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Many Russian residents love to eat cucumbers in winter. It’s nice to open a jar of products from a DIY cucumber greenhouse. Cucumbers are vegetables that you can never have enough of. In our country they are the most common vegetable for pickling. In summer, you can’t do without them when preparing salads. They are good with kebabs and simply with boiled potatoes. You can increase their yield on your own plot by building a greenhouse or greenhouse.
Greenhouse on a personal plot
Grow cucumbers V conditions of the harsh climate of our country and at the same time obtaining a bountiful harvest is impossible without a greenhouse or hotbed. Vegetables grow faster when protected from the weather. The harvest is harvested from the beds much earlier and in larger quantities. A properly equipped greenhouse for cucumbers with your own hands 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. The top of the greenhouse is covered with 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 at full height, caring for the plants.
The greenhouses are covered with film, glass or cellular polycarbonate.Film is used very rarely these days. The most commonly used material is 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.
To build a greenhouse, a capital foundation is not required. Typically, tools and materials are used to build a greenhouse:
- hammer;
- wood screws or self-tapping screws;
- furniture stapler;
- screwdriver;
- hacksaw;
- roulette;
- fishing line or twine;
- tree;
- roofing felt;
- sand and crushed stone;
- polyethylene film.
The base of the greenhouse is constructed from wood, inside which there will be a bed with plants. Gravel mixed with sand is poured into the base of the ridge. The top of the ridge is filled with fertile soil. The top of the greenhouse is usually covered with film. It can be different:
- reinforced;
- polyvinyl chloride;
- polyethylene hydrophilic;
- polyethylene light-converting.
Reinforced film lasts approximately 3 years. PVC film has good protective properties against ultraviolet rays. Its service life is measured at 3-7 years. Polyethylene hydrophilic film does not accumulate condensate on its surface, which tends to accumulate inside the greenhouse. The greenhouse can have a very low design.
Its frame can be made of metal or plastic arcs.
The place to build a greenhouse should be bright, but not windy. There should be some space left around it for assembly and repair of the structure. The best orientation of the greenhouse is from west to east.
Its sizes can be very different. The height is usually about a meter.Inside the greenhouse, 1 or 2 ridges about 60 cm wide are arranged. The length can be any. A drawing of the greenhouse must be made in advance so as not to make mistakes in size later. Often this structure is assembled entirely from wooden slats.
Greenhouse construction
Almost all summer residents and gardeners build permanent greenhouses on their property. They are used for growing various crops, including do-it-yourself cucumbers. They build a greenhouse from a much larger number of materials. After all, its height is about 2.5 m. It has a foundation underneath it.
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’s even better to dig pieces of pipes into the ground, to which the frame arcs are later attached.
Foam concrete blocks are often used as the foundation. They are laid out around the perimeter of the future greenhouse. Wooden beams are attached to them from above with anchor bolts. The frame of the greenhouse is later attached to these beams. The optimal sizes are considered to be:
- length of the structure - 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 (maybe not new);
- processed boards;
- covering material;
- window frames;
- wooden blocks of different sizes;
- biofuel in the form of humus, peat or manure;
- machine for welding a metal frame;
- grinder for cutting workpieces;
- hacksaw for wood;
- hacksaw for cutting metal;
- electric drill with drills;
- screwdriver;
- furniture stapler for stretching film;
- sharp knife;
- scissors;
- hammer;
- construction level;
- plumb line;
- 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 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 advisable to place the greenhouse in the direction from west to east. The place should be fairly level, close to the house. There should be no trees nearby. Next, you need to make the foundation.
For a permanent foundation, a strip structure is made of bricks or building blocks. A ditch with a depth of 20 cm is dug and material is laid out. The foundation can rise up to 50 cm above ground level. Waterproofing is laid on it and the greenhouse frame is installed. The frame can also be attached to beams previously laid on the foundation.
Ridges are formed inside the greenhouse.
Biofuel is placed under them and covered with a layer of fertile soil. When installing the covering, you should provide and leave vents for ventilation. They are usually done in the end parts of the greenhouse. Electric heaters and stoves are used for heating. For active growth of cucumbers, a wire is stretched in the upper part of the greenhouse. A piece of twine is lowered from it to each bush of the plantings. Then the cucumbers will curl along these twines.
Conclusion on the topic
Greenhouses and greenhouses have long become an attribute of any suburban plot of land. Making them is not very difficult. The main thing is to choose the right location for them.
A greenhouse is a more complex structure compared to a greenhouse.
Its frame is installed on the foundation.The frame is made of wooden blocks, metal and plastic pipes. The entire structure is assembled using nails, screws, self-tapping screws, bolts and welding. It's good to use old frames with glass. The side surfaces and roof were previously covered with film. It has several disadvantages, so today glass or polycarbonate are most often used.
The optimal height of the greenhouse is 2.3-2.5 m. The width and length can have a wide variety of sizes. Most often, 2 ridges are arranged in the greenhouse. A distance of 30-50 cm is left between them. All this allows the owners to walk around the structure at full height. It is imperative to leave vents for ventilation. Many people install automatic plant watering systems and various heating devices in the greenhouse. They allow you to use the greenhouse all year round.
