{"id":9435,"date":"2011-01-27T04:10:46","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T11:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9435"},"modified":"2011-01-24T02:15:35","modified_gmt":"2011-01-24T09:15:35","slug":"glasshouse-and-greenhouse-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/garden-equipment-tips\/glasshouse-and-greenhouse-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasshouse and Greenhouse Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4282978106\/\" title=\"Octagonal cloche by brianpettinger, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2770\/4282978106_56a54e893b.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Octagonal cloche\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get the best gardening results from your glass in a cold frame, greenhouse or glasshouse. (The difference I am told is that a glasshouse has controlled conditions).<\/p>\n<h2>Preparation\u00c2\u00a0 for 2011<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Make some glasshouse resolutions and stick to them. What will be grown and when. What experiments may be worth trying etc.<\/li>\n<li>Plants need light so clean the glass thoroughly inside and out.<\/li>\n<li>Take down any bubble wrap insulation and clean with Jeyes fluid. Replace damaged sections before reinstalling.<\/li>\n<li>Clean out\u00c2\u00a0 guttering and algae from cracks between the glass. A plastic plant label may help you get into tight spaces.<\/li>\n<li>Clean and disinfect all surfaces, benches, gravel and capillary matting.<\/li>\n<li>Wash any pots taking care to get rid of bugs lurking under rims and on bottoms.<\/li>\n<li>Treat wood frames with a wood preservative.<\/li>\n<li>Check windows for damage or loose panes.<\/li>\n<li>Ventilate well and allow the area to dry<\/li>\n<li>Replace any soil or compost according to your resolutions above<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Do not forget to clean other equipment like temporary plastic structures, cold frames and cloches.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4628682653\/\" title=\"104 by brianpettinger, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3315\/4628682653_9015dfcec6.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"104\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get the best gardening results from your glass in a cold frame, greenhouse or glasshouse. (The difference I am told is that a glasshouse has controlled conditions). Preparation\u00c2\u00a0 for 2011 Make some glasshouse resolutions and stick to them. What will be grown and when. What experiments may be worth trying etc. Plants need light so clean the glass thoroughly inside and out. Take down any bubble wrap insulation and clean with Jeyes fluid. Replace damaged sections before reinstalling. Clean out\u00c2\u00a0&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/garden-equipment-tips\/glasshouse-and-greenhouse-preparation\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-garden-equipment-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}