Winter light in mini greenhouse
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 6:49 pm
Help please! Does anybody use a mini plastic greenhouse over winter ? (It's the only protection I've got so need to make the best of it). Mine is currently anchored against an east facing house wall so would get a few hours of daylight in winter (and a little sun if we have any) but is exposed to the full force of frost or snow in we get any.
In previous winters I've moved it, complete with its cover under a north facing Perspex alleyway between house wall and boundary fence which I use as a potting shed area where the light level is very low. The over wintering plants stored in it didn,t do well and most cuttings died of rot., even when I left the ventilation flap partly open.
Today I swapped the transparent plastic cover on the greenhouse for a thicker reinforced cover which has green fabric thread squares in it for winter and am contemplating leaving the greenhouse outside anchored to the house wall but was shocked ar how little daylight the greenish cover will now let in for my plants in there for the rest of winter.
Can anybody give me some words of advice on which the two location options will be best. Are the green reinforced covers stronger for winter use in frosty weather than the clear transparent ones?
Will the green reinforced cover retain more heat or would I still be better off moving the structure to an area of low light with no access to sunshine at all for several months but stick with the clear plastic cover?
In previous winters I've moved it, complete with its cover under a north facing Perspex alleyway between house wall and boundary fence which I use as a potting shed area where the light level is very low. The over wintering plants stored in it didn,t do well and most cuttings died of rot., even when I left the ventilation flap partly open.
Today I swapped the transparent plastic cover on the greenhouse for a thicker reinforced cover which has green fabric thread squares in it for winter and am contemplating leaving the greenhouse outside anchored to the house wall but was shocked ar how little daylight the greenish cover will now let in for my plants in there for the rest of winter.
Can anybody give me some words of advice on which the two location options will be best. Are the green reinforced covers stronger for winter use in frosty weather than the clear transparent ones?
Will the green reinforced cover retain more heat or would I still be better off moving the structure to an area of low light with no access to sunshine at all for several months but stick with the clear plastic cover?