What are you growing

What do people grow in their greenhouse?? Tomatoes?? Cucumbers?.

Does anyone grow brassicas in there all year round for a good crop, im reading lots about people growing in pollytunnels all year round, so wondering if a greenhouse is a good option for growing them too…….it wont be glass it will be 4mm double walled pollycarbonated with windows and vents at both ends.

Thanks

 

Hi,

Nothing to stop you doing that, but would suggest its rather a wasteful and expensive use of a proper greenhouse.

The average greenhouse is 8x6ft so you would not get many Bassicas in there .

Think getting one of the cheap plastic mini greenhouses , large cloche or even a small polytunnel would be a better option for them, though think outdoors is still better ..?

Are you somewhere thats too cold to grow them well outside ?

 

Its more to keep them away from bugs and pests…..i only grow about 4 of each at time, i would like to grow new as i harvest one, the rest is betroot, lettuce, spring onions……in the side greenhouse which is 2.4mtrs long x 600 deep, i got tomatoes and cucumbers growing and in the other open bed of 2.4mtrs x 600 i got dwarf french beans and purple sprouting brocolli

Im around 1500ft up in the welsh valleys, so we had a long winter and hardly any spring to be honest, so conditions this year was not great.

 

Hi,

Would have thought keeping them in a warm /hot greenhouse they would be more prone to some pest or even bolting ?

How about growing them outside but up against the greenhouse for general shelter and put up a protective fine mesh or fleece screen to keep the worst of the pests off , its often the butterflies and caterpillars that are to worst enemies !

 

I'm not going to comment as I just cant imagine the conditions 1500ft up in the Wales.

But I do think most brassicas will do ok , they actually dont like hot conditions, apart from a few of the summer croppers.

 

Im not growing sprouts, cabbage or kale as they are not what i like…….why are other growers using polytunnels and greenhouse for growing brassicas then???

 

Not an option, its either a greenhouse or open plot, no room for both

 

I will be converting this growing area



Into the greenhouse………so it will look similar to this picture below, but with polly carb roof and sides, vents each end and opening window, all will be meshed with enviromesh, so bugs won’t get in there when they are open

 

Just being picky, but the brace on the door goes the wrong way.
I hope you do your the right way

If it was me I'd just go for the polycarb roof and have the mesh sides.

 

What brassicas will you be growing?

 

Brocolli and cauliflower…..also got purple sprouting brocolli too, i know there will be a risk of bolting if it gets too hot, but with windows, vents and a fan…..i think i could keep it all cool enough that it wont happen

 

That does sound like a good option too……..

 

The first two are summer plants, purple sprouting rarely gets bug damage as it is ready in early spring before many bugs are around.
Winter cauli again is ready before the bugs get going.

 

Yeh but winter up here is long and cold……if i can keep the growing season going into decemberish, by using a greenhouse and then starting again in march, it would be good for me

thats why im looking at what the best option is…..lets just say my cauli and broccoli didnt get into the ground until may and still needing cloching as we was getting frosts in mid may….it was a crazy spring