"p.mc" wrote in message
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p.mc wrote:
This was my first year at growing my own veg in a cheap polytunell. I'd
made
all the interior staging and heated propergator from skip dived pallets,
and
now I've just tidied up my polytunnel and turned the heating off. I had
Toms,peppers and aubergines grown ring culture style in the one bed. But
what can I grow directly in the soil now and harvest them before next
years
toms etc...?

You could try broad beans and peas - would normally be too laet to plant
now, I think, but the mild autumn could still produce some growth before
spring.

I'm going to grow lettuce + oriental leaf in the unheated greenhouse if I
get a chance. Plus I have potatoes that were growing in pots outside
brought into there now.

Could possibly get some spring cabbage in if you could buy plants from
somewhere? May be a bit late to put them in now.

Whe nare you planning on putting your tomatoes in? Are you putting the
min
indoor pots first? My tomatoes don't go into the greenhouse until about
May.

Hi There
Novice grower eager to be educated from Merseyside (not exactly tropical
:-)

Well I had my toms etc going early this year (Jan 2011) as I propergated
them from seed in my home made propergator in the heated tunnel. but I
suppose I could leave it a bit longer next year if need be Vicky.

Also, "what seed potatoes would you suggest Mike? This year I grew some
varieties (earlies, main etc) in sacks (can't remeber them now, bought
from Home bargain centre) but I was a bit dissapointed with the crop even
though I'd left them full term, and they where also a bit mushy when
boiled. (Maybe not dried out enough!)

" I'd probably plant them in sacks in the tunnel though. Could I get
anything growing on the staging too?

Please have a browse through my public album, it may give you a better
idea of what is best (space wise) thanks for looking.

http://s81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...el30thNov2011/

p.mc


Can't remember which seed spuds now. Would have been an early though. This
was in the 70's and the 80's, rather a bit of a test on the memory.

We had a massive garden then, toooooooooooooooo big :-((

Mike



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