Dueep Jyot Singh - Plant Growing Structures: Knowing More about Green Houses, Hotbeds, and Cold Frames

Dueep Jyot Singh

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Download Greenhouse plans from our website HERE

Depending on the area in which you findyourself, or the season when you begin to put out the plantsoutdoors, you are normally going to start your vegetable cropplants in well-prepared beds, and the young plants are thentransplanted later in your field or in your garden.

These plants are going to include cabbage,cauliflower, broccoli, eggplant, celery, tomato, potatoes, peppers,and others.

Tomato seedlings ready for transplantation

Nevertheless, when you are starting them inoutdoor beds or under protection in hotbeds, cold frames, orgreenhouses, it is going to depend on the climate of the region andthe time of the year, the crop has to be grown. This book is nowgoing to give you plenty of information on how you can grow theseplants methodically and properly, and the different plant growingstructures which have been in use for millenniums.

If you are living in a region where thewinter is long and cold, and the growing seasons are short, allyour plants are going to be started in some kind of plant growingstructure. When you are growing them as an early crop, the seedshave to be planted in a warm place, so that they can germinate andafter that they are going to be hardened slowly slow exposure tothe elements until they can take the harsh outdoors in theirstride.

Even if you are living in a region where thewinters are not so severe, there are a number of structures, whichhave been used traditionally to a considerable extent for startingplants for early crops. I spent my childhood in tropical areas anddid not know anything about harsh cold winters until I grew up andcame to areas where the temperature was easily -5 in October, andeven lower up to March. However, even in my tropical abode, I sawgreenhouses being used very often, even though the climate was sotemperate and conducive to the growth of plants.

That was because these green houses were mademore than 150 years ago by the British residents who had lived onceupon a time in our bungalows during their stint of colonialism. Andso we used those greenhouses because hey, they were there and theywere all ready for use.

Also, traditionally crops like lettuce,onion, cucumber, melon, and beet are often started in cold frames,hotbeds, or greenhouses before hand.

The important advantages of starting plantsbefore hand in greenhouses or other structures like hotbeds andframes are firstly, you are increasing the length of the growingseason and making it possible to grow long season crops in regionswhere the summers are basically short. Also, you are making itpossible to grow more than one crop on the same land in oneparticular growing season.

That means you are going to obtain largeryears of long season tender crops when they are grown in placeswhere the summers are short and also, you are making it possible toproduce an early crop by planting seed before it would be safe toplant in the open, especially when the winter is harsh outside.

Greenhouse construction and management is aspecialized subject normally taught in agricultural colleges orprofessional architectural colleges.

However, if you want to know more aboutconstructing greenhouses, here are some links to our publicationswhich you are going to find interesting.

Download Greenhouse plans from our website HERE.

There are also plenty of online sites, whereyou can get plans on how to construct greenhouses, if you are theDIY type. Nevertheless, I am discussing greenhouses only by thestandpoint of use by a gardener like you and I or perhaps themarket gardener.

Excellent greenhouse effect obtained from plasticbottles

Many up-to-date market gardeners have atleast a small greenhouse for use in starting plants during winterand early spring. The use of greenhouses for this purpose isincreasing slowly and steadily.

Some vegetable growers combine vegetableforce growing with their outdoor gardening activities. They havealso entered the forcing business by utilizing the greenhouse forgrowing crops to maturity when the space is not needed for startingup new plants.

That means your greenhouse is going to beutilized throughout the years either for forcing seedlings or forgrowing ordinary plants when the weather is inclement outside oryou just want to utilize that unutilized space. However, this isnot going to be practical when you just have a small greenhouse,and you intend to use it just for growing seedlings.

If you are living in an area where thewinters are long and cold, and the growing seasons are short,greenhouses and such structures are going to be superior to hotbedsand cold frames.

The advantage of having a greenhouse is thatyou can regulate and control the temperature easilier ingreenhouses that in any other plant forcing structures. Also,ventilation can be regulated better and with less danger ofchilling your plants.

The work of planting and caring for the plantcan be done without exposing yourself and the plants to unfavorableweather. I remember one of my friends during a harsh winter inMontana half seriously complaining, If only I had not built thatgreenhouse, I would sitting snug here inside, instead of going outand working in that nice warm and snug greenhouse!