Growing Plants In Indoor Greenhouses

 

Unfortunately ever since I moved away from the family home I have lived in properties which have had only the smallest back yard or no garden space at all. I have always considered myself pretty good at growing plants and would generally call myself "green fingered". Although I still wanted to grow plants the option of growing indoor house plants did not really appeal to me until I, later, discovered the vast range of indoor plants available. So my first attempts at growing plants indoors was growing plants which would usually be grown in a greenhouse, such as tomato plants. When I, eventually, moved into a home with a small yard I was keen to grow some flowers and this is when I first considered indoor greenhouses.

Indoor greenhouses, these days, are fantastic pieces of gardening equipment ranging in style from the all in one indoor gardening kits to simple planting trays with a clear plastic cover, like the one shown above. My first attempts at building my own indoor greenhouse was a terrible failure. I couldn't really afford one with temperature and humidity control so I used a flat heater usually used in wine making to heat the tray. Well let's just say that I more or less cooked my first seedlings, they germinated fast enough but, almost immediately died. After a little tinkering I managed to create reasonable growing conditions but I would not really advise this unless you understand much more than I did at the time, it was fun trying it though.

With so many different indoor greenhouses now available the price, though still rather expensive, has fallen considerably and it is now possible to buy a fully controlled example fairly cheaply. It is amazing how quickly you can grow such things as peppers and tomatoes and they taste absolutely superb.

Be Different

I can see the attraction of growing herbs in indoor greenhouses and I also understand why such kits are so popular but it is good to see that some companies include other things to grow in their kits (such as the tomato plant and peppers). If you purchase one of these kits try to be a little adventurous and, after your first plants are exhausted and it is time to replace them why not consider growing something which will grow for a couple of years? The companies providing these kits only really offer plants which need to be grown annually so that you are inclined to purchase the packs of seed from themselves. However you do not need to do this and you can actually grow whatever you want in them.

 

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