Help MBE grow his dinner 2010

mrbadexample

kirsty822001 wrote: »

Anyhow lets think of gardening and sunshine instead!!

Can we have some rain too, or I'll be spending all my spare time watering.

Orange_King

dorisday wrote: »

aaaaaaaaaah got my greenhouse set up yesterday by the firm who supplied it and then - down came the rain - and greenhouse was flooded, rain coming in in the 4 corners and ive got an electric socket in it. Put all my towels down to try and stop it getting into the socket. This monring all towels are so heavy with water I can hardly lift them. Im so so very angry, it didnt come cheap and I didnt expect this to happen. I can see the light through the corners, he hasnt sealed them. I have tried ringing this monring to complain but no answer as yet. I did try to fill the corners in with allsorts of things even putting sheets of polythene over greenhouse but didnt work.

Why is everthing you have done nowadays ever right. He wasnt a novice and has worked for the company for many years. Took 3 hrs to put up at a cost of £123!!!!!!:eek:

Hope this gets sorted out ok. Just got my greenhouse finished off yesterday and it also seems to have plenty of gaps - they recommended using silicon sealant after putting it together - guess I'll need to check when the rain comes down. :eek:

mrbadexample

What sort of greenhouse have you got then? Mine's never been sealed, but it doesn't leak!

Orange_King

It was a Gardman green coated aluminium frame. Instructions were not the greatest but quite happy with the investment and now eagerly awaiting payback!

dorisday

Ive got an elite compact greenhouse 6 x 4 and it still leaks, guy came out yesterday and put loads of sealant in each corner and I mean loads and it still leaked. Today had the owner of company out to look at it and he says hes coming back tomorrow to try and do something!!! I can see it isnt built well, ive been around looking at loads of greenhouse today and they dont look like mine in the corners. Think the guy didnt do a good job in the first place. But we shall see tomorrow, if it doesnt work can I ask them to take it back. Ive got my tomatoes/peppers/lettuce etc in there at the moment as it isnt raining and Ive got my new greenhouse heater on as its cold up here in the north east, supposidly getting some ground frost tonight.

Ive just bought a dwarf apricot tree to go with my dwarf cherry tree, they both seem to be doing very well at least they dont have to go into the greenhouse. Think I should have bvought some grow lights and put heating in my shed and used that instead of all this fuss with my greenhouse. The glass gets very dirty quickly doest it, or is that just me

floss2

mrbadexample wrote: »

Ah...you spotted my small growing space then?

I've used ordinary growbags before, with decent results, but thought I'd treat them this year. When you make a double-depth one, I assume you take the whole top off the bottom one, and then the bottom out of the top one, IYSWIM? How do you do that without it all falling out then? :still want my confused smiley back:

frugalsar wrote: »

oooh, I too am intrigued about the double depth grobags?? I usually smush my growbags so everythings loose inside fold it in half then chop it completely in half and use each half on its side for one tom plant, if you get me, much more roomy!

PS loving the gardening joke!

Lay the bottom grow-bag where you want it to live for the summer.

Lay the top grow-bag next to & parallel to it, long sides together.

Cut one long hole along the top of the bottom grow-bag, as if you were joining up the 3 plant circles. (With me so far?!)

Cut 2 or 3 holes in the bottom of the top grow-bag according to how many plants are going into it.

Gently roll the top grow-bag onto the bottom grow-bag.

Cut holes in the top of the top grow-bag and plant as normal.

The roots for your plants will grow down into the bottom bag and use the compost & nutrients in there to give stronger plants with a better harvest.

Orange_King

Great thinking floss2 - Much more sturdy and plenty of room for a good root to develop!

~Chameleon~

Or another trick I do with grow bags is to cut them in half then stand each half on it's end so you now have a deep bag of compost rather a shallow trough. It helps when watering too as the compost sits a few inches below the top of the bag

It's also more economical as you can plant 4 plants from 2 bags rather than just the 3 by the method (which is also excellent, btw) above

lemonjelly

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

Or another trick I do with grow bags is to cut them in half then stand each half on it's end so you now have a deep bag of compost rather a shallow trough. It helps when watering too as the compost sits a few inches below the top of the bag

It's also more economical as you can plant 4 plants from 2 bags rather than just the 3 by the method (which is also excellent, btw) above

Like this tip!

Well, some more good weather forecast for this weekend! Which means the jelly will be in the garden. I'll be moving the little plants from the plug pots into some larger pots, & repositioning them in the greenhouse to promote a bit more growth. I'll also be re-potting my cacti.:)

I hope that activity will spur me in to mowing the lawn, as it really needs doing, but there is an issue around motivation I'll get round to it soon enough. Perhaps 'll do the front but not the back? I dunno.

Cucumbers & runner beans & courgettes have now sprouted!:j

Really need to get out there this weekend, as will have even more to do bank holiday weekend!:cool:

Orange_King

Gave the grass the first cut last night and now have the weekend to concentrate on repotting and sorting seedlings. It was really to test the mower because I was comntemplating a new one in the Homebase 10% weekend. Turned out ok so 1 more year hopefully at least!