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Produce => Under Glass => Topic started by: okra on February 13, 2008, 16:34:53

Title: Unheated Greenhouse
Post by: okra on February 13, 2008, 16:34:53
What vegetables do folks have in their unheated greenhouses at this time of the year?
Title: Re: Unheated Greenhouse
Post by: RobinOfTheHood on February 13, 2008, 16:41:19
Brassicas and sweet peas, myself. And a tub of spuds that haven't surfaced yet.
Title: Re: Unheated Greenhouse
Post by: theothermarg on February 13, 2008, 17:01:58
greyhound cabbage and onion seeds. also some poppy seeds in pots which Iwill put in the garden to bloom
marg
Title: Re: Unheated Greenhouse
Post by: RobinOfTheHood on February 13, 2008, 17:32:13
Leeks. Forgot about those.
Title: Re: Unheated Greenhouse
Post by: Tohellwithweeds on February 13, 2008, 20:58:06
can leek seeds that were sown on sunday morning go in to an unheated greenhouse?? i planted mine on sunday and have kept them in the kitchen in propagator can i put them in my un heated greenhouse?
Title: Re: Unheated Greenhouse
Post by: davee52uk on February 13, 2008, 20:59:07
Leeks, Broad Beans, Cabbages as seedlings; plus Lettuce growing as (edible) plants. Still on target for a whole year of lettuce from the plot!
Title: Re: Unheated Greenhouse
Post by: Barnowl on February 14, 2008, 09:44:41
Having moved the non sprouting onion seeds into the house, there are only over wintering chillis at the moment and one rather sad rosemary seedling. Big push on sowing this w.e.
Title: Re: Unheated Greenhouse
Post by: Trevor_D on February 14, 2008, 10:00:53
Broad beans, caulis & calabrese ready to plant out under cloches. Plus a tub with early spuds & a trough with carrots.
Title: Re: Unheated Greenhouse
Post by: RobinOfTheHood on February 14, 2008, 11:41:57
Forgot about me carrots and broadies too!   ::)
Title: Re: Unheated Greenhouse
Post by: Barnowl on February 14, 2008, 12:18:43
Haven't grown carrots, but I thought they were meant to be sown in situ. Can you start them off in (say) loo roll inners and then transplant?
Title: Re: Unheated Greenhouse
Post by: Trevor_D on February 14, 2008, 12:50:11
No, they stay in the trough. Just move it outside when the weather warms up. You need something like Amsterdam Forcing.

I sowed a second batch last autumn. Nothing much seemed to happen, so I just left them outside the GH. A fortnight ago I was about to tip the whole lot out onto one of the beds when my wife pulled a carrot out, then another, then another! We've had half a dozen meals already and there's still plenty more left.
Title: Re: Unheated Greenhouse
Post by: Chris Graham on February 14, 2008, 12:52:52
Leeks, Potatoes in those free black buckets, carrots also in black buckets, onion seedlins and leaf lettuce.

Probably sow some peas soon in the cold greenhouse.
Title: Re: Unheated Greenhouse
Post by: alfie on February 16, 2008, 17:03:47
I have sowed broad beans and leeks ten days ago-no show yetbut it has been FREEZING at night here. ;DAlso spinach-thought i would give them a go.Was that a good idea? Still have plenty of seeds left for later sowing outside.
Title: Re: Unheated Greenhouse
Post by: davee52uk on February 17, 2008, 20:42:02
Today, three trays of lettuce and remainder of broad beans.
Title: Re: Unheated Greenhouse
Post by: okra on February 18, 2008, 08:15:10
Got leeks, radish, lettuce and cauli but last two nights have had to bubble-wrap as temp has been dropping to -5
Title: Re: Unheated Greenhouse
Post by: sawfish on February 26, 2008, 12:58:16
broad beans, cabbage, cauliflower, sprouts, tatties, parsnips in toilet roll tubes, onion sets in small pots.
Title: Re: Unheated Greenhouse
Post by: Plot69 on February 26, 2008, 20:26:32
Quote from: alfie on February 16, 2008, 17:03:47
I have sowed broad beans and leeks ten days ago-no show yet

Sowed my BB's outside in October and they took 7 weeks to show so you got plenty of time yet.