes leave doors and windows open.. i have had mine open through the night as well.. thou close door slightly as the pesky sea gull gets in there..
also..and this may sound strange.. but is use old net curtains to shade mine.. they still let light in and are cheaper than proper shading.. and i just hold in with insulation clips.. thou on one side that gets full sun all day it has proper stuff on outside as easier to fit..
@inkadog.. well they look good.. i love natural stuff in the garden
Sounds like everyone has been busy. I've been away for a few days visiting my parents and left my coldframe open while I was away. I've come back to some very unhappy looking seedlings and cuttings, and the blasted slugs have had a party! Other parts of the garden are looking very nice for their 3 days of sun though, so not all bad...
It's very annoying when you turn your back for a few days and end up with tatty stubs on plants you've nurtured all through the Spring.
I don't holiday since my husband won't fly and can't drive at the moment and so my garden is my holiday resort on-tap and I'm very happy to see some old favourites returning this year including my oriental poppies of which I have a very established clump and a newly planted clump from divisions I took last year that are showing flowers although of less stature.
My foxgloves are budding with surprising results too. I purposefully selected those that I could identify as pale in colour (discarding the pinks) and assumed yellows and whites would be the order of the day although some appear to be flushed apricot which whould be an enormous delight, we shall see.
Also, my two nameless climbing roses that I had to move two years back have put down enough root and are showing some marvellous clusters of flowers although my oldest Acanthus is not looking its best this year after more than a decade's worth of trouble free displays of foliage and flower I may have to dig it up.
It's looked sickly all spring compared to its baby that is thriving, with yellow leaves and a very slow growth when usually it does so well. I gave it a feed in early spring but its still looking tarnished and geriatric if I may be so judgemental.
Problem is, (as anyone with an Acanthus will know) removing it completely will be an impossible task as the root systems are incredible invasive, so would digging it up in the autumn regenerate the plant the same as a division? Thoughts would be appreciated
Yeah, my foxgloves have shot up as well. Very close to flowering I think, but I've no idea what colour they'll be. I've just taken some cuttings of a climbing rose from my mother-in-law's garden, as well as some evergreen clematis. Hopefully these will survive their few days of neglect...
I don't know anything about Acanthus. Would cutting it back hard for some fresh growth be the sort of thing to do with it?
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Yes, leave the door open (in my opinion). also you should position your greenhouse in dappled shade, or screen it from the full sun. It acts like a lens if you don't
You need to shade it and provide ventilation as much ventilation possible-plants will just stop growing if it gets too hot-leave door open.
2nd go-blast this lack of edit function
You need to shade it and provide as much ventilation as possible-plants will stop growing if it gets too hot and leave the door open.
There (sigh smiley)
Wot no edit???
I've just been out on a nocturnal snail hunt in a vain attempt to get them under control. Lots of them were making an assault on my shallots this evening.
I am sitting in the conservatory and a snail has just started to climb the window next to me. I can hear it chortling away because I missed it just now. He he I'm heading for your hostas!
@debbie11.. yes leave doors and windows open.. i have had mine open through the night as well.. thou close door slightly as the pesky sea gull gets in there..
also..and this may sound strange.. but is use old net curtains to shade mine.. they still let light in and are cheaper than proper shading.. and i just hold in with insulation clips.. thou on one side that gets full sun all day it has proper stuff on outside as easier to fit..
@inkadog.. well they look good.. i love natural stuff in the garden
Sounds like everyone has been busy. I've been away for a few days visiting my parents and left my coldframe open while I was away. I've come back to some very unhappy looking seedlings and cuttings, and the blasted slugs have had a party! Other parts of the garden are looking very nice for their 3 days of sun though, so not all bad...
It's very annoying when you turn your back for a few days and end up with tatty stubs on plants you've nurtured all through the Spring.
I don't holiday since my husband won't fly and can't drive at the moment and so my garden is my holiday resort on-tap
and I'm very happy to see some old favourites returning this year including my oriental poppies of which I have a very established clump and a newly planted clump from divisions I took last year that are showing flowers although of less stature.
My foxgloves are budding with surprising results too. I purposefully selected those that I could identify as pale in colour (discarding the pinks) and assumed yellows and whites would be the order of the day although some appear to be flushed apricot which whould be an enormous delight, we shall see.
Also, my two nameless climbing roses that I had to move two years back have put down enough root and are showing some marvellous clusters of flowers although my oldest Acanthus is not looking its best this year after more than a decade's worth of trouble free displays of foliage and flower I may have to dig it up.
It's looked sickly all spring compared to its baby that is thriving, with yellow leaves and a very slow growth when usually it does so well. I gave it a feed in early spring but its still looking tarnished and geriatric if I may be so judgemental.
Problem is, (as anyone with an Acanthus will know) removing it completely will be an impossible task as the root systems are incredible invasive, so would digging it up in the autumn regenerate the plant the same as a division? Thoughts would be appreciated
Yeah, my foxgloves have shot up as well. Very close to flowering I think, but I've no idea what colour they'll be. I've just taken some cuttings of a climbing rose from my mother-in-law's garden, as well as some evergreen clematis. Hopefully these will survive their few days of neglect...
I don't know anything about Acanthus. Would cutting it back hard for some fresh growth be the sort of thing to do with it?
Also, saw some beautiful planting while I was away. Very inspiring. Pics posted here.