2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
Cucumbers grow well in a sheltered place, so they make a shelter over the beds. Gardeners buy a greenhouse or build on their own. Consider 3 options for greenhouses for cucumbers that you can buy or do yourself
Which is better: buy a greenhouse or do it yourself?
A special microclimate is formed under the film (glass, polycarbonate), which cucumbers love, therefore a greenhouse is an integral attribute of growing cucumbers. Ready-made or homemade greenhouses have pros and cons to be aware of.
Ready greenhouse
In the garden markets there are various models of greenhouses that will be delivered to you in the assembled state. Let's talk about the pros and cons of this option.
Advantages:
• minimum labor costs: bring and install;
• saving time on searching for the required materials;
• no tools and installation skills are required.
Flaws:
• high price;
• dimensions are often not suitable for the designated area;
• there is no way to fit to the size of the garden.
Homemade greenhouse
Practical summer residents make a greenhouse with their own hands. Is it worth doing this?
Advantages
• you can select the desired material;
• use the remnants of building materials;
• build the building from the desired height, width, length;
• a homemade greenhouse is easier to dismantle.
Flaws
• often the cost of purchases exceeds the price of the finished product;
• a lot of effort is spent on the choice of materials, delivery, construction.
Greenhouse under the film
The structure consists of a frame covered with a film, it is easy to do it yourself. The support / side parts are mounted in the form of a house made of thick branches or remnants of building materials. A more practical basis are PVC pipes, metal wire bent in the form of arcs buried in the edges of the garden bed, this type is called a "tunnel".
The structure has a temporary purpose, it is erected and dismantled quickly. Suitable for growing cucumbers and other vegetable crops. You can build a greenhouse for a garden bed anywhere and from any material.
If the bed is being created for the first time, place it in a lighted place, along the west-east line. Dimensions should be convenient for growing and creating a shelter: not exceed 5 m in length and 1 meter in width. It is desirable that the bed has a 20-30 cm high edging from a board or best man.
Make a frame: evenly over the entire length, deepen the arcs with a step of 50-70 cm. To stiffen and better hold the loads on the film (rainfall, wind), you need to pull a wire between the arcs (thick fishing line or other strong / flexible material).
Along the top of the arcs, pull the wire while twisting / twisting on each support arc. At the end of the bed, secure the end to a peg driven into the ground. There should be 3 such constrictions. If the width of the bed is more than a meter (110-130 cm), 5 lines of wire are made.
The frame is covered with a dense film (120-200 microns). The end pieces should be 1-2 meters longer (depending on the height of the arcs). The longitudinal edges are wound on an iron pipe, the end edges are pressed against cobblestones. For airing, it is enough to slightly open the ends; for watering, the side edge rises.
Russian greenhouse
The rational, simple design provides easy access to the seedlings from above and saves space. You can buy a butterfly greenhouse or make it yourself. This design has many advantages:
• reliably protects seedlings from bad weather;
• withstands strong wind;
• does not shade adjacent beds;
• well ventilated;
• serves for a long time.
It is made in the form of an overall box-house, 50-100 cm high with a pitched roof. The walls and roof are made of glass (polycarbonate), if desired, covered with foil. Frame made of any material (wood, metal). The upper sash-roof is fixed in any way, it can be completely removable. This allows for high-quality ventilation, watering, and processing of plants.
Polycarbonate greenhouse
Polycarbonate greenhouses have a high light transmittance of 80-85%, keep heat well (have a minimum heat transfer coefficient), withstand wind loads, and are resistant to hail.
Buy a polycarbonate greenhouse is sold in any size, if desired, it is done independently. When making a greenhouse with your own hands, a sheet with a thickness of 4-6 mm is bought. The material is easily cut with a knife, bends. It is fixed to the frame with self-tapping screws with special pads.
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