Hello across users,
I am currenlty in the process of building my first polytunnel and in the past week been considering some key factors.
1. Ventilation - side vents release too much heat therefore I was wondering if you could use a fan heater to help ventilate and also heat at the same. Time.
2. Plant choices - my question was 'if I separated all my plants ecording to uses i.e. Foodplants at the back and nectar at the front what would happen' or is it better to place a mixture of plants including both host and nectar plants together to make a better habitat.
3. Humidity - here in Scotland there is a really high amount of rainfall and a low amount of sun meaning that I am relying on temperature and humidity for the butterfly and moths to thrive. My plan for keeping the polytunnel humid was to keep a small pond covered with netting near the fan heater therefore keeping an equal amount of moisture in the air but not too much leading to the plants rotting.
I greatly appreciate helpful comments on my theories and hope this may help some other people.
Kind regards.
Connor Hegarty