harry wrote in
:

On Jan 13, 1:26*am, "p.mc" wrote:
Hi all

I bought and installed a poly tunnel in my NW of England garden, Oct
2010
.
I've been kitting it out ready for use and have made the staging and
flooring from skip dived pallets. It took a lot of hard work but the
savi
ngs
were worth it. I also got some top soil from my daughters school
which I filled the beds with, mixing in 4 bags of garden centre
compost I had ove
r.
I bought a variety of seeds, onions,carrots,peppers,tomatoes...etc.
and fancy having a go at growing from seed and keeping some plants
like chill
ies
in pots in the tunnel. I know there's not a great deal of room in the
tun
nel
so I was hoping some experienced gardeners could give advice on when
to start seeds before moving to tunnel and maybe what to grow in
certain bed
s
and what to grow in pots, in fact any ideas what to do and improve my
harvest with what I have.

I have googled info, but you can't beat this group for instruction
and so
und
advice from its immense volume of experienced gardeners. I was hoping
the replies would also benefit others that come across it's heading
for futur
e
reference too.

I apologies for not specifying exact crop but I am a total newbie to
propagating and then growing in an un-heated greenhouse, so will be
tryin
g
and adjusting to each comment made through this posting. Please click
my links below to see my floor plan, site and actual tunnel for
referencing.

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p.s
Excuse the mess, still in progress.

Kind Regards
p.mc

No-one can tell you any dates. It depends on the weather especially
when your tunnel is unheated. The weather seems to have gone mad.
I have made myself a large heated propagator. This gets over the
problem to an extent.
Most of the seed packets will give you and idea of when to plant. best
perhaps to leave it a bit later this year.


Aren't you concerned about the structure blowing away in the gales you
will surely get in NW england?
I am curious because I have had similar, but a much smaler one reduced to
a windsock.

Baz