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| A cherry blossom on our pie cherry tree |
A couple of weeks ago, I posted about the hoop house that my husband built for me. Well, we have been using it for one month and so far, it has been working great.
My lettuce is about four inches tall and thriving. The onions that I have in flats have really taken off and the pepper seedlings…well, they are ever so slowly progressing. I’m thrilled to have all of the flats outside and not in my house taking up space.
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| Lettuce in the hoop house |
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| Spinach, parsley and squash in the hoop house |
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| My flats of peppers, tomatos, zinnias and marigolds |
The one caution I have about the hoop house is that it doesn’t do that great of a job keeping things warm if the temperature drops lower than 30-31 degrees. The first week that I had put my peppers out in the hoop house, the temperature dropped and I lost SEVERAL pepper and tomato plants. I’ve talked to my neighbor about the problem with keeping the heat inside the hoop house and we came to the conclusion that maybe the best way to keep the plants warm would be to put some bricks or cinder blocks inside when it gets really warm in the day time and then let them act like a radiators at night. I haven’t needed to try my theory since the weather has been fairly warm. The other option would be to cover the hoop house with several blankets at night to help with the warmth.
Overall, I’m thrilled with my hoop house and really love how it has given my plants a head start. As with anything, there is definitely a learning curve to using it but I have been very pleased with the results so far.
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