I was wondering how to make an inexpensive greenhouse for tomato plants/seddlings?

Question

I was wondering how to make an inexpensive greenhouse for tomato plants/seddlings?

Answer 1

I turn my raised beds into one with 3/4 inch pvc..And I also Have an arbor with a Planting bench on it that I enclose in  plastic in the winter time...The pvc frame you see are two 10 foot pieces joined at top with the correct fittings.. Both I cover in plastic 8 mil during winter..I also have grow lights in a room in my house

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Answer 2

Use steel fence droppers from an agricultural supply. Hammer them into the ground about 2 metres (6 feet) apart. Feed poly pipe over the pipes to form arches.... make the row of arches as long as you need your greenhouse. Bolt cheap second hand pine strips alont the bottom, along the middle of the top, and a strip along the side. Staple plastic sheeting over the frame and put ends and a door in you want it airtight.

Makes a cheap and very large tunnel house

Can see the one we made here out of second hand stuff

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Answer 3

Buy some heavy duty plastic off the roll at a hardware store and staple it onto a wooden frame.

Answer 4

watch mythbusters plant special that will tell u

Answer 5

Like others have already said here:  old windows on cinderblocks work, heavy clear plastic stapled to wooden frame works, coldframes made from old windows...you want to start out small, see what works for you and work up.  Used greenhouses are sold by aficionadoes who want to upgrade.

Answer 6

Open this link and see the instructions It is a very simple construction and should not cost much either.  If you have some basic building experience you will figure it out and you can build this design any size.

http://sd1new.net/GardenPages/greenhouse...

HOME PAGE

http://www.sherrysgreenhouse.com/

Answer 7

Unless you are going to start enough plants to cover acres of land, I have used a raised bed built with landscaping concrete blocks, the same size an an old storm door and used it as a lid. Mine is about 30"X 7' by about 30" deep. I built this one about 7 years ago and it appears to have at least that much life in it. As the weather warm up, I simply open the window in the door. When it gets real warm I just prop the door open.

Answer 8

the best way I have found is old wooden windows for a green house..........for a cold bed.......I build a box a couple of 2x12's high and get an old glass storm door and cover it.......you can lift the door up or slide the glass open and leave the screen on........it works good.......I just go to a glass shop and dumpster dive.......they are happy to get rid of the stuff....good luck

Answer 9

check out this blog post

http://boulderbelt.blogspot.com/2007/11/...

this will show you how to build an unheated hoop house for under $700. I use them to grow tomatoes, peppers, melons, cukes, zucchini and basil in the early spring for very early market crops. I do not use them for starting seedlings but they are wonderful for hardening the seedlings off. I could use them for seed starting if I had them close enough to electric to use heat mats or if I put some sort of heater in them (but I don't because that would cost several hundred a month and it is far cheaper to start everything indoors under lights so that is what I do with my 3000+seedlings).

using fluorescent lighting hung above the seedlings is a lot cheaper and safer than building and heating a green house, even a small one. but a greenhouse will give the seedlings better light after mid April (before that you will need supplemental light for most seedling excepting the alliums such as leeks and onions and brassicas)

Answer 10

egg carton and plastic wrap

Answer 11

I save those zippered plastic bags that blankets, comforters or bedspreads come in. They stand right up and you can open or close the zipper for more or less air. I also use a 2 liter soda bottle with the botton cut off. I plant my tomatoes early and just push the bottle into the soil. During the day I remove the bottle cap, and I replace it at night to keep snails and slugs out. Works like a charm. I usually get red tomatoes earlier than other growers in my area. Good luck!

Answer 12

i bought the really small indoor one. i was amazed at how many i could start in there! once they just barely started, i moved the top to the bottom row, when when they were just under 1 in, i moved them outside to sheltered location... wowwwww do we have tomatos now... and i noticed that on some of the flowers i started, they were supposed to germinate in about 20 days, and instead came up in about 3 days. move them quickly, tho, cuz if they get too big too soon, they get spindley and weak! make sure the greenhouse is very damp, and use starter soil instead of regular potting... happy shopping! try these links:

http://www.target.com/b/ref=sc_fe_l_4_10...

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/catalog.g...