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I think before i ask the question i need to set the scene!! (Sorry, i hope no one gets bored!!) We have and 8x6 shed which the bunnies have the run of, we also have a car port which we dont use apart from as a dumping ground!! Anyway we need to get the bunnies a new shed before the winter hits. Because the shed gets so hot and cold for them we have decided to put there shed under the car port so it hs some shelter (with their run in the sunlight so they do et some sun). We are also going to move their current shed into the car port and have as a proper shed. Anyway whee there shed is now (Hope you are all still following) Chris says i can have a green house and a small veg plot!!! Yay!! Where the shed is now is on concrete. Would the green house be ok on concrete or should we try and get rid of the concrete and put it on soil? The concrete is a good couple of inches thick.

Thanks in advance.

Sue
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That sounds like a good, solid base for a greenhouse. Ive "rested" mine on two rows of concrete flags that we used to use as a driveway! Bernie aka DDL PS that was a couple of years ago now, and it all seems OK!

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Sounds fine but it would need anchoring down in some way if polycarb and not glazed. It would also mean you have to grow things in growbags instead of in the actual soil but this is prob a good way of hopign to avoid pests and diseases as they are changed at the end of a crop.

janeyo

I have had an 8' x 8' greenhouse for many years and the walls sit on a hardcore and cement base, leaving it possible to plant straight into the earth. The first year I planted into the original ground with loads of compost dug in. Thereafter, each winter I have dug out all the topsoil and distributed it about the garden, as a soil improver, and replaced it with bags of compost and the contents of about twenty growbags. This has worked out very well for me as I have never had any disease in the greenhouse - it's washed down each year before the soil is replaced. Most years I never water my tomatoes (I grow sungold and gardener's delight and both of these should never be overwatered ) as the roots grow to a tremendous depth. In 1995 I had to give in and water them a few times as it was such a very hot tummer.

Hi Sue

My greenhouse is on a flagstone base, as this was there when we moved house, my little veg plot is right next to it and i am growing lots of veg in pots as well as grow bags, one thing i have been advised to do is to soak the floor with water in the height of summer in order to keep the air moist, dont know how true this is, also get one with a automatic vent opener, i bought mine from £300 off of tesco direct and it was delivered in less than a week with a free auto vent and my other half made some great staging for me in it along one side.

Hope this helps< how lucky to have a greenhouse, brill news.

ps. Hope your seeds have arrived by now.

Su x

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Thank you.

Chris will be pleased to hear that we dont need to get up all the concrete!!

Sue
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