what to grow in green house.

yvonnehouli · Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:57 pm Post subject: what to grow in green house.

we have just got a green house and would like to get some vegetables started as soon as possible. can you tell me what we can start growing from now on and when we should start. it will get lots of sun as it is in a great position. please help.

56K Natas · Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:08 am Post subject:

Broad beans, french beans, Onion sets, radish, letice, beetroot, carrots can as far as I know all be planted into it now. You should also think of planting peppers, chillies, tomatoes now in pots and keeping them in the house till it warms up a bit more, then you can move them out when it warms up a bit. this way you give them a head start for the oncoming season.
I'm new enough to this so some one else should be able to give you a better list.
best of luck with it

Maeve Drogheda · Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:39 am Post subject:

Now is good time to germinate your seeds in a warm greenhouse. Carrots, beetroot, kale cabbage, brocolli, can all be started in seed trays in the greenhouse. Get some fleece to put around the seed trays if there is a chance of frost, but usually it is not a problem. Next month you can start your cucumber, tomatoes, scallions in seed trays to plant in the ground or raised beds when the weather gets a bit warmer. I don't know how big the greenhouse is, but you can get shelving in argos to keep your seed trays on and it make life easier.

Hope this is of some help.

yvonnehouli · Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:55 pm Post subject:

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Maeve Drogheda · Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:41 am Post subject:

I have sown some of the hardy seeds in seed trays in the last week or so and they are in the greenhouse, if I think there could be frost, I have garden fleece to cover them. Like last night there was a little frost so I covered them and uncovered them this morning. As it is not too warm the seedlings are germinating slowly and will be ready to plant at the right time. There is a danger that the seedling grow too quickly and the plants will not be strong enough.( they grow with stringy stems)

I have sown my onion sets and garlic in the ground and I cover them over with an old rug if there is a danger of frost. I have found in the past that to get really fat full onions to plant at this time, don't plant them too deeply, and against all advice from experts, I plant them closer that I should!! This forces the bulbs to push each other and for some reason I don't understand, I end up with full very fat round onions. A Ukranian lady told me to do this 3 years ago and it works, I don't know why.

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