If you grow carrots, beets, turnips and other root crops, they do well in deep boxes that can fit under benches. Those that require tub-type containers are tomatoes, peas, cucumbers, and beans, while lettuce or other lower leafy vegetables can be grown in tubs with larger ones.
You can plant corn directly on the ground in the greenhouse, in a special bed prepared for this purpose. To save space, you can plant pumpkin between rows of corn.
Use room temperature water to water your houseplants. Let the tap water sit for a day to remove the chlorine. This way you prevent your plants from getting brown tips.
Scatter crushed eggshells around your garden to stimulate growth. A dusting of coffee grounds will add acid to the soil in the greenhouse.
Before bringing vegetables and fruits from the greenhouse into your home, rinse them well outside; This way dirt and insects stay out and you won't dirty your kitchen.
To create more space in your greenhouse, use the lower benches to start seeds and transplants; Upper benches for growing flowers and plant specimens. Some vegetables, such as tomatoes, should be grown in a warm section of the greenhouse.
When it comes to planting seeds, be sure to water lightly the first few times. Over watering can cause seeds to come to the surface too soon, preventing them from rooting properly.
Preparation and production must take place in separate areas. Do not make general preparations on the growing soil. This makes a tidy greenhouse.
Here is a list of the largest vegetables that will need the most spacing in your greenhouse:
- Bush type beans: no less than five feet between rows,
- cabbage: feet between rows,
- pepper: about a foot between the rows,
- Cantaloupe: two to three feet between the rows,
- Squash: two to three feet between the rows,
- Tomatoes and watermelons: at least two feet between rows.
All other vegetables (beets, carrots, garlic, lettuce, onions, peas, radishes, spinach, and kale): five to ten inches to fully grow in your greenhouse bed.
For carrots, beets and onions that grow deep in the ground, keep your soil at least 2 feet deep as the roots of some of these plants and The vegetables that grow from these plants can grow very large under the ground
Mixing vegetables in rows is a good idea. Plants placed side by side will not compete for nutrients, soil and water. For example, take onions and lettuce. One grows in the ground while the other grows out of the ground - they grow well side by side. However, if you were to put onions and carrots together, they would be competing for floor space.
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