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How to Use a Portable Greenhouse to Grow Vegetables

Planning

Measure out your Portable greenhouse beds space. Check if you have enough space out all the summer greenhouse crops you plan to grow;

Benches should provide plenty of space for seedlings. Many seedlings will be moved outside when it is time for summer greenhouse crops;

A catch crop of salad leaves can be sown in portable greenhouse borders before the space is needed for summer greenhouse crops.

Sowing seed indoors

Use clean pots and trays. Also, use fresh, peat-free seed or multipurpose compost;

Follow instructions on the seed packet;

Seeds will germinate on a sunny windowsill indoors. They also love a heated propagator unit in the greenhouse.

Growing on

Once germinated, seedlings will need somewhere light and frost-free to grow on. An unheated greenhouse may not be sufficiently warm until April;

Consider fleecing and heating a partitioned section of your greenhouse. It is helpful to make a suitable environment for growing on tender plants;

Watch weather forecasts. Then you can protect young plants with fleece on frosty nights or provide supplementary heating when needed.

15x7 portable greenhouse

Planting

Plant protected crops into their final positions once they are sturdy and well-rooted;

Plant into greenhouse borders, containers or growing bags;

Ensure climbing plants have sufficient support. And tie cordon tomatoes into strings or canes. Here means cucumbers and melons.

Summer maintenance

Check watering daily.Uneven watering can result in problems such as blossom end rot in tomatoes;

Ventilate greenhouses on warm days by opening doors and vents;

For warmth-loving okra and cucumbers, vents can be kept closed.  However, humidity must be raised by damping down. Alternatively, partition off a section of the greenhouse with fleece or clear plastic;

Some shading will be necessary. It is best to add this gradually, as it will initially reduce growth

Hang yellow sticky traps to provide early warning of pests. Biological controls can then be ordered promptly;

Winter maintenance

Keep structures, especially glazing, clean;

Bubble wrap is sufficient for many structures;

When heated plastic greenhouses, ensure a thermostat is working to maintain a minimum night-time temperature;

Invest in a  thermometer to monitor conditions.

March 11, 2016Permalink

Q & A on Using Portable Greenhouse in Winter

Winter is coming, followed by a series of difficult conditions like rain, wind and snow to challenge our plants cultivating. Here lists some frequent questions when you using portable greenhouse for winter. Hopefully they can be helpful.

Q: Do my Quictent greenhouses need any care and maintenance?

A: Yes,your portable greenhouse will get dirty when you work with plants and soil and from rain spatter on the ground outside. With a low-pressured sprayer, hose down the walls from time to time to get rid of dirt and dust. If mold or mildew has grown, wash with warm water and a mild soap such as dish soap. Before storing your Quictent greenhouse be sure it is clean and completely dry.

Q: How do I control plant diseases in my Quictent greenhouse or mini greenhouse?

A: It’s best to focus on prevention. Begin with disease resistant plants. Do not overcrowd the plants. Remove dead leaves from the plants and soil. Do not over water or keep the atmosphere unnecessarily moist. Ventilate enough to assure air circulation because diseases thrive in stagnant air.

Q: What is the best type of heater to use in my Quictent portable greenhouse?

A: A small ceramic electrical heater works best. There are numerous models on the market but we recommend you look for one with the following features:

Automatic overheat shut off

Thermostat control. This allows you to set your desired temperature and the heater will automatically turn off and on to maintain that temperature.

Humidity sensor. This reads the percentage of humidity in the air.

Heaters of this type are readily available at your local stores. Be sure to use an extension cord rated for outdoor use and always exercise caution when using an electrical device.

Q: Should I let the snow build up over my portable greenhouse during the winter?

A: No. The snow in the city mostly is acid which can erode the cover to some extent. What’s worse, the snow can turn into ice to continuously freeze your plants. Therefore, it is necessary to keep the snow cleared off the top. And for some portable greenhouse with clear cover, such as 4 tier mini greenhouse, it’s more essential to clear the cover to allow the sun to warm the interior of the greenhouse during the day.

December 1, 2015Permalink

Why do We Choose Small Portable Greenhouse

Honestly speaking, if you really do not need to maintain a large garden, you can go for a small portable greenhouse and surprisingly enjoy a lot of benefits. While they have some limitations when pitted against standard greenhouses, many of the advantages are retained and there are additional benefits as well.

Space Saving

Portable greenhouses simply take up less space than other types of greenhouses making them ideal for homeowners that have very limited yard space. It is possible for a narrow area like a patio or rooftop deck to have a portable greenhouse where you can take care of a mini garden. People living in urban locations also have the opportunity to set up a greenhouse if they just think small. Standard portable greenhouses are roughly the same size as camping tents so you can get a good idea on how many plants you can put while saving a lot of space.

Mobile Portability

Ordinary greenhouses are attached to the ground which is why gardeners have to plan ahead for a fixed location. This isn’t a concern for portable greenhouses because you do not have to attach them to the ground. In fact, portable greenhouses are completely collapsible so the only thing you need to do is take out all the plants if you move them out and then move them back in when you relocated the portable greenhouse. This portability is ideal if you want to make sure that your plants are getting the best sunlight possible. The weather can change from time to time so you can take good advantage of this benefit if you have extra space.

Fast Setup

One of the objectives of portable greenhouses is for gardeners to spend more time with their plants. To achieve this objective, many portable greenhouses are designed for quick setup. There are only a few steps to follow and you should be able to set up a portable greenhouse faster once you get used to the practice. Never wait, and it’s high time to invest a portable greenhouse for winter for your lovely plants to get through this cold season. Good luck.

November 5, 2015Permalink

Building a Portable Greenhouse

Even for the avid horticulturalist, having a glass greenhouse can be difficult to maintain. Not to mention, whenever you need to transport plants to a show or festival, the shelter can’t go with you. One option to still have a high-quality greenhouse that is easily transported is to set up a portable greenhouse. Much like any portable shelter, portable greenhouses are made of a galvanized steel frame that supports a polyethylene canopy. The polyethylene tarp, in this case, is partially transparent, allowing some light to pass through the surface. If you’re a budding horticulturalist, one of these structures can be beneficial, as well, and can evolve your gardening from only a seasonal endeavor to one that lasts all year round.

What about adjusting temperature? One of the benefits of owning a greenhouse is that plants can be grown all year long. With glass greenhouses, the inside can be heated naturally and, to alleviate some of the heat, vents are added. This same design is added to many portable greenhouses. Two possible portable greenhouse designs include polycarbonate and polyethylene panels. When completely closed, these structures retain heat inside but, in warmer months, to cool off the plants, vents are added to the roofs. With the temperature outside, the vents can be adjusted to the plants’ needs.

As with all types of portable shelters, portable greenhouses come in a number of shapes and sizes. Rounded and peaked roofs are two designs used across all portable shelters, and these, too, are applied to greenhouses in large and small sizes. For your personal garden, smaller portable greenhouses can be put together. But, if you need an industrial-size greenhouse for growing vegetable or plants in the winter month, rounded roof industrial-size portable greenhouses can be installed to cover a large area of up to 20 feet by 26 feet.

Honestly speaking, portable greenhouses are really good to your plant growing when you need a removable shelter.

October 8, 2015Permalink

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May 9, 2013Permalink

Build a Portable Greenhouse in Your Garden

Do you get ready to start your greenhouse growing now? When you have made a decision about what plants you intend to grow, and select a proper greenhouse which meets all your requirements, the next thing you will do is to build it on a suitable place in your garden. Building a portable greenhouse does not need to be expensive or time-consuming. What you ought to notice when you build it.

1. Select a good location.

Due to the flowers need a good environment for sprouting, the temperature and the air humidity must be appropriate, so selecting a site where the flowers can get maximum sunlight all year round is top priority. The south or southeast side of shade trees or your house is the first option of location. Sunlight all day is best, but morning sunlight on the east side is more sufficient for plants. Morning sunlight is most desirable, because it makes the plant’s food production process begin early, thus growth is maximized. The east side site captures the most November to February sunlight. The next best sites are southwest and west of greenhouse, where plants receive sunlight later in the day. North of major structures is the least desirable location and it is good only for plants which require little light and heat.

2. Think of foundations and floors.

The lasting foundations should be provided for glass, fiberglass, or the double-layer rigid-plastic sheet materials. The manufacturer should provide plans for the foundation construction. Most of home greenhouses require a poured concrete foundation which is similar to those in residential houses. Greenhouses with pipe frames and a plastic cover use posts driven into the ground. However, the lasting floor is not recommended, because it may keep wet and slippery from soil mix media. A concrete, gravel, or stone walkway 24 to 36 inches wide can be built for easy access to the plants. The rest of the floor should be covered by several inches of gravel for draining off excess water. Water also can be sprayed on the gravel to produce humidity in the greenhouse.

3. Choose one with excellent solar performance, reinforced ground bar and high quality material.

Portable greenhouse, which fills with excellent solar performance, reinforced ground bar and high quality material, takes less time to construct. Put up the steel frame to which attached bows of PVC pipe. The reinforced ground bar will establish the whole greenhouse. Then cover the UV-protected and rip-stop cover on the arch roof and fix it to the white powder coated steel frame.

After portable greenhouse being built, you can pot the plants seeds.

March 14, 2013Permalink

Some Factors You Should Notice for Using Greenhouse

Greenhouse is a shelter which provides the suitable environment maintained for your plants, you should know how to make full use of it. The sun provides plenty of sunlight and heat, but you must regulate the environment in your greenhouse. There are some factors below that you ought to pay attention to.

Watering System

A water supply is essential for plants. Watering manually is acceptable for most greenhouse plants if you are available. However, many hobbyists work away from home during the day. Variety of automatic watering systems is available to help you do the task over short periods of time. Bear in mind, the small greenhouse is likely to have a variety of plant materials, containers, and soil mixes that need different amounts of water. Watering kits can water plants in pots, benches, or flats. Mist sprays are used to moisten seedlings or to create humidity. And you can choose time clocks or mechanical evaporation sensors to control automatic watering systems.

CO2 and Light

CO2 and light are essential for plant growth as well. As the sun rises in the morning to provide light, the plants begin to their photosynthesis. The level of CO2 drops in the greenhouse as it is used by the plants. Ventilation supplies the CO2 in the greenhouse. Because CO2 and light complement each other, electric lighting combined with CO2 injection is used to increase yields of vegetable and flowering crops. You may use bottled CO2, dry ice, and combustion of sulfur-free fuels as CO2 sources.

Air Circulation and Ventilation

It is a good investment to fix circulating fans in your greenhouse or portable greenhouse. During the winter when the greenhouse is heated, you need to maintain air circulation so that temperatures remain uniform throughout the greenhouse. The warm air rises to the top and cool air settles around the plants on the floor without air-mixing fans. Turn off these fans during the summer if the greenhouse needs ventilation.

Ventilation is to exchange inside air for outside air to control temperature inside, remove moisture, or replenish CO2. Several ventilation systems can be used. Natural ventilation uses roof vents on the ridge line with side inlet vents. Warm air rises on convective currents to escape through the top, drawing cool air in through the sides. While, mechanical ventilation uses an exhaust fan to move air out one end of the greenhouse while outside air enters the other end through motorized inlet louvers. Exhaust fans should be sized to exchange the total volume of air in the greenhouse each minute. Ventilation requirements vary with the weather and season. In summer, 1 to 1 air volume changes per minute are needed. In winter, 20 to 30 percent of one air volume exchange per minute is sufficient for mixing in cool air without cooling the plants.

Heating

The heating of greenhouses required is dependent on upon the temperature desired for the plants grown, the location and construction of the greenhouses, and the outside exposed area of the structure. As much as 25% of the daily heat may come from the sun, but a lightly insulated greenhouse structure will need lots of heat in cold winter night. The heating in greenhouses must be adequate to maintain the day or night temperature desired. Because the air temperature of greenhouses must be kept at plant-growing temperatures, the greenhouse itself is not a good solar-heat collector. But separate solar collection and storage systems are large and require much space. You can paint containers black to attract heat and fill them with water to retain it, or try to use heat-collecting methods to reduce fossil-fuel consumption. Heating systems can be fueled by electricity, oil, gas, or wood. The heat will be distributed by forced hot air, steam, hot water, or radiant heat.

Cooling

In the middle of the summer, air movement by ventilation alone may not be adequate, so the air temperature may need to be lowered with evaporative cooling. Also, the light intensity may be too great for the plants. During the summer, evaporative cooling, shade cloth, or paint will be necessary. Shade materials include paint, vinyl netting, and roll-up screens of wood or aluminum. Small package evaporative coolers have a fan and evaporative pad to evaporate water, as a result of cooling air and increasing humidity. Heat is removed from the air to change water from liquid to a vapor. Moist the evaporative cooler works best, when the humidity of the outside air is low. The system can be used without water evaporation to provide the ventilation of the greenhouse.

 

June 17, 2012Permalink

Family Camping Tent for Your Weekend Adventure

It is a perfect way to spend the weekend during the summer months to a secluded area of the country with your family. You might need to make a success of outdoor breaks in the open air. Many people love spending the night under camping tents for an entirely different experience. As long as you plan your trips carefully and are properly equipped, there is no reason why you cannot have a great time exploring remote areas of the US. The ranges of cheap, family tents for sale that can be found on the website are ideal for such expeditions and with the right camping equipment. Careful packing should ensure that your equipment can be easily carried.

Maybe you are planning an unforgettable camping trip now. It can provide your family fun and entertainment. So, choose a very clear day to have a wonderful weekend adventure with your family. You should prepare all you need outdoor for your tent camping. Selecting the best family tent is a hard nut to crack. The best family tent for camping combine space, comfort, ventilation, weather protection and durable materials.

 

Selecting the Best Family Camping Tent for Your weekend Adventure

You will find all kinds of camping tents in each tent manufacturing company. It’s very important to know which kind of tent meets your requirements. However, in order to purchase the best tents for your camping needs, you must first know precisely what your needs are.

First, how many people will you be camping with and in what kind of environment? If there are only 3 persons, choosing a 2 – 3 man pop up camping Tent is ok. While your families are 7, 6 – 8 man 4 rooms family camping tent will be a good choice. However, if you backpack from snow thaw to snow fall, you will need tent with excellent waterproof.

And then, you need to compromise between price, weight and versatility of different models. Many websites have various kinds of family camping tents for selecting. Choose one followed the advice above, and always some section suits you.

June 5, 2012Permalink

Indoor Hydroponics

You can begin indoor hydroponics either as a fun hobby where you can supply yourself and your family with tomatoes, lettuce, strawberries or anything you like forever or else you can even start it up to profit from.

I do both, and have been doing for many years now. I make a lot of money from supplying local shops with hydroponic vegetables grown in my own basement and conservatory. I even have a special room in my house dedicated to hydroponics.

This page is going to briefly explain to you how you can set yourself up and begin growing anything you like. But first of all, lets take a look at the benefits of hydroponic gardening.

Why Do Hydroponic Gardening?

When I tell people that I garden without using soil, I often get puzzled looks.

“You can’t garden without soil!” Is often what i’m told, and then I slowly work to convince my uneducated friends about why I do it and why it’s superior to gardening in the more traditional sense. Here is what I tell them:

1. You get many insects and other pests when gardening in soil. They eat the plants and people don’t like to eat that. To get round that, farmers use pesticides. This isn’t a great solution either as it’s bad for the environment and is also not a great thing to be eating.

2. Soil can also pass on disease to plants which can effect whole strains of plants. Because we don’t use soil, our plants actually look many times healthier and they are more tasty too!

3. In hydroponics, we control the exact environment that whatever we’re growing loves! This means we can set the optimum temperature, light intensity and light duration, humidity, water quality and water volume, pH levels of nutrients and also CO2 levels. Is it any wonder that hydroponic plants grow 40% faster and also 40% larger on average.

4. Once you’ve made your initial investments, the cost of running a hydroponic system is around 20% less than with soil based gardening.

5. The grow season is all year round! Our plants don’t stop just because it’s winter time.

Choosing a Hydroponic System

Before you can start hydroponic gardening you will have to decide upon a hydroponic system!

There are around 6 hydroponic systems and the one you use will depend on the scale in which you’d like to take hydroponics and also what you’re thinking of growing.

If you’re going to spend time researching hydroponics then hydroponic systems is one of the things you should put a lot of time into learning about.

Hydroponic systems differ by the method they use to bring nutrient solution to the plant roots.

For example, a wick system uses a wick to transport nutrient solution in a passive way to the roots. This is a very slow method but is very hands off! The wick system is great for slow growing plants or for plants that don’t need lots of nutrients.

The ebb and flow system uses a timer and pump to periodically pump nutrient solution up to the grow medium, to in effect flood the medium. The solution is then drained until the next cycle. This is a great system for plants that require lots of nutrients.

Then there is the NFT system, known as the Nutrient Film Technique. This system pumps oxygenated solution up to the top of a gully where the plant roots are in contact with. The solution runs down the entire length of the gully and back into the reservoir. This is a constant cycle. The NFT system is probably the most popular system with professional hydroponic farmers.

You should definitely learn more about what is the best system depending on what your vision is.

Hydroponic Grow Tents

You have two choices, either you can convert a room to be your hydroponic environment or you can purchase a hydroponic grow tent!

Grow tents are incredible. They are small environments where you have 100% total control of everything! If you can fit your hydroponic system within a grow tent then you’re going to have very fast results.

What You Can Do In A Grow Tent!

1. You can place your grow lights inside the tent and have the lights shine directly on your plants leaves. Because the grow tents have silver lining, the light is all reflected back. Because the outside of the tents are black, no heat can escape.

2. You can install fans in your tent. You can have exhaust and intake fans installed. Some fans even take care of both air coming in and air coming out. Fans are important for controlling temperature, humidity and CO2 levels. So you will need to keep a check on all these things. A good fan used in conjunction with a timer can put all this on autopilot.

3. You can use CO2 cubes or even place in some manure to keep CO2 levels topped up. Plants thrive on CO2 and by putting in extra quantities in your grow tents you’re helping your plants to thrive.

Finally I will say that hydroponics really is a great hobby! I strongly urge you to give it a go!

 

May 27, 2012Permalink