Many residents of Our Country love to eat cucumbers in winter. It’s nice to open a jar of products that the cucumber greenhouse gave with your own hands. Cucumbers are vegetables that can never be plentiful. In our country, they are the most common vegetable for pickling. In the summer, you can’t do without them when preparing salads. They are good with kebabs and just boiled potatoes. You can increase their yield on your own plot by building a greenhouse or greenhouse.
Greenhouse on the plot
Growing cucumbers in the harsh climate of our country and getting a bountiful harvest is impossible without a greenhouse or greenhouse. Under protection from the weather, vegetables grow faster. Harvest is removed from the beds much earlier and in larger quantities. A properly equipped do-it-yourself greenhouse for cucumbers provides plants with protection from pests and diseases. Most often, cucumbers are grown in greenhouses. This is a small temporary structure that is assembled in the spring. From above the greenhouse is closed with a film. If the film is removed, fresh air will flow to the plants.
The greenhouse is built above the greenhouse and is a more permanent structure. A man walks around the greenhouse in full growth, taking care of the plants.
Greenhouses are closed with film, glass or cellular polycarbonate. Film is rarely used these days. The most commonly used polycarbonate. A foundation is usually built under the greenhouse, which serves to protect the fertile soil from freezing in winter. In construction, such a structure costs several times more than a greenhouse. For this reason, some gardeners and gardeners prefer to build a cheap greenhouse.
For the construction of a greenhouse does not require a capital foundation. Usually, tools and materials are used to build a greenhouse:
- a hammer;
- wood screws or screws;
- furniture stapler;
- screwdriver;
- hacksaw;
- roulette;
- hazelnut or twine;
- tree;
- ruberoid;
- sand and gravel;
- polyethylene film.
The base of the greenhouse is built from wood, inside which there will be a bed with plants. Gravel mixed with sand is poured into the base of the ridge. From above, the ridge is covered with fertile soil. From above, the greenhouse is usually closed with a film. It is different:
- reinforced;
- polyvinyl chloride;
- polyethylene hydrophilic;
- polyethylene light-transforming.
Reinforced film lasts approximately 3 years. Polyvinylchloride film has good protective properties against ultraviolet rays. Its service life is measured in 3-7 years. Polyethylene hydrophilic film does not accumulate condensate on its surface, which tends to accumulate inside the greenhouse. The greenhouse may have a very low design.
Its frame can be made of metal or plastic arcs.
The place for the construction of a greenhouse should be bright, but not windy. There should be some space around it for assembly and repair of the structure. The best orientation of the greenhouse is from west to east.
Its dimensions can be very different. The height is usually done in about a meter. Inside the greenhouse, 1 or 2 ridges about 60 cm wide are equipped. The length can be any. The drawing of the greenhouse must be made in advance, so as not to be mistaken in size later. Often this structure is assembled entirely from wooden slats.
Greenhouse construction
Almost all summer residents and gardeners build capital greenhouses on the site. They are used to grow various crops, including do-it-yourself cucumbers. They build a greenhouse from a much larger amount of materials. After all, its height is about 2,5 m. Under itself, it has a foundation.
For its construction, you can use tarred boards. They are installed on the edge, then fastened with corners. The service life of such a foundation does not exceed 5 years. It is even better to dig pieces of pipes into the ground, to which the frame arcs are subsequently attached.
Foam concrete blocks are often used as the foundation. They are laid out around the perimeter of the future greenhouse. From above, wooden beams are attached to them with anchor bolts. The frame of the greenhouse is later attached to these bars. The optimal dimensions are considered to be:
- the length of the structure is 4,5 m;
- its width is 2,5 m;
- height – 2,3 m.
For construction you need to prepare:
- arcs made of metal, plastic or wood;
- bricks (may not be new);
- processed boards;
- cover material;
- window frames;
- wooden blocks of different sizes;
- biofuel in the form of humus, peat or manure;
- apparatus for welding a metal frame;
- grinder for cutting blanks;
- hacksaw for wood;
- hacksaw for cutting metal;
- electric drill with drills;
- screwdriver;
- furniture stapler for stretching the film;
- sharp knife;
- scissors;
- a hammer;
- construction level;
- plumb bob;
- spanners;
- roulette.
As a material for covering the greenhouse, you can use film, cellular polycarbonate or glass. Condensation can accumulate under the film, which causes the appearance of fungal infections. Polycarbonate does not suffer from this feature.
Preparatory work
Making a greenhouse is more difficult than building a greenhouse. First you need to choose a place to place it. It is desirable to place the greenhouse in the direction from west to east. The place should be fairly flat, close to the house. There should be no trees nearby. Next, you need to make a foundation.
For a permanent foundation, a strip construction is made of bricks or building blocks. A ditch is dug with a depth of 20 cm and the material is laid out. The foundation can rise up to 50 cm above the ground level. Waterproofing is laid on it and the frame of the greenhouse is installed. The frame can also be attached to the beams previously laid on the foundation.
Ridges form inside the greenhouse.
Biofuel is placed under them and covered with a layer of fertile soil. When installing the coating, it is necessary to provide and leave vents for ventilation. They are usually made in the end parts of the greenhouse. For heating, electric heaters, potbelly stoves are used. For the active growth of cucumbers, a wire is pulled in the upper part of the greenhouse. A piece of twine is lowered from it to each planting bush. Then the cucumbers will curl along these twines.
Conclusion on the topic
Greenhouses and greenhouses have long become an attribute of any land suburban area. It’s not very difficult to make them. The main thing is to choose the right place for their location.
A greenhouse is a more complex structure than a greenhouse.
Its frame is installed on the foundation. The frame is made of wooden bars, metal and plastic pipes. The entire structure is assembled on nails, screws, self-tapping screws, bolts and welding. It is good to use old frames with glasses. The side surfaces and the roof used to be covered with a film. It has several drawbacks, so today glass or polycarbonate is most often used.
The optimal height of the greenhouse is 2,3-2,5 m. Width and length can have a variety of sizes. Most often, 2 ridges are arranged in a greenhouse. A distance of 30-50 cm is left between them. All this allows the owners to walk around the structure to their full height. It is imperative to leave vents for ventilation. Many install automatic systems for watering plants, various kinds of heating devices in the greenhouse. They allow you to use the greenhouse all year round.