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    'Russian Doll' g/h?

    Just curious.

    I have one of those corrugated plastic greenhouses. Within that I have assembled a small plastic covered greenhouse. And within that I have placed small lidded propagators. It's a well sheltered, urban site in the East Midlands.

    I'm going to have a go at starting peppers, toms and aubergines within the three layers. I won't mind too much if it doesn't but... think it'll work?
    I was feeling part of the scenery
    I walked right out of the machinery
    My heart going boom boom boom
    "Hey" he said "Grab your things
    I've come to take you home."
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    Might! I'd think about a fleece wrap around the propagators if a heavy frost is forcast, each layer of protection should give 1-2 Deg. C of protection. So glass, plastic and propagator lid should give a combined protection of around 5 Deg. C. - that is the temperature inside the propagators should be around 5 Deg. C warmer than the external minimum.
    The weeks and the years are fine. It's the days I can't cope with!

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    • #3
      oh mine does - I am not far from you (originally from Rugby) and managed tomatoes, peppers, aubergine, bedding plants - all sorts of things. I would wait a bit before starting things off though.
      We plant the seed, nature grows the seed, we eat the seed - Neil, The Young Ones

      http://countersthorpeallotment.blogspot.com/
      Updated 21st July - please take a look

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      • #4
        Why not just start them off indoors?
        To see a world in a grain of sand
        And a heaven in a wild flower

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        • #5
          Originally posted by smallblueplanet View Post
          Why not just start them off indoors?
          Oh Manda, don't be silly! This is as well as loading up every available indoor surface! It's tea on our knees from here on in

          I'm impressed with science bit TPeers.

          Good to know if works for you LB (even if I might have to wait a little while for the same results)
          I was feeling part of the scenery
          I walked right out of the machinery
          My heart going boom boom boom
          "Hey" he said "Grab your things
          I've come to take you home."

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          • #6
            You'd be better putting stuff thats already germinated, or stuff that needs lower temps to germinate, in your many-layered g/h and start peppers/aubs indoors. Even in the heated prop our chillis & peppers take over 7 days to germinate.
            Last edited by smallblueplanet; 10-02-2008, 07:29 PM.
            To see a world in a grain of sand
            And a heaven in a wild flower

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            • #7
              Good advice Manda - getting newly germinated things out of the house but still in a relatively warm environment sounds like a worker
              I was feeling part of the scenery
              I walked right out of the machinery
              My heart going boom boom boom
              "Hey" he said "Grab your things
              I've come to take you home."

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              • #8
                I've used a similar idea to this for a while and it works, although I do put the paraffin heater in there too and the greenhouse itself is insulated with bubblewrap. It does mean that I use far less fuel than would be necessary if I just had the seedlings on staging. A warm spring day though can make things very hot and steamy within the propagators very quickly so be ready to unwrap them if necessary during the day then re-cover them at dusk. I love the term 'Russian Doll Greenhouse' though, - think I'll pinch that.
                Into each life some rain must fall........but this is getting ridiculous.

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                • #9
                  The thick, industrial grade insulated wrap is good to put around pots, e.g. spud pots - in a greenhouse. Wrap it round to allow a 'wall' above the pot too. Then if a heavy frost is in the offing, a drape of fleece tops it off. It really does work.
                  Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

                  www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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                  • #10
                    What will you do with the toms, peppers etc once they have germinated? Plastic will let through only 70% to 80% of the light that would normally come though glass and you have three layers of the stuff. I reckon your toms will be 3 foot high within a few weeks.

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