what crops to fill polytunnel during winter to keep it full

[Chicken6]

I did quite well last winter but really want to keep it as full as possible.

so far the list is -
lettuce, carrots, spinach and to give early crops than the ones outside I also thought onions,PSB and cabbage.

[Annpan]

How about peas?

And while we're at it, does anyone have hints on when to plant veg to over-winter in the PT?

[Odsox]

Last winter I sowed early peas and broad beans at the end of October.
I suppose it really depends when you have the space to do that, last year I had squash that was finished by that time, leaving a sizeable space.

PSB would be difficult as it should be in by now as it takes 12 - 14 months from seed to veg, I grow calabrese all through the year .. including winter.
This year I grew a few garlic plants (planted early Nov) as an experiment and the bulbs grew huge, even bigger than shop ones and about 4 times as big as the outside ones.

so far the list is -
lettuce, carrots, spinach and to give early crops than the ones outside I also thought onions,PSB and cabbage.

Apart from PSB all the others I grow too, I think though the lettuce needs to be the winter variety and needs to be kept almost bone dry, water about once a month, otherwise they rot.
Lettuce and spring onions I sow mid September in pots, ready to plant out in October/November wherever there is a space.

Other things I grow over winter are; beetroot, celery, cauliflower, strawberries, mange tout peas and new potatoes in buckets.

[Jandra]

rocket and mustard greens spring to mind.

Jandra

[Chicken6]

Like the idea of garlic, and cauliflower if I could grow it. I don't know where I go wrong with cauliflower so any suggestions on variety would be welcome.

[Millymollymandy]

I agree with Jandra about rocket, it's semi hardy and withstands light frosts, so a polytunnel should be ideal.

Also grow coriander because that is fully hardy though gets flattened by frost, but would grow even better under cover I should think.

I wouldn't grow things like PSB under cover because of the space issue and because these kind of winter plants are fully hardy outside anyway.

I would grow dwarf green curly kale under cover though as mine always rots in the crown from the rain sitting on the horizontal leaves. The taller purple variety doesn't have that problem because it grows in a different shape and is less dense and bushy.

[Odsox]

I wouldn't grow things like PSB under cover because of the space issue and because these kind of winter plants are fully hardy outside anyway.

I agree about PSB but there is more than one reason to grow winter crops in a tunnel.
I grow savoy cabbages in there even though they can take many degrees of frost which we don't get anyway, but because outside ones get so riddled with slugs that they are totally inedible and not worth growing.
In the tunnel though I can use slug pellets without worrying about birds or forgetting to scatter new pellets every time it rains.
That and using copper rings means I now get perfectly clean cabbages.

[Millymollymandy]

I didn't know that also I never thought about slugs being a winter problem either. I thought they'd hibernate or something.

I have many pests but slugs and snails (other than teeny tiny ones) are the one pest I don't have. There is a benefit to soil that's like dust on the surface, I knew there must be one!

[Chicken6]

I didn't know that also I never thought about slugs being a winter problem either. I thought they'd hibernate or something.

I have many pests but slugs and snails (other than teeny tiny ones) are the one pest I don't have. There is a benefit to soil that's like dust on the surface, I knew there must be one!