I have been given (how kind) a second s/h mini greenhouse. One of this kind:
I already have one at home, so this one is probably best located on the 'lottie.
I have a couple of questions:
- what would you consider the most suitable location? The options are in a protected space but facing north west or in a more exposed location facing south or east (ish).
- if the second of these, bearing in mind the way how light weight these are and the way they slot together, with their plastic cover, how shall I secure it? I thought about burying the bottom of it (but that will interfere with the zip-up door/access) or putting a fencing post to either side and guy ropes over the top. I'm disinclined to peirce the cover, although, in many ways, that would be better. The one I have at home benefits from a wall behind it and a layer of bricks on the bottom shelf.
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A couple of full size paving slabs on the bottom shelf.
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You'd get and fortune for your bricks right now, all the builders merchants have been closed for a couple of weeks!
I'd go for slabs as they need less vertical space at the bottom
I'd go for slabs as they need less vertical space at the bottom
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Don't pierce the cover as it will just continue to tear, but do set up guy ropes to a post or something. Also don't put it in direct sun all day as the covers perish & you find lots of little bits - forever it seems! Eventually the posts rust as well but that is not really a hardship as you can re-use them for another year or 2 as plant supports.
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I do have another question, having narrowed my choice to two locations:-
Would you choose morning sunlight or evening sunlight?
Would you choose morning sunlight or evening sunlight?
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I would choose morning, I like to fiddle about after work in mine, when the sun has gone round and it's just nice and warm in there. On Sunday it was 41 mid morning!
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Thank you both. Your views are in line with my thinking.
I have been thinking that warming up quickly from the night time low was probably more important than heat as the temperature drops in the evening.
I have been thinking that warming up quickly from the night time low was probably more important than heat as the temperature drops in the evening.
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