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    Plant Out or Keep in Polytunnel?

    Another newbie question I'm afraid

    This month I sowed Choy Sum, Mustard Spinach, Tatsoi and Spring Onion and last month I sowed Chinese Cabbage, Raddichio, Radish and Swiss Chard. These are all growing nicely in the polytunnel and am having far less problems growing in there as opposed to outside with things being eaten by slugs/snails, pigeons, caterpillars or beetles etc.

    My quandry is should I keep as many of these as I can growing in the PT or should they ideally go outside? I don't have a veg patch so everything is grown in containers or grow bags.
    LOVE growing food to eat in my little town back garden. Winter update: currently growing overwintering onions, carrots, lettuce, chard, salad leaves, kale, cabbage, radish, beetroot, garlic, broccoli raab, some herbs.
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    If it's working, I'd leave them in the PT.
    I grow all of those in mine
    What do you get if you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter?
    Pumpkin pi.

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    • #3
      Thank you, that's reassuring Yes they seem to like it in there and with the weather the way it has been i.e. very cold and almost constant rain I am worried about putting them out even if they're meant to be there!
      LOVE growing food to eat in my little town back garden. Winter update: currently growing overwintering onions, carrots, lettuce, chard, salad leaves, kale, cabbage, radish, beetroot, garlic, broccoli raab, some herbs.

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      • #4
        Craftie Marie, I would them in the tunnel. Just make sure they get some ventilation as the temp can still go up in the middle of the day.

        And when your back stops aching,
        And your hands begin to harden.
        You will find yourself a partner,
        In the glory of the garden.

        Rudyard Kipling.sigpic

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        • #5
          Thanks, Bramble. Yes it can get quite hot in there, only warm place to sit in garden
          LOVE growing food to eat in my little town back garden. Winter update: currently growing overwintering onions, carrots, lettuce, chard, salad leaves, kale, cabbage, radish, beetroot, garlic, broccoli raab, some herbs.

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          • #6
            I'm leaving all of my stuff in the PT over the winter just so I have a few fresh things to munch on The rest of the plot is having an overhaul to rearrange a few beds and get some paths built so nothing growing outdoors this coming winter. I'll be lifting a few perennials too and they'll be overwintering in pots and getting planted out into the ground once I've worked out where their permanent beds will be
            If I'm not on the Grapevine I can usually be found here!....https://www.thecomfreypatch.co.uk/

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            • #7
              Just hope we get a mild winter. Good luck with rearranging your plot. At least you will have it done for next season.

              And when your back stops aching,
              And your hands begin to harden.
              You will find yourself a partner,
              In the glory of the garden.

              Rudyard Kipling.sigpic

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