Greenhouse advice

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Just got my first greenhouse, a bit over excited.

What do I need for it?

Staging if so what kind? Anything else I might need?

Staging - this can be a real ripoff! You can pay hundreds for a shelf. Or you could just get some cheapo stuff from the discounters - mine is from Aldi (o sale in the spring) and is easily assembled/disassembled and cost £10 for about 1 metre with 4 shelves.

I think a decent potting table is a nice thing to have (and your back will thank you). Again, Aldi do these in the spring cheaply, or you can buy online. Alternatively, you can use a small table at about the right height and get one of those rigid plastic trays.

If you don't have them already, automatic vent openers are genius in the summer!

Lots and lots of little pots and lots of labels! Bags of compost. Vermicuite, perlite, and a decent watering can with a fine rose. (Again, all of these will be available cheaply in 2 months or so).

Oh - another thing! - tomato trays. Big plastic ones that you can sit a growbag in to stop it drying out. (Again, not needed til late spring)

Second vote for automatic vent openers. Also electricity - can you get power to it or nearby? If so for Christmas you want to create a heated bench to propagate on. Much better than electric propagators - mine is a heated mat (off the internet) with a foam yoga mat underneath for insulation and a sheet of thick glass on top to spread the warmth. Sits on my staging. Gets all my seeds up and running beautifully and keeps a patch frost free all winter.

Brilliant ta. I've already been shocked at staging prices and been on line to find cheaper stuff! And there's a lovely potting table on Amazon. The tip about the trays is good. It's being fitted with vents. It's not in the sunniest spot, but there's only one place it can go so it should get enough sun.

I hadn't thought of electricity but it probably wouldn't be too hard to run something to it as its a lean to against the house. Got an electrician coming round for something else so will add that to his list.

I haven't got electricity in mine, and I really want to have it because electric propagators are superb (it's hard to get things going early enough without one). Definitely something to put in if you can do it cheaply (mine's at the bottom of the garden, so it's a faff. I'm going to put a circuitboard in the shed so I can run any other garden circuits I might need from there in future).

No electricity here!
I don't have staging, but have a couple of those cheap mini greenhouses ( the ones that come with a plastic cover). they dismantle , so I just use them as sets of wire shelves. You can pick these up cheaply at Aldi or Lidl in their gardening special offers.
I have a wooden bench with a rack underneath for pots, and a plastic potting up tray on top. I am very messy with compost, so it helps to keep that under control !
I have a small watering can for in there - its hard to water with a big can when things are on shelves