Your least favourite greenhouse task.

[saxocactus]

My least favourite task has to be removing the ivy that keeps growing up through the cracks between the concrete slabs on the floor of my GH. It's a real pain - especially since the worst bits are alwasy at the back of the staging where it's very difficult to reach.

[DaveW]

Can't you dab the leaves with Roundup or something similar being careful to remove the cacti first?

DaveW

[Lindsey]

Lindsey Wrote:
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taking
> every plant out of the conservatory and giving the
> entire interior a thorough clean

[size=large]I did it...[/size] exhausted now! - but the windows are gleaming. Hubby fitted a new top shelf for me. Hoping plants will thank me this winter.
Is everyone bubblewrapped up?(:P)

[Trevor]

Lindsey Wrote:
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> Is everyone bubblewrapped up?(:P)

Nope !! MOOOOHAHAHAHAHA

Spring is sprungen' !

[Clarke Brunt]

Lindsey Wrote:
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> Is everyone bubblewrapped up?

I did just the roof of my 20x8 (feet - proper greenhouse units!) over the weekend, after two winters with no insulation.

After not looking forward to doing it, it was actually quite a pleasure - helped having the right stuff for the job - triple ply 'large' bubble wrap from LBS horticulture, and assorted 'Alliplug' fasteners.

The greenhouse (Greenhouses Direct Rhino) has 4 enormous ventilators in the roof, which I've left un-covered - will have to decide later whether to devise some method of bubble-wrapping these as well.

Then there's the question of whether to do anything about the sides - perhaps I'll do a bit at the top of the ends, but aesthetically I still want to be able to see in/out, and the greatest heat-loss is surely the roof.

We'll see how that affects winter electricity consumption. On one side, I'm frugal with energy use in the house, and have both thermal and electric solar panels, but then I go and blow some of it on heating a greenhouse (not by much - only aiming for 7C).

[Colin Walker]

Geeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Clarke this sounds like a mega task. Bet you're glad that's done? Hope it does have the desired effect in terms of cutting down the power bills.