One of the main benefits of gardening inside a greenhouse is the ability to grow plants all year round despite any extreme weather conditions. There are a lot of factors that affect the overall performance of your greenhouse. Temperature, humidity and water control all have to be maintained in order for it to flourish.
The first and most important factor you need to consider is location. If you are building a permanent structure you are not going to be able to change the site selection very easily so you need to get it right the first time. There are many things you need to consider before you chose a site location; here are a few of them:
Sunlight Intake: Before deciding on a final location for your greenhouse you should examine your yard and keep track of how much sunlight each area gets per day. Ideally a it should have about five - six hours of sunlight per day. Having too much sunlight can be as harmful as not enough. In some cases too much sunlight will force you to spend extra money on a cooling system which can be avoided if planned out properly.
Convenience: If you are placing the indoor garden in your backyard, decide how close you want it to be to your main home. If you know you won't want to trek all over your yard to get fresh herbs for cooking, situate it near your home if possible. If you are looking for a garden accent or the house casts too much shade on the yard, position it further away, but make it easy to approach by laying stepping stones or a garden path. You'll be more likely to tend to your plants - and enjoy doing so-if the greenhouse is in a convenient, accessible location.
Protection From The Wind: An often ignored factor, wind can be detrimental to your crops in more ways than just knocking down a poorly constructed building. A greenhouse that is continuously pounded by strong winds is likely to lose more heat than is necessary which can have disastrous results for the plants inside especially during the cold autumn and winter months. Strong winds can also physically damage the greenhouse' cooling vents.
Soil Fertility: If you will be planting on the ground (as opposed to containers) the soil's fertility is an important consideration. Soil that appears rocky or deprived of nutrients may need to be excavated and turned over, to bring the soil below it to the top. Excavation will also give you the opportunity to completely get rid of weeds as these could become a stubborn nuisance at a later stage.
Water and Electricity: Choose a location that either already has access to utilities, or where it will be easy to run lines too. By choosing a location that already has utility service, you can cut your expenses and avoid unexpected surprises.
While other factors or problems can be remedied, you have only one shot at choosing your greenhouse location. Once you build, moving the greenhouse can be both costly and problematic, so it is a good idea to consider all of the above factors before you build.
The first and most important factor you need to consider is location. If you are building a permanent structure you are not going to be able to change the site selection very easily so you need to get it right the first time. There are many things you need to consider before you chose a site location; here are a few of them:
Sunlight Intake: Before deciding on a final location for your greenhouse you should examine your yard and keep track of how much sunlight each area gets per day. Ideally a it should have about five - six hours of sunlight per day. Having too much sunlight can be as harmful as not enough. In some cases too much sunlight will force you to spend extra money on a cooling system which can be avoided if planned out properly.
Convenience: If you are placing the indoor garden in your backyard, decide how close you want it to be to your main home. If you know you won't want to trek all over your yard to get fresh herbs for cooking, situate it near your home if possible. If you are looking for a garden accent or the house casts too much shade on the yard, position it further away, but make it easy to approach by laying stepping stones or a garden path. You'll be more likely to tend to your plants - and enjoy doing so-if the greenhouse is in a convenient, accessible location.
Protection From The Wind: An often ignored factor, wind can be detrimental to your crops in more ways than just knocking down a poorly constructed building. A greenhouse that is continuously pounded by strong winds is likely to lose more heat than is necessary which can have disastrous results for the plants inside especially during the cold autumn and winter months. Strong winds can also physically damage the greenhouse' cooling vents.
Soil Fertility: If you will be planting on the ground (as opposed to containers) the soil's fertility is an important consideration. Soil that appears rocky or deprived of nutrients may need to be excavated and turned over, to bring the soil below it to the top. Excavation will also give you the opportunity to completely get rid of weeds as these could become a stubborn nuisance at a later stage.
Water and Electricity: Choose a location that either already has access to utilities, or where it will be easy to run lines too. By choosing a location that already has utility service, you can cut your expenses and avoid unexpected surprises.
While other factors or problems can be remedied, you have only one shot at choosing your greenhouse location. Once you build, moving the greenhouse can be both costly and problematic, so it is a good idea to consider all of the above factors before you build.
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