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What can you grow...
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 6:32 pm
by shiney
in a greenhouse in the Winter time?
Anyone got any ideas or experience?
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 7:13 pm
by Shirley
up here - probably ice crystals
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 7:27 pm
by shiney
You could be right there Shirlz. 8) There must be something I can grow in it, even with a little heater type thing.
Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 12:25 am
by Wombat
What about brassicas Shiney, they're pretty indestructible!
Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:35 am
by hedgewizard
If you fork out for some triple-skin bubble wrap to line the house with and a little heater, you'd be surprised. There's only about 6 weeks most years when stuff won't grow... when growth stops cover with envirofleece, or for really tender stuff make a box out of expanded polystyrene to put the pots into while the weather is really cold. Depends on the year.
Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:53 am
by ina
A lot of the salad leaves are supposed to do well over winter - even without extra heating. I'll have a look in my clever books when I get home.
Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:39 pm
by the.fee.fairy
i tend to start seeds that need to be planted in the winter in the greenhouse.
I also grow winter cabbage in there to make it look pretty and useful (and to go into the compost when it dies).
Keeping some compost in there in a small bin wqouldn't be a bad idea - it creates its own heat.