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can anyone give me any idea's on what to grow in my tunnel? apart from the usual toms peppers and cucumbers,it's 20ftx14ft and seems a big area to fill
snuffy

It wont seem that big once you start planting, try aubergines, perhaps a grape vine, some people grow sweetcorn but I feel thats a waste of good undercover space as it grows well outside, you could try sweet potatoes, cape gooseberries and chillies.

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not to mention a few cut flowers for the house, winter salads (Kelly's Lettuce) Christmas Tatties, Earlier Strawberries.

You should be able to extend your growing season by about 6 weeks+

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hi nick
where do i get seed tatties for xmas
snuffy

nick... as well as where to get them when do you plant them and where (ground or bucket?) its my turn for christmas lunch this year so want to dish up as much homegrown as poss thanks HM

Rather than buying seed spuds for Christmas when there is often just Carlingford available, buy your favourite first early seed potato now and bung them at the back of the fridge out of the way.

Find them in August and plant them either in tubs or direct in the greenhouse or tunnel border and pick fresh new potatoes in time for Christmas day.

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updated Monday 28th April at 11.50hrs

Hello Hans Mum, you could go for belt and braces to make sure of your own tatties for Christmas. Mine in buckets let me down - well actually I went away to Spain and let them drown. But, I had put some in the freezer to make sure. I prepared them, boiled them for about 5 minutes, spread them out on a tray, and when cold put them in the freezer until frozen, then put them into a freezer bag. To use, just defrost them, then roast. Appearance, texture and flavour were excellent.

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snuffy this is my first year in the polytunnel. apart from the obvious, I think i'm going to try a couple of melons and strawberries

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Sounds similar to a recommendation I recieved off an old farm forman! He said something about putting them in a biscuit tin and burying them deep!

I wondered what the heck he was on about at the time and just put it down to senility on his behalf!

This must have been how the old hands did it before everyone had a fridge! Makes sense now!

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Snuffy I grow all year round in the polytunnel. From memory last summer I grew tomatoes, cucumbers, courgettes, sweetcorn, all salads stuff (lettuce onions etc), herbs, peas, french beans, runner beans and broad beans, strawberries and hanging baskets of tomatoes and nasturtiums. Later in the summer i put in leeks and chard and these have been growing all winter along with some winter lettuce, garlic and onions. Hopefully these will all be harvested before I need to dig in more "stuff" and get planting again. It is also a great place to overwinter perennials going cheap at the end of the season adn any shrub cuttings that you've taken. I also kept my Christmas tatties in their pots before harvesting.
Hope this helps
Jennie

Piglet was spot on. I saved some of my small earlies this year and did the same with them (in the salad draw of the fridge etc) but was a bit late fetching them out so they'll be ready any time now instead but hey, New tatties in Feb - Winner

I planted mine in tubs in the greenhouse ( but I keep that frost free) but Ted (my neighbour on the lottie) planted his in August & just left them in the Buckets & tipped them out for Christmas day.

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You have very patient OHs letting you keep "stores" in the bottom drawer of the fridge. Ours is always full!

You don't need a fridge where you come from Jennie, do you not just bury them in the permafrost!

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thanks for your advice, i'll give some space up in my wine fridge in the garage to store them (not too much space though and Alice will freeze some as a backup

thanks for all the advice lads&lassies,when i got the pt it was 30ftx14 but i only used 2/3 of it thinking i would struggle to fill it think maybe i'm going to rue.wiZer mentioned growing melons what kind is recomended
tell you what this forum don't half grab you once you start,its better than any encyk..ensik..encicla oh never mind
snuffy

Glad you are hooked Snuffy! It happens to all of us.

Not only that I've got an entire shelf in the door as well with seeds in

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Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
A large group of professionals built the Titanic

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You don't know how lucky you are Nick!