Almost all summer residents grow cucumbers on their personal plots. However, in order to harvest a rich crop, this crop needs to provide greenhouse conditions. To choose a convenient and practical greenhouse for cucumbers, you need to know some subtleties.
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Which is better - buy or build yourself
Often, summer residents think about whether it is necessary to buy a greenhouse or whether you can build it yourself. Each of the options has both advantages and disadvantages.
The finished product will be brought to the site and installed, while there is no need to search for materials for construction. However, quite often the dimensions of a factory building are not suitable for the size of the site, in addition, the high price is frightening.
You can build a simple greenhouse yourself. This is a more budget option, it is easy to choose the right sizes and buy cheaper materials. However, the construction process can take a lot of time and effort.
Therefore, you need to weigh the pros and cons and make the best decision.
Greenhouse types
The most uncomplicated greenhouse, which you can build on your own, is a film one. Its design is as simple as possible: a frame made of arcs is firmly fixed in the ground and covered with thick cellophane. The film is pressed tightly to the ground with various materials at hand - large stones, bricks, large plastic bottles with water. It is desirable to orient the greenhouse from west to east, its average length should not exceed 3-4 m, and its width should not exceed 1 m.
In this way, you can quickly build a lightweight structure suitable for growing vegetables. To ventilate the plants or to water, it is necessary to fold the film from one of the long sides and access to the inner space will be provided. The disadvantage of this structure is that the film needs to be changed to a new one every year.
A more complex design is a butterfly greenhouse. Building it yourself is a little more difficult, so it's easier to buy. It looks like a small house with a gable roof. Both roof flaps can be lifted upward, while the inside of the box becomes accessible and there is an opportunity for ventilation and watering. It is believed that such a medium-sized greenhouse is the optimal solution for a small summer cottage. The structure has a margin of safety, creates reliable protection of cucumbers from external influences and damage. Such a greenhouse is able to withstand gusts of strong wind, hail and a layer of snow up to 10 cm high, except Moreover, it does not create shadows in the area, since it has transparent walls made of thick glass or polycarbonate.
Polycarbonate greenhouses have been in demand for a long time. The transparency of their walls is 80-85%, despite the fact that the sheets of material are 4-6 mm thick.
They are resistant to heavy precipitation, snow cover and have a minimum heat transfer coefficient, i.e. after heating, cool down slowly and evenly. In most cases, such greenhouses can be bought for little money, but it is not difficult to build it yourself. It is allowed to install the greenhouse directly on the ground, but experts advise putting it on a low cobbled base and fixing it.
A polycarbonate greenhouse must be carefully looked after - regularly wipe the walls inside and outside with a damp soft cloth. Cleaning agents and detergents must not be used, since the material loses its transparency under the influence of chemistry.
If there is a desire and opportunity to grow cucumbers all year round, you can build a capital winter greenhouse with a well-thought-out heating, ventilation and irrigation system on your summer cottage. When building, it is necessary to lay the foundation, build a frame and cover the box with a solid roof. The main requirement for a winter greenhouse is that it must be completely sealed so that cold air from the street does not penetrate into the room. Therefore, it is better to use tempered glass or large polycarbonate sheets as wall material.
For heating, it is recommended to purchase convector-type heaters that can work for days. The cost of a major greenhouse can be quite high.
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