Growing Fruit And Veg In A Cold Greenhouse
Growing vegetables in a cold greenhouse – particularly those vegetables traditionally grown in warmer climes such as peppers, chilli, tomatoes, melons and cucumbers is really easy. The shelter provided by the cold greenhouses provide a long enough (and warm enough) season to successfully grow and ripen these vegetables and fruits. Because of the freshness and the lack of chemicals used, your own produced fruit and veg always tastes that mucg better than those bought in the stores. You are also doing your bit for the environment by not consumung all those air miles in the purchase chain. Especially if you practice organic greenhouse gardening techniques.
The additional costs involved in heating and ventilating a heated greenhouse will often overshadow the advantages to be gained with a fully heated greenhouse, even though the gains in crops can be very good. A well situated cold greenhouse can provide a lot of sheler and aditional heat in early spring, allowing you to sow seed earlier and get your crops growing earlier. It will also prolong the growing season by providing extra shelter from those cold winds in the autumn. You can also overwinter frost tender plants by providing some simple additional double insulation with bubble wrap. You will get much more enjoyment from your greenhouse gardening
What to Grow in a cool Greenhouse
Your main crops to grow will be the previously mentioned traditional cold greenhouse summer crops. Don’t forget that you can also grow high quality low cost fruit crops in the cold greenhouse. By growing tight against the walls or acroos the roof, most fruit crops take little space. Be aware, however,that some fruit plants will severely block the light. However, since you would normally be providing additional greenhouse shading suring the summer, this may not be such a great problem.
Because of the additional early heat created in the cold greenhouse it is possible to get a number of very early quick catch crops such as radish and lettuce. It is also excellant for starting and raising seeds. However, bear in mind that there is no point in raising seeds too early since the light levels and heat in the ground outside will make it impossible to plant them out to early. The result will be vulnerable soft leggy plants that will be slow to establish.
The cold greenhouse is also great for growing many of the herbs from the mediteranean countries.These can be grown in pots so that when the weather is warm enough outside, you can put the pots by the kitchen door to provide for easy harvesting when you want to use them.
Many outdoor vegetables can be given an early start by raising small plants from seed in the greenhouse, and then planting out when large enough, and the weather is suitable. Leeks and Sweetcorn should both be grown in 3″ pots until their girth is the size of a pencil, then plant them out. They will grow much more strongly and you will have no holes in your beds.
The cold greenhouse is great for raising flower plants from seed. Both bedding plants and indoor plants can be inexpensively produced this way. The cost of raising bedding plants as compared to buying them is about 100 to 1. That in itself makes the cool greenhouse a viable proposition.
Owning and using a cold greenhouse is so satisfying that once you have tried one, you will never want to be without it.
Building A Greenhouse – DIY Backyard Plans
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