I’ve never owned or operated a greenhouse before. And after reading the group info, I guess this would be a cold frame? Basically, I repurposed the thick plastic that came with a new mattress and used a chip bag sealer (which works crappy on thin plastic, but I got it to work ok on the thick stuff) and melted the plastic together around all the edges, except for the flaps in the front, and one small gap along the bottom back edge where I can fit a cord through for the plant light. I was /going/ to use some thick gummy tape to hold the plastic in place, but though that stuff works wonders everywhere else in my room, it doesn’t like to adhere to either the plastic nor the metal. So the alternate plan is to use strong magnets to secure it in place. They’re currently on their way to me. Now, here’s where I need some advice. The flaps close, but don’t overlap. Should I adhere a separate strip of plastic on top of that to make sure there is more of a seal? I will be starting a variety of things in here. Pear trees, lemon trees, succulents, and bioluminescent petunias.
by Xenniel_X
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Awesome idea. I’ll let more experienced others answer your questions, sorry I’m too new. I’m still building my greenhouse haha
I like the creativity! The first place my mind wanders is to circulation. Are these going to be things started from seed?
Duct tape maybe? The plastic is nice to keep in moisture a maybe maybe stabilize temp. Your biggest considerations at this point are lighting and temperature. Temp is gonna be whatever it is in your garage or wherever this is set up
Use an inexpensive XL heating pad with a low setting, that you cover with a plastic trash bag, under your germination trays.
Do you have plastic across the top? Does it touch the plant light?
I’m not sure what the safest method would be. But I’m thinking no plastic above or below the lights. Not touching. You could probably search that. Makes me nervous. Has a neighbor with a kiln. Fireman noticed it and she had flammable items right above it and the wrong outlet for the power of the kiln. Yikes. I’m always careful!