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greenhouse
Gwynydd Deakin
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Hi everyone. I am lucky enough to have an 8ft x 6ft greenghouse and despite the fact that have been using it for a few years I always seem to have wasted space. I like to grow salad leaves, cucumbers, tomatoes etc and also grow on plugs for baskets and tubs and for the borders. My problem is lack of space as I tend to grow some things in grow bags on the floor which leaves little room for shelving
Has anyone got any tips for maximising the whole of the greenhouse and still be able to reach everything please? I am quite willing to buy some more shelves but don't want to waste money on something that is not going to help me.
Thank you. Gwyn
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My greenhouse is wall mounted and faces South. There is fairly heavy staging on the wall side then shelves above as part of it is a warming cable sand bed. I use only pots on the floor with trays and pots under the staging which can be turned daily and they get plenty of direct light. The other side is gravel and at the moment crowded with tomato's etc. some will be moving outside to a sheltered sunny spot. Above them there are more shelves, they need watching as the pots get direct sunlight so get moved around thE g/house. I also have two light aluminium stagings for that side and move them out for summer filling them with pots outside of the conservatory, I can sit in there with a colourful display outside to look at. In winter they go back in the greenhouse and filled with pots also under the stagings. With cold frames the maximum use can be made of the space, I do not do any other work as I pot on and sow on my bench in the garage thus leaving the greenhouse fit for purpose, to bring on plants only.
hope this helps, Frank