How To Use Your Newly Built Greenhouse

After building your greenhouse, now what?

Yes, you put in some plants, maybe some vegetable plants to grow while everybody else has to wait until their grocery store supplies a new stock on the next harvest season. But putting your greenhouse into use is more than that. In fact, if you put few plants inside and leave them, you are just doing more damage to your plants than good, making it more of a death house for your plants. Not to mention wasting your all money on a greenhouse that doesn't serve a good purpose.

Putting your newly built greenhouse into use is not that hard. It only takes a bit of common sense and a green thumb to make plants grow. While greenhouse does its job in making plants grow, you still have to play the role of a gardener to make this thing happen.

The most common mistake novice gardener makes is not to provide proper ventilation to the plants inside the greenhouse. What happens to your body if you lock yourself in a room that is directly under the sun the middle of summer. It's hot right? That's what happens to your plants too. Although most plants need warm temperature to grow, they cannot survive if the temperature is too hot. Hence, always make sure that you open vents, windows, screens and doors to keep the temperature regulated during a hot summer day. And keep them closed on a colder weather.

Water is another important factor to remember in greenhouse gardening. Since your greenhouse builds up moisture that the plants need, your plants do not require frequent watering, even in a hot summer day. Checking the soil will let you know if you need to water your plants.

Tropical plants obviously do not survive during winter but using a heater is often not required. But if the outside temperature drops and your greenhouse cannot maintain a warm environment, placing a heater would save your plants from frosting and withering.

Most greenhouse downfall occurs after one plant gets a disease and affects every plant inside. Treating your plant regularly with commercial or organic sprays prevents this from happening.

Using your greenhouse is not that hard. You just have to make sure that you create a good environment inside for your plants. Properly taking care of your plants and giving them their basic needs are still required even if they are in a controlled environment.