Tag: Greenhouse

Must-have greenhouse features for a successful growing season

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When it comes to choosing your greenhouse, it’s not just the external structure you need to think about (although a solid base and high-quality materials are of course essential!). There are several integral features and accessories that play a key part in ensuring a successful growing season, such as shelving, shading and ventilation. Here, Cultivar Greenhouses explains the different features…
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From Greenhouse to Garden: How to transition your plants to the great outdoors

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Plants raised indoors, whether they are edible or ornamental, often need to be acclimatised to the great outdoors gradually, as the cooler temperatures, lower humidity and increased exposure to the elements can all affect young and tender plants. This process of preparing seedlings to be planted outdoors is known as “hardening off.” It usually takes two or three weeks, and…
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Growing undercover

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The vast majority of popular fruit and vegetable crops can be grown outside in the UK; however our growing season is relatively short and can be quite variable weather-wise to say the least. Photo: iStock/Alicia Garcia Monedero As you get into your hobby you will soon appreciate the benefits a protected growing space, in the form of a greenhouse or…
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Perfect Polytunnels and Glorious Greenhouses- All you need for undercover

Perfect Polytunnels and Glorious Greenhouses- All you need for undercover

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Shopping for a Polytunnel or Greenhouse? No problem, Kitchen Garden has a great selection to help you find the perfect cover. Premier Polytunnels With the development of new polythene covers it is possible to grow all kinds of crops and exotic plants in a Polytunnel, so it’s no surprise that these structures are gardeners’ first choice for growing undercover. Many…
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Kew Temperate House reopens

Kew Temperate House reopens

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World’s largest Victorian greenhouse reopens after major restoration Kew Gardens in London has reopened its Temperate House – the world’s largest Victorian glasshouse – after a five-year restoration in which the Grade I-listed structure was stripped back to bare metal. The vast greenhouse, which is home to a geographically arranged collection of 10,000 plants from temperate climates around the world,…
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Selecting The Best Value Greenhouse for All-year-round Growing

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A good quality greenhouse enables gardeners to ensure the productive growth of their crops, regardless ofthe weather, season or location. What is the value of a Domestic Greenhouse? A good quality greenhouse enables gardeners to ensure the productive growth of their crops, regardless of the weather, growing season or location. Greenhouse gardening was once the activity solely for commercial plant…
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