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Cold frame, Hoop House, Green House
Oh my -
What’s right for my garden?
by
Bob & MaryAnn Albenesius
All wrapped up in gardening
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What’s best for my needs?
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What are the goals? Do you want to garden year
around?
Does your mouth water for home grown oranges & bananas?
Do you want to be the 1st on theblock to have a tomato
Maybe you just want a little
more heat out of our summer to grow a sweet potato orcantaloupe
Depending on what you want – any of these things are possible.
How much work are you willingto do?
How much money do you plan toinvest?
How many are you going to feed?
How much space do you have towork with?
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All kinds of options available
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Cheapest greenhouse available!
Perfect place to startexperimenting
start your own seeds
Larger selections of varieties available
Plants when you wantthem – in the plant world,timing is everything
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Vermont cranberry beans –
1 packet @ $2.75 = 4 lbs vs. $8.95 = 1 lb
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Starting your own seed
Space Large enough to hold a seed tray
Consistent temp Generally around 70
Light Once the seeds sprout
Moisture Don’t allow the medium to dry
out Sterile seed starting mix
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Don’t want to play out in the cold and wet? Start plants inside
Don’t need fancy lights
Don’t need fancy shelves
Just need seed starting mix andmoisture
Most seeds just need aconsistent temp of about 70 for
germination Don’t need light until plants
emerge
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Grow lights/shelf system Commercial system
Can do the same thing
On a window sill
Fluorescent light
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Now is the time
If you want to start your own tomatoes
To transplant to thegarden in late May startthem by the end ofFebruary
Soil temp 55
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Tomato transplant
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Take your time – give the plants a
chance to acclimate4” pot Almost ready for 1 gallon pot
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Once you have your seedlings –
then what? Into a cold frame
Under a frost blanket
Floating row cover Under a low tunnel
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Not just tomatoes - You can sow any veggie
seeds that will go outsideinto a cold frame, under
cloches, low tunnels orgreen house
Lettuce
Cauliflower
Peas
Cabbage
Broccoli
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Cold frames
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Cold frames They can be plain or
fancy
Require good sunexposure
Ventilation when thetemp rises above 50
Source of water
Generally used as a“transplant” nursery
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A Maine cold frame(Johnny’s seeds)
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Cold frame with frost blanket
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Our lettuce
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Straw bale cold frame –
used as a pot
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Cold frame facts They are most suited to
“cool season” crops
Cabbage, broccoli,lettuce, spinach
Not heat lovers
Need to be able to ventilate over 50
Need water source
Thermometer is handy
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There are alternatives . . .
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Low tunnels – provides protection for those things planted directly in the ground
Usually some type of spunpolyester Grow guard -85% light, 27
degrees, 0.6oz/sq yd
Reemay – 75% light, 30degrees, 0.6oz/sq yd Agribon – 70% light; 0.9 oz/sq
yd Frost blanket – 24 degrees,
50% light, 1.5oz/sq yd ***on &
off Summer insect barrier – 90%
light, 0.4oz/sq yd Grow therm – clear plastic –
increase temp by 10 degrees
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Low tunnels – floating row covers – your
option - as to how to use them
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You need something to
secure the fabric
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Low tunnels
Our garden – leeks
and winter Colecrops under cover
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“Grow-therm”
G h l b d
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Grow-therm can also be used on
sweet potatoes
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What to plant for winter
enjoymentOctober -
These plants were started inlate July and covered in mid
September
Cabbage
Broccoli
cauliflower
Lettuce Spinach
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Broccoli & cabbage lovers
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Hoop house
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Hoop house
interior
This one is set up fortomatoes –
but can be used for anyheat lover
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Clark County – Master Gardeners
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All sizes, dimensions
–multiple uses Closed in . . . or not
ots o resources ava a e
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ots o resources ava a e
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Pop bottle green house
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Lot’s of commercial varieties available
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Recycled windows . . . .
Corrugated panels . . .
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Big or little
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Some important things to remember
Water source
Ventilation
Shade Close enough to be
useful
Fits your needs
Accommodates the way you work
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Our green house . . . before
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& after
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Green houses are not without their
challenges Controlling the
greenhouse environment
Too hot Too cold
Too much sun
humidity
Common pests &diseases
Spider mites Whitefly
Damping off
Mold
Powdery mildew
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Why you need
shade & ventilation
This was taken 1/27/12 @11:30
The temp on our outside
thermometer was 25 that
morning,by 11:30 it had gotten up to35 &
the frost was melting . . .
But in the green house
84
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Shade cloth
Available in
30%
40%
50%
62%
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Shade cloth
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Green house heat 35 -45 a “holding place”
45 -55 can actively growcool season crops
55-60 can propagate,grow cukes, beans,strawberries,mushrooms
65 – 75 can grow all heatloving vegetables &tropicals
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Questions?
Thank you
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WSU Lewis County Extension
Master Gardeners351 NW North Street
Chehalis WA 98532
(360) 740-1212
http://lewis-mg-mrc.org
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noncompliance may be reported through your local WSU Extension office.