Moving my greenhouse... shade

[Imicola]

We're having some work done in our garden, and this means we need to move the greenhouse. I had thought it would be about a foot which would be ok, but it is going to move more than this, which puts it much closer to our magnolia tree. The greenhouse will run east to west, the magnolia will be to the south of it. I reckon the canopy will reach the greenhouse but probably won't go above it. It is about 20ft tall.

Im worried it will make the greenhouse too shaded for tomatoes etc and now im stressing out about it. We have started trying to gradually (a bit each year) reduce the size of the tree, which isn't ideal.

Anyone have any words of wisdom? Does this sound like too much shade? Will i end up with a weird lop sided magnolia trying to reduce it for the sake of the greenhouse? It's making me feel rather glum despite how lovely the garden will look when it is done.

Yes it does sound like it 😬 In my case my greenhouse could only go in one place which isn’t the best light-wise as the sun is directly on the greenhouse for the morning but then moves to the front garden. Everything is still doing ok in there though. Even my peppers and we know how fussy they are about heat & light and pretty much everything!

So you could be fine…. You could always get a soil tester which has a light gauge on it and test out the light levels?

i think a bit of shade is a good thing for a greenhouse. my greenhouse has full sun from sunrise to sunset and its far too hot, everything gets fried. i know you can buy shading etc but i haven't investigated that yet. lots of things get scorched, so i wouldn't worry too much as long as it gets some sun.

would the magnolia drop petals all over the roof? im just imagining a sticky mess...

Phew, this gives me some hope that it won't be a disaster. I think the position will be ok in terms of leaf and petals dropping...i imagine they'll mostly miss it. Thanks so much for your responses! I'll continue trying to reduce the tree a little and will try not to worry too much.

I have a few greenhouses dotted around for different aspects and find the most shaded one is brilliant for cucumbers and salads, I think you'd be okay for a few tomatoes in the corner that gets the most sun too, possibly need to strip a few more leaves at ripening time but not a disaster!