Sometimes, there are way too many choices. If you have a greenhouse, it’s nothing without staging, and there are a lot of choices of which to be had. It’s kind of amazing how something so simple can come in so many different shapes and forms – metal, plastic and wood is only the beginning of the unexpected amount of options that await you when you look at buying greenhouse staging.
There’s shelves, dimensions, materials, and so much more to worry about when you start to really look into maximising the space that you do have, and you’ll more than likely be quite bemused at just how complex the process really can be. That’s saying nothing about greenhouse staging types! We’ve prepared a short guide to give a brief analysis of the different staging types, and the advantages of each.
Potting Benches
Pros: Helps you work in a more ergonomic way
Cons: Flimsy, not good for longterm storage
What exactly is a potting bench, you might ask? Potting benches are generally considered the cheaper of your three options, though an optimally planned greenhouse will have a potting bench combined with either folding greenhouse staging or more commonly, heavy duty greenhouse staging. Essentially, a potting bench is a raised table which is a little higher than your greenhouse staging, with a flat surface on it.
They are intended, as the name might state, for you to do your potting tasks without craning your neck and your back lower than they really should be.
Keep in mind that while useful for work, potting benches are not considered safe for storage. These little tables, compared to proper staging, can be quite flimsy and therefore cannot take much weight. To avoid losing your seedlings, we recommend investing in adequate greenhouse staging!
Folding Greenhouse Staging
Pros: Can be folded away in the winter
Cons: Lack of customisation options
Folding Greenhouse Staging is considered a mid-point of the three greenhouse staging types – and serves as a good way to store heavy pots and seedling trays throughout long periods. The advantage of greenhouse staging that folds is storage – when your greenhouse isn’t in operation, it’s a cinch to fold up your staging into a flat object and store it out of the elements in order to save space.
While indeed there are a lot of folding greenhouse staging products out there – each varying from the other in slight ways – you may find them not that wonderful should you have a bit of an unconventionally shaped greenhouse.
Heavy Duty Greenhouse Staging
Pros: Practically indestructible, long-lasting, hard-wearing, customisable
Cons: Static
Heavy duty greenhouse Staging is one of the very best ways of which to gain a lot of space in the greenhouse, and is generally fixed to a certain point. The heavy duty greenhouse staging is weatherproof, impactproof, and can support a lot of weight making it an ideal choice for those who are looking for a permanent solution for storage in their greenhouse.
The fact that heavy duty greenhouse staging is also customisable makes it easy to get the measurements you want, giving you such a better utilisation of the space available to you.
