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I've got two greenhouses, one glass, one polycarbonate, the glass one is
partiall taken up with stuff which I want to leave in there(stuff that
doesn't really belong in a greenhouse but I've nowhere else to put it yet!)
but has quite a large area for planting which I'm going to utitlise next
year.
The poly-c is completely empty and both are quite big.
The trouble I'm having or expecting to have is, what do I grow in them? -
there's only two of us and we both like tomatoes but not 2 GH's full!..I'm
planning on chilli peppers which I've already got established but didn't
fruit this year because they can be dried and stored easily enough as can
toms in the freezer...we don't like cucumber much...what else is there?
In the glasshouse I'll easily have enough space for a dozen tomato plants
and the chillis can go inbetween which leaves a complete GH free...what to
do?

I was just about to say 'cucumbers' - however...

Pimentos do quite well, and I've seen aubergines which have been
moderately successful. In the greenhouse I used to have, I had a grape
vine down each side: Black Hamburg on one, and Royal Muscadine down the
other.

I was growing stuff for sale, so had about thirty tomato plants and a
dozen cucumbers. I grew strawberries and catch-crops of radishes under
them.

While chillis will do better in a greenhouse, they do very well in pots
in a sunny position: mine are still producing. I have to bring them in
if there is any fear of frost, but otherwise they remain outside.
(Likewise the lemon trees.)

You could try a pomegranate - they are almost hardy, and you'll be
amazed at the difference between one which has ripened on the tree/shrub
and the weak, watery things you get in the shops. (They should split,
revealing a rich ruby interior - drool!)

Cape gooseberries (Physalis, rather like Chinese Lanterns) do well in a
greenhouse, though they are quite good outside. If you still have room
you could consider some squashes or melons.

Any suggestions wellcome, also what type of tomatoes? - I've got some seeds
which are about five years out of date, is it worth bothering with them? -
they've been in a biscuit tin and there's about a hundred packets of
unopened seeds of all varieties.

Oh, tomato seeds are more-or-less indestructible. I favour Ailsa Craig,
Shirley and Alicante, some vine tomatoes, and outside, in hanging
baskets, Tumbler.

I won't allow Moneymaker near the place...

the GH's haven't been used for five years and prior to that my dad used to
disinfect the whole place with jeyes fluid and put the toms in grobags, will
it need disifecting now?...I'm not using grobags as the place has been
swamped under nettles for years and I was told in here that the soil will be
fertile?...another thing about bags is their constant drying out which won't
be as much of a problem if I plant directly into the soil? - I'm a novice to
all this and only started bothering with the garden in June of this year.

Now is a good time to turn the soil over and start removing the nettle
roots. Dig in some compost or manure - it doesn't need to be
well-rotted, though it would be better.

I would wash down the interior soon with soapy water - never use a
detergent washing powder or similar, many of them contain borax, which
is an effective plant poison - and rinse it down with warm water
containing a dash of bleach. Leave the Jeyes until a couple of weeks
before planting if you really need to use it - it kills insect pests,
but it also kills beneficial insects and worms.

Any remaining nettles can be put in a bucket and covered with water.
This makes a fine liquid feed when they have rotted.

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