Loading and planting
Every gardener will have their own way of doing things, but to help you get started with
the unique growing environment in a Harvster, we have some tips.
Main crops
The bottom of the greenhouse is where you’ll probably grow your main crops; the ones
that need the deepest soil, and will grow the tallest. If you have your greenhouse on
the ground, you have the soil right there. If your greenhouse is on brick or concrete,
you can add height with our raised beds, or you can use deep containers. Harvst
greenhouses have been designed to take standard 600mm euro crates, which we can
supply. We use the ones around 220mm (10”) deep.
Salads, herbs and mid level crops
The shelves of the greenhouse are where you might want to grow crops that don’t need
as much height or as much soil depth. Perhaps salads, herbs or micro-greens. In a tall
Harvst greenhouse (Yard model) , this would typically be the middle shelf. In the
Terrace model, you might want to set one side of the shelf for mid-level crops and one
side for seedlings.
Typically the mid level crops are sown directly in the tubs that they will grow in.
The shelves are designed for standard seed trays (38cm x 24cm).
Seedlings
Your main crops can either be sown directly where they are going to grow, in the
bottom, or you can start them in seed trays on a shelf. Even if you’re sowing your main
crops directly, it’s a good idea to do further sowings of the same crop in a seed tray, so
that when you harvest your main crop, you have some strong seedlings ready to
transplant.
Seedlings are best started on the shelf of the greenhouse; the top shelf if you have a tall
model (Yard), or one side of a wide Terrace model. Our heated seed trays and grow
lights are a great way to get seeds to germinate at any time of year, if your Harvst
greenhouse is connected to mains electricity.
The top shelf is watered with a misting spray. You can turn off each mister individually
if you don’t have a tray under it.
