The Advantages Of Prefabricated Portable Greenhouses

One typical, small, portable, plastic greenhouse comes packed in a do-it-yourself kit. The 6- by 8- by 7-foot model sells for under $80.00.

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Extra 4-foot sections are available so you can extend the house as much as you wish. The manufacturer claims it will stand up under 50-degree-below-zero weather. He recommends for it a $15.00 electric heater.

A manufacturer of portable greenhouses puts out a delightful 10- by 12-foot Fiberglas house with an aluminum frame. This house eliminates hail damage, glass replacement, and periodic painting. Still another manufacturer of portable greenhouses includes with his greenhouses a Fiberglas roof.

Crops for the Transparent Portable Greenhouse

The uses for the portable plastic greenhouses are the same as you would have for a cold greenhouse. You would want to put spring bedding plants and vegetables in it. In the summer time you can use it to put bigger types of specimen plants in it. You may also use your portable plastic greenhouse for such plants as African violets, wax begonias, geraniums, and others.

The conditions inside the plastic portable greenhouse create a fantastic environment for your plants. These types of greenhouses are ventilated well and the climate inside isn't much different than the climate inside traditional glass greenhouses.

One thing to mention about ventilation; if your portable plastic greenhouse comes with only one side ventilation area, you should put a fan inside. This fan will help to ensure there is ample circulation of fresh air in both winter and summer time.

If you prefer to grow plants which like shade, whatever you do, don't use anything which is constructed from a linseed oil base. This linseed oil will be absorbed by the plastic and you will never be able to get it out of the plastic.

Other Uses for Plastic

You can use either transparent or corrugated plastic for the glazing of your cold frame or lath greenhouse. You can use these structures for hardening off your annual and perennial seedlings.