How to make a greenhouse as convenient as possible for work

A greenhouse is also a workplace where the site owner has to spend a lot of time. Our tips site is ready to tell you how to make your greenhouse as convenient as possible for work related to plant care. Let’s talk about what should be at hand in a greenhouse.

Of course, we will talk about capital greenhouses that are used either all year round or throughout the summer cottage season. If we are talking about the simplest greenhouses in the form of metal or plastic arcs with a film on top, then, naturally, there is no need to work inside. Such greenhouses are designed simply to protect plants from spring frosts and are removed immediately after the onset of a consistently high temperature..

Capital greenhouses designed for winter growing vegetables are another matter. They must be not only reliable, but also properly equipped from a technical point of view. I devoted a separate article to this issue..

Now let’s talk about the fact that in addition to ventilation, heating, lighting and other technical issues, it should be in a greenhouse that is convenient for work..

The first thing to worry about is a convenient passage between the beds. From the path between the rows, you will have to reach out to remote corners, seedlings growing near the walls of the greenhouse. The path should be wide enough, it may be advisable to make not two, but three rows with aisles between them, if the greenhouse is wide enough. Lay out the path at least with old bricks or the cheapest paving slabs so as not to walk in the mud. Or cover with rubble, gravel, pebbles, straw – mulch.

The second very important point is the availability of water. Of course, you still have to stretch a hose from a street tap or run a full-fledged water supply to the greenhouse. But experts advise keeping a tank with settled, warm water in the greenhouse for gentle watering of tender seedlings. You will also need a watering can for watering. It will be great if a washstand appears at the exit from the greenhouse, albeit the simplest one, but it makes it possible to wash your hands after working in the ground.

The third step is arranging a rack, shelves for storing all kinds of items needed to work in a greenhouse. It is clear that, for example, a large gardening tool, the same rake and a shovel, are usually kept in a shed and are more often used for working outdoors. But in the greenhouse, it is worth keeping a lot of things at hand:

• Seed sowing trays;
• Pots, containers, boxes for seedlings and individual plants;
• A small transplant spatula, scissors, a small ripper – all the tools you use in a greenhouse;
• A manual sprayer is just a container with a special nozzle;
• Fertilizers in a small container.

You can make a rack or shelves for a greenhouse with your own hands, they do not have to be a “miracle of beauty”. The main thing is that the storage place must contain everything you need, be sufficiently reliable and convenient. In addition, to save valuable space in the greenhouse, it is more expedient to make the shelves suspended, and the rack as high as possible, but narrow..

Another tip – do not forget to install a thermometer and a moisture meter inside the greenhouse in order to accurately control the humidity level and temperature..

How comfortable your greenhouse will be is up to you. We simply offer helpful tips and suggestions to help make greenhouse work more convenient and efficient. Moreover, this can be achieved in very simple and inexpensive ways..