It is not always possible to grow a stable crop of tomato and pepper cucumbers in the open ground and therefore many gardeners arrange greenhouses on their sites. In addition, this simple, but very useful construction provides an excellent opportunity to get an early harvest of vegetables, and to extend the growing season of vegetable crops. There are various greenhouses on sale, but if none of them is suitable for a specific site in size, nothing remains - only how to build a greenhouse with your own hands.
Many gardeners build greenhouses themselves simply because such greenhouses are much cheaper. If you do not know how to build a greenhouse with your own hands, then our tips can help you figure this out. A solid greenhouse is built to obtain a large number of cucumbers, tomatoes and other crops, and in order to successfully grow seedlings or radishes and early herbs, a small greenhouse is suitable.
Do-it-yourself greenhouses and greenhouses are built from various materials. The simplest, affordable and environmentally friendly material are wooden blocks 50x50. Such a greenhouse can withstand heavy rainfall and can stand for 10-15 years. To cover the frame it is better to use a modern film, "inflated" with the smallest bubbles and possessing, therefore, the best heat-shielding properties. To reduce heat transfer by four to five times allows dry air, hermetically sealed between the layers. The price of such a multilayer air-bubble film depends on the density and ranges from eight to forty rubles per square meter.
How to build a greenhouse with your own hands so that it lasts longer? You can make greenhouses and greenhouses with your own hands out of polycarbonate, which has good light transmission and excellent protection against ultraviolet radiation, but is two to three times more expensive than glass. A polycarbonate greenhouse lasts longer than a wooden one, and in terms of thermal insulation it approaches a double-glazed greenhouse. For such a greenhouse you will need a galvanized iron frame , parts for which can be bought at a hardware store.
Having decided on building materials, you can proceed with the construction of the greenhouse. But before you build a greenhouse with your own hands, you need to determine its location. It is best to place a greenhouse on a hill, as it is always warmer there and the snow melts there first. And if your site is in a lowland, for the beds you will need to additionally pour a layer of soil.
Before you make a greenhouse with your own hands, you need to level the site and use the rope and pegs to make markings.
The strip foundation is poured around the perimeter of the greenhouse. You can do without a foundation, then you need to dig in the side and central racks to a depth of 50 centimeters. From a pre-selected material, a frame is constructed in which on the north side you need to install the door frame and hang the door.
For ventilation, it is necessary to install several windows, which are better located in the upper part, since plants do not like drafts. They are opened when the sun is too hot. In small greenhouses, ventilation is not installed. Outside, the frame is upholstered with covering material. Inside the greenhouse, two or three rectangular boxes are made from boards, into which organic fertilizers and a layer of black soil are laid.
The number of boxes depends on the width of the greenhouse, which should not be already two - two and a half meters. The height of the greenhouse depends on the growth of the gardener - it’s more convenient to work in it, although it can be done even lower. The length of the entire structure depends only on the desire and capabilities of the gardener.
If you not only know how to make a greenhouse with your own hands, but also build it, then you can constantly have guaranteed yields of garden crops. If the greenhouse is also heated, then cucumbers, tomatoes and fresh green onions will be on the table all year round!