Greenhouse fruit

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  1. Fat Controller

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    I'm thinking of giving cucumbers a miss next year, or at least greenhouse ones (I might still grow some outdoors), and as we have taken a bit of a shine to growing our own fruit, I was wondering what fruit I could/should grow in the greenhouse?
     
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    Melons are the obvious one, if you like them. I have grown a variety called Sweetheart in recent years. They are more tempremental than cucumbers and do need the flowers fertilising. Mine I grow in Grow Bags and they are not prolific croppers. Nice flavour though.
    You could try strawberries.
    Grapes are a bit of a longer term exercise.
     
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      I grew a good crop of clementines for a few years, but the plant out grew my greenhouse:biggrin:
       
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        We tried strawberries outdoors and got nowhere with them - the whole thing ended in vinew weevil taking the lot. Melons are a possible though. @pete - am I right in thinking that clementines take two years from fruit setting to it being ready?
         
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          Nope, they flower in early spring and the fruit ripens as the temp drop.
          Usually ripe around Christmas.

          Had some really nice fruit for two years, took a year or so to establish then two good years before it got too big:biggrin:
          Never have managed to get decent fruit by pot growing.
           
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            Pot would be the only option for me as my greenhouse sits on top of a patio.
             
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              I visited a garden yesterday and they are very successfully growing peaches in a greenhouse, they just had one tree and got a good crop in the first year. I'm minded to try it myself too.
               
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                Was it in a pot John?
                 
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                  No, they had it in the ground but I understand they do just as well in a pot. It didn't take that much space up. I've just googled them and the drawback is the RHS says to get a 2 or 3 year old fan trained one to save time - but they start at £50 ish !
                   
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                    I've got a lemon in a pot that comes up with a couple a year:biggrin:
                     
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                      I'd go for one of the dwarf peaches for growing in a greenhouse.
                      You can pot grow them, and put them outside in summer.
                      We all know how the RHS thinks, "just train it along this 40ft wall, inside your greenhouse".:biggrin:
                       
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                        I grow a peach in a pot putting it out after winter had it 2 years now and so farmy bumpercrop has come to 3 peaches all ofwhich fell when I was away for some wildlife to munch them :mute:
                        The problem seems that the blossom comes good but theres no polinators about that early in the year.
                         
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                          hi all I grow a peach in a pot in the greenhouse, it has dropped some fruit but has around 30 nice sized ones ripening

                          regards Alex
                           
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                            I grow peaches, grapes and lemons in greenhouse. The lemons are in a large tub that goes out for the summer. I grew toms again this year but threw loads away. I now realise I don't need to grow so many almost a spring madness !must grow toms!. Cucumbers just how many do you need I tend to get dozens so none next year.
                            The Peach and grape are into the soil so easy.
                             
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