I am in NorCal 9b and am starting fall crops of spinach, kale, beets, onion, cauliflower and green beans. I don’t have a good south facing window inside and am wondering if this makeshift greenhouse will be good to start the seeds inside of?
I have it propped up for airflow.
Thanks for your advice!
by a-pair-of-2s
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Probably not necessary. I don’t think it gets cold enough to stop germination at this time of year, if at all.
No this does nothing. Why not just put the container over them through daylight hours and at night air them out for a couple minutes? I’d also put three small holes in it so it doesn’t get too hot (maybe it wouldn’t matter)
Reminds me of the traps in cartoons from back in the day. You may just catch Buggs Bunny with this setup!
Also, that’ll help keep some humidity in there aside from heat which will help the younglings.
I did something sort of similar back in February (I’m in Houston Tx 9B) when I was bringing my pepper plants outside. The days were usually a bit too cool for peppers so I had an inverted storage tote with a bunch of air vents drilled near the top. On warmer afternoons I would also prop one edge open. I had the plants sitting on the underside of the lid, so I could quickly pick up the lot at dusk and bring them into my garage. So there were two purposes: keeping them warm, and portability.
Are you trying to keep things warm or cool? If you want them warm, drill some holes and lay it flat, but it seems early for that and those are mostly cool or temperate weather crops. If you need them cool then use shade cloth.
What kind of fertilizer did you use as bait?
I don’t think that’s keeping anything in. Can’t have it propped up like that. A little crack and all the humidity goes out.