We really like these low cost greenhouse ideas, especially the plastic tote container! By God's grace, we would be trying out the plastic tote greenhouse idea, next winter. Thanks for sharing!
Just an idea. By placing 2 gallon containers with water in them it would help to level the temperature at night. The containers would stay warmer at night
As we are getting older, I use the containers to plant things. Drill drainage holes for water to drain water out. Shower curtains can be used as green house covers, too.
Yes! Shower liners from the dollar store are great for greenhouses. It didn't dawn on me until I needed to quarantine a plant in the same space as others and needed a quick barrier. 💡
Great content. Three suggestions: Use wire or cable ties to secure the pallets together so they don't fall and crush your plants The box frame can also be made of PVC-it costs a little more but can be easily disassembled and stored if it's not glued The box frame can be covered with insect or bird netting to protect plants from pests when cold protection is not needed.
I'm kicking myself because I really could've used this video last year when I lost most of my seedlings from a late frost. Thank you so much for making this! A very informative video and I have a lot of clear plastic totes that I can use. 😊
I live in Illinois where temperatures can get really cold. I can see how this might be an idea I could use early Spring. I can imagine that the plastic gets torn up when it is stored. I think maybe using some plastic ceiling tiles or other plastic sheets from the hardware store using tape to make it air tight might work as well. these plastics would be a bit costly at first but in the long run could save money. Thank you for this video it has inspired me in many directions
I live in a senior apartment complex where we have crazy restrictions about what we can have on our patios. If it doesn't look perfect, we can't have it. So I have to figure out something that looks good. I think I can use some of this. Thank you!
More attention being drawn to the impact plastic is having on our planet is very timely. Since it's inception, plastic has caused such widespread devastation. We are all drowning in the stuff. Thank you for highlighting that important point of view. It's up to all of us to make a difference.
You and I think alike! I also use the red plastic table cloths from Dollar Tree under my tomatoes. Some research a few years ago showed that "red mulch" increased the growth of the tomatoes. It was the reflected red color. Cheap enough!
I use 3 mil poly in the roll which you can buy at Home Depot or places like that. You can buy different lengths of the rolls, like 25' , 50' or 100' or more. Instead of using nails, you can just use staple gun staples. I had a entire green house covered in the double-layered 3 mil poly for years. It stood up well to the heavy snow we get in our Northern Ontario, Canadian Winters. Also, my experiences have been that clear plastic tablecloths become yellowed and brittle after a couple of years.
Oh my goodness I want to do this so badly ... ❤❤🌷🌸this is brilliant I think about how many of these containers that ppl throw away that can be reused for things like this .
From Paul's wife Katherine in Texas USA 🇺🇸- Mother Earth News magazine in early 70's had story about a guy in Michigan who built a big greenhouse with a circulating rectangular trench inside with a deeper pond area. He put tilapia in to live. You could put in different fish. The water 💧 running kept the green house from. freezing He had radishes and greens all winter with snow outside. He also had fish to eat and some fertilizer for the plants. He didn't pay to heat the greenhouse. He also had early tomatoes. I never forgot this article with pictures.
Re the a-frame from pallets. Throw-away shipping-straps plentiful in lumber areas of any big box store make great safety hinges. just cut to size and screw or staple to both pallets where they come together. It gives a lot of stability and safety from tipping over.
I made a large version of the greenhouse box for winter protection of my Daughter's bonsai. To prevent sagging under the weight of rain, or much less likely snow, I placed a layer of split bamboo on top of the frame, under the plastic sheet.It worked like a dream, providing cold insulation and retaining humidity.
I made 2 a frames for my squash this year, I can use them as a greenhouse coupled with plastic I have. I can use it over and over since it is thick.. I love the box one if you make two, one a few inches bigger than the other you can give extra cover the air lock with be even more efficient. Nice video thank you.
I know this comment comes a few years later, but just wanted you to know, loved your video. I ask around for the plastic that new matresses come in. This is good thick plastic, ideal for covering frames.
I really like that measurement part. In such way one can prove if something really works as it was expected. Thanks for posting those quick tips! However, I'd suggest two things - when fixing plastic film on wooden frame, narrow (e.g. 20 mm x 10 mm x ..) wooden strips of maybe even strips of 3 layer plywood would really give a long-lasting result - wind tends to break plastic film easily when it is fixed just by nails (even if they have large flat heads). That additional wood doesn't cost much extra neither. If frost is really a serious issue, a double-layer of plastic could be used - ordinary plastic sheet outside and either ordinary or bubble plastic sheet on inner side on that frame. Or even a dual solution - plastic box(es) over the plants and that wooden frame + plastic sheet construction over everything.
You could get somewhat better insulation on some of these by using two layers of plastic with an air space between. Also, the north side of the "greenhouse" will never receive sunlight (in a northern hemisphere winter), so you could use white plastic or other reflective material on that side, and pile up soil or leaves on the outside for insulation and temperature buffering. To take best advantage of this, the "long" sides of a rectangular container would ideally face directly north and directly south. Some clear plastic on the ground surrounding the greenhouse will warm the soil and may help with night time temperatures. One issue with the plastics is that none of the plastics shown here are likely to be UV resistant, which means they will break down pretty quickly under the sun and have to be disposed of. UV resistant clear plastic would be more reusable and generate less trash, but defeats the point of being "low cost".
Thank you for the statements about plastic. It saddens me very much when I see all of the cases of water bottles purchased. I recycle about 50% of everything disposed of from the house.
Jag Singh, I enjoyed learning how to protect my produce in the winter and I will be using a few of your ideas from the video above. I do want to thank you for that, but what prompted my wanting to leave a comment as when you mentioned the "issue" with plastic. How it is NOT being recycled and we need to reuse as much as possible. The "Plastics islands" are terrible for our environment, our animals and air...everything is effected because everything is connected. Thank you for informing people about this. I feel people do not know and if more people did, maybe they would think about their choices and the impact they have. Thank you! Wishing you a Happy Winter Solstice Jag.
I tried making a box like that once. Worked great against frost and then when the days got hotter I replaced the plastic with a screen to keep insects out and again, it worked great, except the plants grew and as soon as the leaves touched the screen the insects laid eggs on them and that was that. I gave up after that. The insects destroy anything I put on the ground and I will not use poisons. If I'm going to go trough all that trouble just to poison my food then I might as well buy whatever is out there and relax. Then I planted fruit trees and now I have to fight with the birds and the squirrels so that i might have some fruit for myself. Can't win for losing. Now I'm going for microgreens, see how that goes. It's inside the house so I will not have to worry about insects, birds or squirrels (at least, I hope so). The biggest worry is going to be the light bill. If that works, I might build a hoop house outside to grow my food.
Thanks Jag!! As usual, you knocked the ball outta the park with effective, economical ideas! These methods look like they would be helpful for starting seeds *in situ* in the garden, rather than trying to start them indoors where even with lights my starts are never as robust as those which get going on their own outside. Of course, the latter are few in number, so I can't count on that method exclusively...especially as we already had two freezes, April and mid-May! I'll give these, or a modified long-bed form of them, a try next year-- *if* I can get enough clear plastic! It *is* a resource, so it's worth folding up and saving.
I have just purchased a glass top table... I am going to make a green house by wrapping the lower part of the legs with plastic for protection and placing in holes in cinder blocks. There will be a foundation of cinder blocks so I can fold under plastic sheeting and use tent pegs inside for stability. I will place a weatherproof tarp on the floor to prevent weed growth. I plan to over winter my potted plants that are prone to frost damage.
Another thing you can use to help with heat retention is using bubble wrap over the outside surface. We keep all our old bubble wrap (don't like to discard plastic).
@@justsomeguywithtattoos6267 We get lots of bubble wrap in the packages that carry our orders. If you don't have a large input you can buy bubble wrap at stores. Our preferred wrap has bubbles that are about 25 mm (1") in diameter. the wrap has a smooth side and a "bubble" side. The smooth side goes over your frame and your sheet plastic goes over that, so you end up with a captured layer of bubbles that insulate your greenhouse. If your greenhouse is glass you can glue to the inside of the glass and tack to the frame.
@@georgebartholemew8444 wow that's great! Thank you. Do you put the bubble wrap on all walls and roof as well? Do you think it affects the amount of heat and sunlight the plants inside can get?
Tip: If you have room fill some bottles, cans or whatever with water and leave them inside. They will heat up during the day and slowly submit heat in the night. Its not big numbers but maybe a couple of degrees warmer in the night depends of how much water you can store.
5:49 I am in the process of making a similar wood frame plastic cover green house and I am considering making it a double layer. One running outside the frame as shown in your video and a second lining the inside of the frame giving a small gap between the sheets. The hope is that this will add to it's insulation properties slightly. Not sure how effective it will be though. Great video. Simple yet effective ideas.
Quantum Chang The rain on top will actually help keep it from blowing away. I had a whole plastic greenhouse blow across the yard. These cold frames need to be weighted down if you have any wind.
when i have a container indoors i heat the tip of a tiny screw driver over my stove and can then gently press it through, the plants do air exchange/photosynthesis at different rate to how we breath so the ventilation doesn't need to be major. heat is harder to maintain
Can also rot your house if you have a lot of moisture in the greenhouse. I have seen it. People had to strip down their house and live in a hotel for a year. Also no have a chronic mould injury to respiratory system. It took time, but the man who wouldn't listen when it was installed had to deal with it 20 years later.
It's only January and I'm already preparing for next winter. My Garden will not die this year. I live in an apt complex that believes in recycling, I'm either going to raid out bin or my neighbor's trashes late at night LOL
Winter Seed Sewing....some of us are recycle "dumpster diving", with permission of course, at recycle centers, and using many plastic containers as mini greenhouses and cloches....
I would have to make an A frame mini green house here in zone 6, we get a lot of snow, the weight accumulated will tear through the green house box you made.
Great ideas, however, if the clear plastic tote you use is not made for outdoor use it can end up become very fragile and cracking. And, depending on what it's made of, plastic off-gassing can happen. Without any kind of airflow, these gases can cling to the plants or soil in the form of a microscopic toxic slime, and you will not see it. But it is there.
The only problem with the pallets is that they block some of the sunlight. But that's a good idea using the clamshell from leftover spinach or salad or whatever. I actually have some clear vinyl that was going to use for something else as a kind that you use on a boat or a car and I'm thinking of building a frame and putting this on it it's way durable and it lets a lot more sunlight in. And I really like your choice of music in the background it's not cheesy it's just nice and your voice is nice and you're explaining things and that's important. Because I went to another site the person wasn't even talking and they were playing this horribly cheesy music I got about not even 15 seconds in the video and I exited and said forget this I can't deal with that! It had no instructions at all!
Technically these are cold frames, not greenhouses. Cold frames are very useful, and I use several of these. But don’t expect these to keep your tomato plants alive at night in freezing weather. For that you need a greenhouse with heat.
If you do the a A-frame with the pallets you can put compost up to a certain point so that you allow the light to get in from the top but the heat from the compost will continue to warm to whole thing from the bottom and around the sides
Thank you for adding the " plastic issue " and raising awareness!
I love your message about plastic. Plastic is causing so much damage to our environment
We really like these low cost greenhouse ideas, especially the plastic tote container!
By God's grace, we would be trying out the plastic tote greenhouse idea, next winter.
Thanks for sharing!
Just an idea. By placing 2 gallon containers with water in them it would help to level the temperature at night. The containers would stay warmer at night
With a solar fish tank warmer
This man is real. I appreciate that. He talks from the heart. You know that if you just listen to him. Hugs Sir !
As we are getting older, I use the containers to plant things. Drill drainage holes for water to drain water out. Shower curtains can be used as green house covers, too.
Yes, I've been using old juice bottles for the past 3 years!
Yes! Shower liners from the dollar store are great for greenhouses. It didn't dawn on me until I needed to quarantine a plant in the same space as others and needed a quick barrier. 💡
I often buy & use clear shower curtain liners from Dollar Tree… idk how thick, but they’re pretty thick
Great content. Three suggestions:
Use wire or cable ties to secure the pallets together so they don't fall and crush your plants
The box frame can also be made of PVC-it costs a little more but can be easily disassembled and stored if it's not glued
The box frame can be covered with insect or bird netting to protect plants from pests when cold protection is not needed.
Thats brilliant to protect my berry bushes!! Thanks!!
I used large clear storage totes too and omg it was amazing for seedlings. Will absolutely use this idea again.
me too / I seek them out at second hand stores for best value/ cracked ones work well once taped
Have loads of old fish tanks used as cold frames and can grow seeds even throughout winter!
I'm kicking myself because I really could've used this video last year when I lost most of my seedlings from a late frost. Thank you so much for making this! A very informative video and I have a lot of clear plastic totes that I can use. 😊
Gotta love simplicity! And affordability!
I live in Illinois where temperatures can get really cold. I can see how this might be an idea I could use early Spring. I can imagine that the plastic gets torn up when it is stored. I think maybe using some plastic ceiling tiles or other plastic sheets from the hardware store using tape to make it air tight might work as well. these plastics would be a bit costly at first but in the long run could save money. Thank you for this video it has inspired me in many directions
I live in a senior apartment complex where we have crazy restrictions about what we can have on our patios. If it doesn't look perfect, we can't have it. So I have to figure out something that looks good. I think I can use some of this.
Thank you!
I can't believe how many free greenhouses I've recycled our thrown away. The salad green container is great!
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I was thinking the same thing! Gonna save all that stuff now!
More attention being drawn to the impact plastic is having on our planet is very timely. Since it's inception, plastic has caused such widespread devastation. We are all drowning in the stuff. Thank you for highlighting that important point of view. It's up to all of us to make a difference.
"This free plastic container" was perfect and started my seedlings. Thank you.
Atta girl!
A dollar clear plastic shower curtain from Dollar Tree is also economical.
Kathy Young that's what i was thinking too
You and I think alike! I also use the red plastic table cloths from Dollar Tree under my tomatoes. Some research a few years ago showed that "red mulch" increased the growth of the tomatoes. It was the reflected red color. Cheap enough!
That's right, one can also use plastic glue to glue two curtain together to make a larger one if needed.
No!!!, just one more like and itll be 69!
That’s what I’m thinking right now and I’m going to dollar store and Home Depot buying all the stuff to make a trellis 🙂
Great video! I love that you are raising awareness about plastic waste as well. Xxx
I use 3 mil poly in the roll which you can buy at Home Depot or places like that. You can buy different lengths of the rolls, like 25' , 50' or 100' or more. Instead of using nails, you can just use staple gun staples. I had a entire green house covered in the double-layered 3 mil poly for years. It stood up well to the heavy snow we get in our Northern Ontario, Canadian Winters. Also, my experiences have been that clear plastic tablecloths become yellowed and brittle after a couple of years.
Hi christine, did your double layered greenhouse do well through winter? I live in Calgary
Oh my goodness I want to do this so badly ... ❤❤🌷🌸this is brilliant I think about how many of these containers that ppl throw away that can be reused for things like this .
From Paul's wife Katherine in Texas USA 🇺🇸- Mother Earth News magazine in early 70's had story about a guy in Michigan who built a big greenhouse with a circulating rectangular trench inside with a deeper pond area. He put tilapia in to live. You could put in different fish. The water 💧 running kept the green house from. freezing He had radishes and greens all winter with snow outside. He also had fish to eat and some fertilizer for the plants. He didn't pay to heat the greenhouse. He also had early tomatoes. I never forgot this article with pictures.
❤ That's awesome!❤ And this video is awesome too!
I been using these to protect a lot of plants this winter with great success
Thanks for sharing great low cost and easy to make greenhouses.
Re the a-frame from pallets. Throw-away shipping-straps plentiful in lumber areas of any big box store make great safety hinges. just cut to size and screw or staple to both pallets where they come together. It gives a lot of stability and safety from tipping over.
Used vinyl shower curtain liners work well for covering small greenhouse structures.
This video is so helpful. I love that you ran the experiments to show effectiveness. Thank you
I made a large version of the greenhouse box for winter protection of my Daughter's bonsai. To prevent sagging under the weight of rain, or much less likely snow, I placed a layer of split bamboo on top of the frame, under the plastic sheet.It worked like a dream, providing cold insulation and retaining humidity.
Can you share a pic? Thanks
Thank you for metioning the problem with plastic, but agree, sometimes you must, but recycle it.
Re use the plastic year after year indeed !! This video was amaaaaaaaaazing !!! Ty
Thank you for this! Been looking for ideas on how to make a makeshift greenhouse with things I already have in my home and this video was perfect
thank you for saving me time by showing me the ideas in the first 5 seconds.
I made 2 a frames for my squash this year, I can use them as a greenhouse coupled with plastic I have. I can use it over and over since it is thick.. I love the box one if you make two, one a few inches bigger than the other you can give extra cover the air lock with be even more efficient. Nice video thank you.
I know this comment comes a few years later, but just wanted you to know, loved your video. I ask around for the plastic that new matresses come in. This is good thick plastic, ideal for covering frames.
I use the large totes to raise my seeds. Works really well.
I really like that measurement part. In such way one can prove if something really works as it was expected. Thanks for posting those quick tips!
However, I'd suggest two things - when fixing plastic film on wooden frame, narrow (e.g. 20 mm x 10 mm x ..) wooden strips of maybe even strips of 3 layer plywood would really give a long-lasting result - wind tends to break plastic film easily when it is fixed just by nails (even if they have large flat heads). That additional wood doesn't cost much extra neither. If frost is really a serious issue, a double-layer of plastic could be used - ordinary plastic sheet outside and either ordinary or bubble plastic sheet on inner side on that frame. Or even a dual solution - plastic box(es) over the plants and that wooden frame + plastic sheet construction over everything.
You could get somewhat better insulation on some of these by using two layers of plastic with an air space between. Also, the north side of the "greenhouse" will never receive sunlight (in a northern hemisphere winter), so you could use white plastic or other reflective material on that side, and pile up soil or leaves on the outside for insulation and temperature buffering. To take best advantage of this, the "long" sides of a rectangular container would ideally face directly north and directly south. Some clear plastic on the ground surrounding the greenhouse will warm the soil and may help with night time temperatures.
One issue with the plastics is that none of the plastics shown here are likely to be UV resistant, which means they will break down pretty quickly under the sun and have to be disposed of. UV resistant clear plastic would be more reusable and generate less trash, but defeats the point of being "low cost".
Farm Supply Plastics have super affordable UV resistant plastic sheeting for greenhousing. Amazon sells their products at a much higher mark up
Love your videos and your message about avoiding plastic usage.
Covering your greenhouse with blankets at night helps a lot. This is what I do with my cold frames.
I never would have thought of something like this, how useful!
I really like your green house methods! But love how you speak about reusable plastics that you may use... thanks so much! Love this video!
Awsome ideas. Thank you
Thank you for the statements about plastic. It saddens me very much when I see all of the cases of water bottles purchased. I recycle about 50% of everything disposed of from the house.
Jag Singh, I enjoyed learning how to protect my produce in the winter and I will be using a few of your ideas from the video above. I do want to thank you for that, but what prompted my wanting to leave a comment as when you mentioned the "issue" with plastic. How it is NOT being recycled and we need to reuse as much as possible. The "Plastics islands" are terrible for our environment, our animals and air...everything is effected because everything is connected. Thank you for informing people about this. I feel people do not know and if more people did, maybe they would think about their choices and the impact they have. Thank you! Wishing you a Happy Winter Solstice Jag.
I tried making a box like that once. Worked great against frost and then when the days got hotter I replaced the plastic with a screen to keep insects out and again, it worked great, except the plants grew and as soon as the leaves touched the screen the insects laid eggs on them and that was that.
I gave up after that. The insects destroy anything I put on the ground and I will not use poisons. If I'm going to go trough all that trouble just to poison my food then I might as well buy whatever is out there and relax.
Then I planted fruit trees and now I have to fight with the birds and the squirrels so that i might have some fruit for myself. Can't win for losing.
Now I'm going for microgreens, see how that goes. It's inside the house so I will not have to worry about insects, birds or squirrels (at least, I hope so). The biggest worry is going to be the light bill.
If that works, I might build a hoop house outside to grow my food.
Great idea to reuse clear ♻️ plastic containers and totes as humidity domes
Great ideas I'll put to use using recycled plastic we found. Thank you so much. This was great Jag!
Thank you for sharing the techniques on how to save money.It helps to save.Thanks for the bright ideas.❤
Christmas Tree shops have large clear plastic tablecloths.. 3.00 but thicker then dollar store shower curtains
Just what I needed for my little balcony's aloe Vera plants. Thanks a lot!
The dome: use a bungee cord instead of a string - then you can inspect, treat, water, admire your plant.
love the bungee cord idea. I have lots of those.
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I love the idea of a greenhouse box
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instead of flat roof i would go with tilted. but thanks for the videos, highly appreciated
Thanks Jag!! As usual, you knocked the ball outta the park with effective, economical ideas!
These methods look like they would be helpful for starting seeds *in situ* in the garden, rather than trying to start them indoors where even with lights my starts are never as robust as those which get going on their own outside. Of course, the latter are few in number, so I can't count on that method exclusively...especially as we already had two freezes, April and mid-May! I'll give these, or a modified long-bed form of them, a try next year-- *if* I can get enough clear plastic! It *is* a resource, so it's worth folding up and saving.
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I have just purchased a glass top table... I am going to make a green house by wrapping the lower part of the legs with plastic for protection and placing in holes in cinder blocks. There will be a foundation of cinder blocks so I can fold under plastic sheeting and use tent pegs inside for stability. I will place a weatherproof tarp on the floor to prevent weed growth. I plan to over winter my potted plants that are prone to frost damage.
😁 thank you for being a Teacher. I really appreciated the recyclable part.
Thank you!!! Especially for the word about usng plastic responsibly :) great content, thank you so much for sharing!
I love that your environmentally aware!!!!❤️Keep up the great work! :D
Awesome Video. Now that’s a Green House I can afford. Thank you.
I really like this idea, something nice for a good start of gardening.
Great video thanks! I don't have extra money to buy expensive greenhouses, but I do want to protect my plants from frost!
Another thing you can use to help with heat retention is using bubble wrap over the outside surface. We keep all our old bubble wrap (don't like to discard plastic).
Could you elaborate?
@@justsomeguywithtattoos6267 We get lots of bubble wrap in the packages that carry our orders. If you don't have a large input you can buy bubble wrap at stores. Our preferred wrap has bubbles that are about 25 mm (1") in diameter. the wrap has a smooth side and a "bubble" side. The smooth side goes over your frame and your sheet plastic goes over that, so you end up with a captured layer of bubbles that insulate your greenhouse. If your greenhouse is glass you can glue to the inside of the glass and tack to the frame.
@@georgebartholemew8444 wow that's great! Thank you. Do you put the bubble wrap on all walls and roof as well? Do you think it affects the amount of heat and sunlight the plants inside can get?
I also use glass light shades I pick up at thrift shops. Don’t forget to vent if temps get too high!
Great Idea for shades! Yes venting is important. Next, I am going to make a greenhouse out of old discarded windows :)
Daisy Creek Farms with Jag Singh that is how I made my cold frames!
I like this idea of using portable green houses. I'm using the bag method on a rack of seedlings.
Love your video....going out of town for Thanksgiving and needed a fix asap for delicate ferns in case of frost...you're my hero ! Thank you 😊
JUST PERFECT. I do same tomorrow. Thank you. love simple ideas
Awesome job creating inexpensive way to grow in the shoulder seasons.
Thanks for your invaluable advice/suggestions - helpful and much appreciated
Love the greenhouse box idea ❤️🌿
You're content is some simple and helpful!
Ok now you are winning me over with plant genius!
using plastic table cover is brilliant! never thought of that. thanks. really nice video. :)
Yay!! On plastic awareness!!
good ideas for reuse plastic sheet
Brilliant... I always thought green house meant big non brick domes. These are what I wanted.
Tip: If you have room fill some bottles, cans or whatever with water and leave them inside. They will heat up during the day and slowly submit heat in the night. Its not big numbers but maybe a couple of degrees warmer in the night depends of how much water you can store.
Great idea!
Yes, heat sink! Set jugs filled with water in the sun during the day, and before the afternoon turns chilly, set them close to the plants inside.
5:49 I am in the process of making a similar wood frame plastic cover green house and I am considering making it a double layer. One running outside the frame as shown in your video and a second lining the inside of the frame giving a small gap between the sheets. The hope is that this will add to it's insulation properties slightly. Not sure how effective it will be though. Great video. Simple yet effective ideas.
Save your bubble pack and line the inside with it.
You should have made the wooden frame with slanted roof so when it rains water don't pool at the center and eventually weight the plastic down.
Quantum Chang The rain on top will actually help keep it from blowing away. I had a whole plastic greenhouse blow across the yard. These cold frames need to be weighted down if you have any wind.
Kathy Young - tent pegs.
Which is what I do. You can weave floor mats with plastic. Great way to reuse plastic.
I think it needs to have some small holes for the oxygen flow.
plants dont need oxygen, bro
the carbon dioxide trapped in might be enough for one day so you have to open it again daily
when i have a container indoors i heat the tip of a tiny screw driver over my stove and can then gently press it through, the plants do air exchange/photosynthesis at different rate to how we breath so the ventilation doesn't need to be major. heat is harder to maintain
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Leaning a frame on the side of the house and covering with plastic is also an easy and simple method, especially if it faces south.
Can also rot your house if you have a lot of moisture in the greenhouse. I have seen it. People had to strip down their house and live in a hotel for a year. Also no have a chronic mould injury to respiratory system. It took time, but the man who wouldn't listen when it was installed had to deal with it 20 years later.
Spinach container BRILLIANT
Good job
It's only January and I'm already preparing for next winter. My Garden will not die this year.
I live in an apt complex that believes in recycling, I'm either going to raid out bin or my neighbor's trashes late at night LOL
Thanks ,this given me some ideas to work from.
Winter Seed Sewing....some of us are recycle "dumpster diving", with permission of course, at recycle centers, and using many plastic containers as mini greenhouses and cloches....
Saving plants in summer is our problem in India Green mesh can be used in place of plastic on your designed frames.
Thanks 🙏 for your video
Thank you so much these were great ideas and you also mentioned the impacts of plastic. Really wonderful and eco friendly thank you
Also liked what u said about plastic! TY
Could you do something like this to cover porches, or something slanted doors, and windows in heavy winters?
Very clever and useful ideas!
I would have to make an A frame mini green house here in zone 6, we get a lot of snow, the weight accumulated will tear through the green house box you made.
I used a clear plastic umbrella as a greenhouse for my strawberry three years ago
Thank you for your great ideas...I'm looking to do this and I love the fact you have many options to try... 😀👍
Great ideas, however, if the clear plastic tote you use is not made for outdoor use it can end up become very fragile and cracking. And, depending on what it's made of, plastic off-gassing can happen. Without any kind of airflow, these gases can cling to the plants or soil in the form of a microscopic toxic slime, and you will not see it. But it is there.
The only problem with the pallets is that they block some of the sunlight. But that's a good idea using the clamshell from leftover spinach or salad or whatever. I actually have some clear vinyl that was going to use for something else as a kind that you use on a boat or a car and I'm thinking of building a frame and putting this on it it's way durable and it lets a lot more sunlight in. And I really like your choice of music in the background it's not cheesy it's just nice and your voice is nice and you're explaining things and that's important. Because I went to another site the person wasn't even talking and they were playing this horribly cheesy music I got about not even 15 seconds in the video and I exited and said forget this I can't deal with that! It had no instructions at all!
Very nice touch with the temp and humid tests 👍🏻 Very helpful video, thank you.
Great practical solutions. Also like the comparative testing.
Technically these are cold frames, not greenhouses. Cold frames are very useful, and I use several of these. But don’t expect these to keep your tomato plants alive at night in freezing weather. For that you need a greenhouse with heat.
If you do the a A-frame with the pallets you can put compost up to a certain point so that you allow the light to get in from the top but the heat from the compost will continue to warm to whole thing from the bottom and around the sides
Agreed. But how much heat? Not enough for many veggies that can't stand cold. I can see that working for most greens, snow peas, etc.
Nimejifunza mambo makubwa kwako na niko tayari kuanzisha greenhouse. Thank you 🙏