Re: New to growing veg, any advice please?

"Billy" <wildbilly@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "PDM" <pdcm99minus this bit@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Jemmy" <Jemmy.29b5b27@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I am very new to all of this so could do with some advice please
>> >
>> > Last weekend I bought a small plastic type greenhouse and in trays I
>> > have planted pepper, tomatoe & cu***ber seeds. What would be the best
>> > feed for these and how often should I be feeding them? should i keep
>> > the door open during the daytime? What happens once they start
growing
>> > do I need to transfer them into bigger tubs? See I told you I was new
>> > to this;-)
>>
>> I assume you have bought one of the very small greenhouses about 3 feet
x 
>> 2
>> feet x 4 feet high. If so then you need to open it up before the sun
hits
>> it. These small houses heat up very rapidly and can kill your plants
very
>> quickly. The humidity is also very high and this will also cause sever
>> problems so making it issential to ventilate. I used one of these
things 
>> for
>> two years. Everything I grew in them died. I eventually left the thing 
>> open
>> all the time and compared it will tomatoes I grew outside in pots right

>> next
>> to it. The outside grown tomatoes ripened first. I threw it away and
got 
>> a
>> proper house.
>>
>> > I have also dug out a part of the garden and planted carrot, swede &
>> > spring onion seeds. How often should I feed them and what with? Do I
>> > have to move them once they start growing or just leave them be?
>>
>> Buy a good vegetable gardening book. There are plenty out there on the 
>> net.
>>
>> PDM
>
> It's a poor gardener that blames his tools. Work with your green house
> and decide what it can and cannot do. I presume you didn't buy a
> commercial greenhouse because of monetary constraints (lot of that goin'
> round these days).

This was bought before I knew any better when I just started growing veg.
I 
learned very quickly. I now use two greenhouses 6' x 4' and 8' x 6' and
have 
access to a 20' x 8'. The very small greenhouses are a waste of money as 
they are too difficult to manage. I'm talking abut heating up to 30c from
8c 
in a matter of minutes once the sun hits the things. They might actually 
work if there was any top ventilation. I know many others at my allotment 
who have bought these things and thrown them out after a season. They are 
useless. The smallest house I recommend is 6' x 4' with top ventilation.

PDM.