07 September 2017
Greenhouse Staging Protects Your Plants from Frost
Autumn is here, and most gardeners have only one worry about this time of year. That would be frost, and how many of their plants might not make it through the winter. Damp and cold conditions often result in plants freezing, and what can be years upon years of working coming to an end within a few months. Serious gardeners can get around this entirely with the utilisation of a greenhouse kitted out with a variety of greenhouse staging and shelves, including heavy duty greenhouse staging to help you get the very most from the square footage of your greenhouse.
Throughout winter, there are a number of things that you can do to get the very most from your greenhouse, and have extra insurance (and better results!) even in the worst of winters. For instance, there’s polytunnels which can give excellent protection, especially when used with polypropylene floating mulch.
Alternatively, cold frames can be used on top of plants within the greenhouse to provide a much needed extra layer to keep heat inside – but not interfere with lighting. Heat and light are two things which are imperative to a plant’s growth rate. With good greenhouse staging as well as other measures to help promote growth and strength, mature overwintered vegetables can keep growing until December, when they can be picked.
After December, a greenhouse is excellent for sowing seed trays of peas, cabbage and broccoli for the Spring. Should you wish, these plants can be cut as seedlings and added to salads and soup as you require. The utilisation of a greenhouse is far more than just a hobby, too. Vitamins and minerals are harder to obtain in winter, and there’s no better way to get it than fresh from the garden.
Furthermore, fresh, organic produce can be rather expensive to obtain, especially in the winter. Rocket, radishes, salad leaves, parsley and mint are all very viable vegetables to grow in winter thanks to a greenhouse and the adequate levels of protection, and very easy to grow – with spinach, chard, parsley, rocket, lettuce and radishes grow excellently in a greenhouse within winter.