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what to grow in polytunnell overwinter?

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  • 13-09-2011 12:12am
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    tadhg11
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    Hi lads, could anyone tell me what (if any) veggies can I grow in my tunnell over the winter?


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    redser7
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    http://nickykylegardening.com/

    Read her Diary entries for the Polytunnel, especially this months'. Great site and full of great info. Think it is getting a bit late to be sowing for a lot of the winter stuff that can make it in a tunnel. But she lists what you can still do.


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    tadhg11
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    will do,thanks for the info


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    fitzcoff
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    http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Polytunnel-Joyce-Russell/9780711231702

    I'm finding this book great, has loads of info and well written, but from what I read a lot of it is hit and miss with the weather being so unpredictable.


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    Clare man
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    some items that you can put in now some will Garlic, Broad Beans, Fennel,beetroot, Winter lettuces, mizuna etc Pak Choi, turnips, potatoes if you have a few chitted earlies left over.. also do some herbs buy a parsley plans, sow some coriander etc these will all stand over winter

    I am doing all these potatoes are in 1 week now and are over ground, garlic and broad beans will do soon..


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    sponge_bob
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    Clare man wrote: »
    some items that you can put in now some will Garlic, Broad Beans, Fennel,beetroot, Winter lettuces, mizuna etc Pak Choi, turnips, potatoes if you have a few chitted earlies left over.. also do some herbs buy a parsley plans, sow some coriander etc these will all stand over winter

    I am doing all these potatoes are in 1 week now and are over ground, garlic and broad beans will do soon..

    thought garlic needed cold weather to grow?
    so its best suited to outside conditions

    i just planted whatever seeds i had left over carrots, lettuce, spinach, baby leeks and some peas:eek: also planted some onion seed should be ready next summer. what ever comes up in the next week will grow and if nothing comes up i may try and stick in something else in their spot, survival of the quickest in my greenhouse:D


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    Clare man
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭Clare man


    Garlic will grow well in tunnel and crop early, with larger bulbs in my experience, I typically keep the best of these for sowing inside and out the following year

    the tunnel is a very cold place with frost in the dark winter months, some times it is colder than outside


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