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Hi, I have just found this forum while surfing for articles and veg magazines.
I'm veggie and intend to grow my salads, veg and and fruit.
Plan is to have a potting station at the back - a 2 tier bench down one long side for seeds and things i can grow in pots / trays. The other long side will be for toms and other taller crops in grow bags / containers.
I am a complete GH newbie, [cos I didn't listen to my dad when I was a kid http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...lies/frown.gif ] and have finally splashed out on a new 12 x 8 greenhouse and would appreciate some advice on how to orient it.
The GH has 5'5 eaves and an 8'5" ridge.
The books say to run it E<>W - whereas others say with a small greehosue it doesn't really matter. Due to space I really only have two options.
1) run it sort of N <> S along alongside the neighbours 6' conifer hedge,
N gable level with the huge conifer.
This means the roof will get the sun from sun rise. The gable end at the South end will get full sun from 11:00 ish - 15:00 ish - then the long side will get full sun until it sets [ slightly dappled as it comes via a cherry tree ]
Option 2 is to run it E<>W with the gable against the huge conifer. Now the long side gets full sun instead of the gable as above.
Option 1 is the easiest from laying teh base and least intrusive as far as the rest of teh garden goes.
My concerns:
Does option 1 have any merits ?
Option 1 - would I able to use the bottom staging tier since that side is only 3 feet from the hedge and wont get much light.
Option 2 - Will it get too hot and I'll have to start messing about with shading ? I am assuming in option 1 as only the gable gets the mid day sun the GH will be cooler ?
As I have bought a fairly robust model I'm hoping the wind isnt a consideration even though it gets v windy here.
I hope this is clear and makes some sort of sense ! ANY help gratefully appreciated. I attach [ hopefully] a photo and a rough sketch.
Thanks
Graham
I'm veggie and intend to grow my salads, veg and and fruit.
Plan is to have a potting station at the back - a 2 tier bench down one long side for seeds and things i can grow in pots / trays. The other long side will be for toms and other taller crops in grow bags / containers.
I am a complete GH newbie, [cos I didn't listen to my dad when I was a kid http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...lies/frown.gif ] and have finally splashed out on a new 12 x 8 greenhouse and would appreciate some advice on how to orient it.
The GH has 5'5 eaves and an 8'5" ridge.
The books say to run it E<>W - whereas others say with a small greehosue it doesn't really matter. Due to space I really only have two options.
1) run it sort of N <> S along alongside the neighbours 6' conifer hedge,
N gable level with the huge conifer.
This means the roof will get the sun from sun rise. The gable end at the South end will get full sun from 11:00 ish - 15:00 ish - then the long side will get full sun until it sets [ slightly dappled as it comes via a cherry tree ]
Option 2 is to run it E<>W with the gable against the huge conifer. Now the long side gets full sun instead of the gable as above.
Option 1 is the easiest from laying teh base and least intrusive as far as the rest of teh garden goes.
My concerns:
Does option 1 have any merits ?
Option 1 - would I able to use the bottom staging tier since that side is only 3 feet from the hedge and wont get much light.
Option 2 - Will it get too hot and I'll have to start messing about with shading ? I am assuming in option 1 as only the gable gets the mid day sun the GH will be cooler ?
As I have bought a fairly robust model I'm hoping the wind isnt a consideration even though it gets v windy here.
I hope this is clear and makes some sort of sense ! ANY help gratefully appreciated. I attach [ hopefully] a photo and a rough sketch.
Thanks
Graham
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