What size and make of greenhouse are you planning to get?
Or are you just dreaming about getting a greenhouse?
I used to want a greenhouse for figs. But now I’d like a few greenhouses for putting a sampling of fruit trees in to insure I get ‘some’ fruit each season. The frosts took out almost everything this year other than some apples and a handful of peaches on a few trees. The persimmons never have had an issue with late frosts.
The Planta greenhouses would probably work for me. But I’ve only put so much thought for dreaming. If I ever get some land, then I will get serious.
I had always thought about the old school glass greenhouses, but they cost a fortune.
The big question is should one have multiple smaller greenhouses or just one big one?
I’d use the greenhouse for growing potted figs, fruit trees like apricots and persimmons. And maybe try gardening again…just in a greenhouse. (I gave up slavish garden a few years ago.) I guess multiple smaller greenhouses would work best for me.
It comes down to the transmissibility of the material. Most of the plastic panels are made to let the visible/near IR wavelengths pass through, but to try to block the UV and longer wave infrared wavelengths. That lets the shortwave radiation in from the sun during the day to heat it up and then the longwave (heat) is trapped at night and not able to radiate out to space.
Only a small collapsible one, but I’ve also got a climate controlled porch with south facing windows that could probably work in a pinch to keep cold sensitive stuff that wants light year round in.
I’d like to eventually build a somewhat small addition to my house, maybe even double as a small bedroom. Just enough windows to let enough light in to make it a viable area to have some plants get enough light, or start a whole bunch of seeds, but then be enclosed enough to not lose too much heat during winter.
I would build mine to run off large hotbeds, this way I could keep the greenhouse warm in winter for growing different frost sensitive plants & get a yield out of my heat source instead of an expense.
