Even thermophilic vegetables are grown in the temperate regions of Russia, in Siberia and in the north. And all thanks to greenhouses. They contribute not only to the maturation of the crop in a short summer, but also allow you to get it more than once, starting in early spring.
Can grow some favorite vegetables without leaving homehowever, their list is somewhat limited. Will help in this mini greenhouse, which can be quickly made from scrap materials.
General requirements
In the manufacture of any greenhouse the following conditions must be met:
- good light conductivity;
- free access to plants for their care;
- the possibility of ventilation of the internal space of the greenhouse;
- strength;
- Aesthetics is an important quality, especially when she is at home, beauty always inspires.
Place for mini-greenhouses
A place in an apartment for a mini-greenhouse should be chosen taking into account the season, the illumination of the place, or the possibility to install additional lighting there. A good solution will be accommodation on the glazed loggia.
Types of mini greenhouses
Mini greenhouses vary in size, design, materials and purpose. Very small greenhouses can be used at home or on the loggia. Portable greenhouses are very convenient - with the onset of heat they can easy to transport to the dacha. At the site they can be moved to the right place, for example, to cover the planting of a small area from the weather, or to adapt the seedlings planted in open ground.
But first things first.
Frame
Most mini-greenhouses belong to this type, regardless of their size. Such greenhouses are the most convenient. Their design will comply with all the above conditions. You can make them from any available material, so that it does not require extra costs. It is possible to grow everything in frame greenhousesbecause its size depends only on the creative and engineering thought of its creator.
Greenhouse bread box
Very successful design from all points of view. Used as for room mini-greenhouses, So for large stationary greenhouses Location on. It can be grown seedlings, indoor flowers, greenery. It all depends on its size.
Growbox and Thermobox
Unlike classic translucent greenhouses, this box made of opaque material with internal microclimate and lighting. Grow in grossbox everything is possible, even tropical plants.
Such a greenhouse can be an interesting part of the interiorif you make its front wall in the form of a glazed panel. Behind it you can place interesting compositions from tropical indoor plants.
Thermobox, unlike the growox - this completely isolated hermetic system without transparent walls. Such greenhouses are high-tech and can be equipped with automatic lighting systems, watering and maintaining the required level of humidity and temperature.
Greenhouse shelving
Such home greenhouses save space, as can be installed on each other. They look good on balconies and loggias and are great for growing pot plants. Although it also grows well seedlings, herbs and vegetables.
Wigwam
The simplest design street mini-greenhousewhich can be carried and used for different purposes. She can cover young saplings of fruit trees or bushes, set over shrubs, soil tomato or pepper in bad weather.
Portable
Lightweight designs allow you to move them. on the beds, in the spring from the house to the country. They are convenient for growing seedlings and temporary protection of plants planted in the ground.
What we grow in a mini-facility?
First of all seedlings. The greenhouse will save from the winter blues of a passionate gardener who misses his beds and garden greenhouses. Vegetables that you want from the earliest spring, a lot. Mini-greenhouse will allow year-round cultivation garlic, feast on fresh greens, by spring - cherry tomatoes, by the beginning of summer - ripe strawberries.
Mini-greenhouse installed on the plot can be used for experiments keen breeders and for growing flowers and stunted vegetable crops.
A mini greenhouse good help will be for keen flower growers, especially those who like to experiment and grow flowers from seeds.
Mini greenhouse (small) do it yourself
All of the above types of greenhouses can be done by hand, having the remains of building materials, a covering, and accessories.
How to make a small or small (mini) greenhouse with your own hands? For the manufacture of the frame can be used wood, plastic pipes, metal bar. To cover fit any transparent material - plain or reinforced film, polycarbonate, glass, plastic bottles. So consider the instructions from the photo, how to make mini (small) greenhouses for seedlings with your own hands.
Where to begin?
Before taking up the hammer and nails, think carefully about the design and the necessary equipment in the greenhouse:
- make a drawing;
- calculate the number of shelves, the desired height and width;
- think over the heating system;
- decide on the lighting system (where the lamps will be needed);
- select materials.
Mini convertible greenhouse
This greenhouse is perfect for growing vegetables at the dacha, its size depends only on your needs. It is easy to manufacture and requires minimal cost.. To create the framework, PVC pipes are used, for coating - film or polycarbonate.
- Make a wooden box of the desired size.
- Tighten the bottom of a small reinforced mesh (protection against rodents).
- Strengthen the corners of the greenhouse, they carry the main load.
- Press the pipes to the lifting frame from the outside with screwed clamps.
- Attach the removable frame from one end to the box using hinges.
- Attach to the box and the frame limiters - belts or chains, so that the top does not overturn.
Greenhouse bread box
It can be made for the site and for home use. Size can be made any, depending on the needs and destination. At the dacha, it is used for growing seedlings and short-growing crops of pepper, standard tomatoes, eggplant.
Its design allows optimal use of the shelter area due to convenient access to plants. Greenhouse may have one or two lifting sides. If its width is about one meter, it is reasonable to make a double opening, so as not to trample along the planted bed, reaching for the far landings. Manufacturing technology is simple:
- Make a box of the right size.
- Dig a trench suitable for the size of the box to a depth of 50 cm.
- Install the finished box into it and prepare the bottom of the greenhouse (rubble, topsoil, etc.).
- Make a frame of pipes, bent half-arches with the help of an industrial dryer.
- Sheathe the frame with polycarbonate - this is the best material for this design. Secure it to the frame with self-tapping screws.
- Seal the remaining gaps between the casing and the frame with a self-adhesive sealant.
- The ends are tightened with a film and covered with an aluminum profile.
- Tightened frame attached to the hinges to the top of the box.
Greenhouse is ready, it can be filled.
Greenhouse shelving
Used for it any materialfrom which you can make shelves. Having constructed the bookcase of the desired size and height, pull on it a cover of transparent material with a zipper. This may be a greenhouse film. Unfastening the cover, you will have free access to the plants and at the same time air the mini-greenhouse.
Mini-greenhouse "wigwam"
Very simple and cheap it can be made as a disposable greenhouse. It requires 1 tall wooden block or metal tube, rods and a plastic bag of the desired size.
A bar is installed in the center, around it within a radius of 0.5 m (you may need a different size area), rods are stuck into the ground and connected to the upper ends and fixed to the central bar. On top of the design is put on the bag, which is cut off the bottom, that is, it looks like a polyethylene pipe. Its lower edges are fixed on the ground with something heavy, and the upper part is tightly fixed on the upper point of the central bar.
Design moves easily around the sitebut not very convenient when you need to water or feed the plant.
Spending once a small amount of time and money you can use the mini-greenhouse for years. And early vegetables and good harvests will pay back your costs anyway.
