greenhouse/ what do you use?

[Queen Bee]

What do use to start grow plants in? At our other house I had a great greenhouse. It was 16x25 w/ water fans and heat mats.. Here a greenhouse is WAY down the list. So I have been looking for other options.. pictures of your set up would be wonderful..

[Mattemma]

I have used paper made into cups.I liked egg shells but they are too small.Plastic containers like yogurt cups were good too. Sorry no pics yet.

[jwal10]

How many do you need to start? Lots of small starter setups. tray and plastic to cover will work in a sunlit window. You can start plants in a basement with a growlight. I have a small greenhouse, leanto to shop. Heat mats, growlight and seed starting trays, somewhat like this....James

http://www.simsupply.com/p-125935-ge...Fct7QgodkSgAVQ

[siletz]

My husband made me this shelf out of PVC pipe and shop lights. I have one seed starting heat mat, and the seeds go on that until they sprout, then under the lights. I put the lights so that they are only a couple of inches from the top leaves, and put one "warm" and one "cool" colored lamp in each fixture. I put it in a cool part of the house, because too much warmth will make them grow fast and spindly, instead of slow and stocky. You could set them out under low tunnels for a little extra protection when it's time to set out into the garden.

[Fat Charlie]

I slapped closet shelving into my south facing dining room window. I put up some of that plastic wrap type sheeting to add insulation, and it's right above a baseboard heater. I've got some of those mini greenhouse seed starters, then transplant into Solo cups.

[Queen Bee]

No window space. Will plant several 100 seedlings .. I thought about purchasing the 75$ greenhouse from Tractor supply. It is 6tallx 4x4 floor space it has 4 tiers and it would be easy enough to take down or move when needed. Have electric radiator type heaters that would be perfect.. Anyone else use this type of system.. I am sure dh could build a better one for less but he is working 12hr days so only the
.really important stuff gets done.

[Homesteader]

I know this may be too much for what the OP wants, but I found these to be so nifty. First, is a blog where a person built a greenhouse out of pvc! It has two parts, I will link part one and part two for you.

This is part one:

http://oldtearoses.wordpress.com/201...vc-greenhouse/

Part two:

http://oldtearoses.wordpress.com/201...nhouse-part-2/

The above links I got from this site, which has other greenhouses too, plus stuff I sure would never have thought of:

http://www.pvcplans.com/pvc-pipe.htm

[Tabitha]

http://www.plantswap.net/forum/f25/d...-panels-17033/

here is a link showing a cattle panel greenhouse. simple, cheap and effective.

[RebelDigger]

We have been so busy renovating the farmhouse and getting settled in that a greenhouse (which, thanks to replacing the wooden windows in the farmhouse I have the materials to build) is down the list.

So, today I started playing around out on the back porch. It is five feet off the ground, southwest facing and 15' x 8'. I put two, six foot ladders facing each other then placed 1x6 (2 side by side for a total of 12" worth of shelf to each rung) boards on each set of steps to make shelves. Next, I plan to wrap the ladders in good, heavy mil plastic. I have a small electric heater that I am going to put inside the plastic on the porch floor and use until the seeds germinate. They should get plenty of sunlight out there, but just in case I do have several grow lights I can put on the undersides of the shevles. I am completely experimenting here out of desperation as I need to do at least 200 starts.