What can I start in the Greenhouse now?

[Mark Rand]

I've got about 4 foot by two foot of unused bed in the greenhouse this year because I've grown fewer tomatoes and cucumbers. The rest of the beds are now full of cucumbers. Any ideas on what I could start in it at this time of year?

[Andraste]

It's not too late for sowing pumpkins/squash or another batch of peas maybe? If you're willing to buy plants, if I had greenhouse space I'd be tempted to get a melon for summat a bit different.

[Jungle Jane]

My written list of June sowing says lettuce,rocket,turnip,swede,radish,chard,pea,carrot & runner bean,you can have a mixed bed

[gardenhistory2]

i try peppers or other hot crop beans might be option.
jane it likely to hot in greenhouse for peas. not enough space
for corn, bit late for eggplant

[Mark Rand]

Hmm, I don't go for punkins and herself doesn't go for marrows, not even when I stuff them with wonderful liver and onions. (Jack Sprat and all that...)

I've tried radishes and other brassicas in the greenhouse beds before and they'll always bolt because it's too warm.

Got a couple of spare courgette seedlings I'll put in though and some lettuce/salad leaf things. I've also got some chard seeds that I could try.

Might try a few radishes for seeds, That'd be fun!

[Mark Rand]

i try peppers or other hot crop beans might be option.
jane it likely to hot in greenhouse for peas. not enough space
for corn, bit late for eggplant

I've got the over wintered pepper plant in its pot on the floor between the beds. It's healthy so far but I'm not sure whether it'll do better than the 'new' ones in the other little greenhouse. That's an ongoing experiment

[Penellype]

You could try some potatoes as its almost time to plant for new potatoes at Christmas (usually suggested for July). I've tried doing this outside before and the plants always get blight or frosted and yields are appalling to zero, but in a greenhouse you may find they do better. The usual recommended variety is Charlotte.

[Vince G]

Check your local garden centre as they're probably looking to flog plants off cheaply about now. You might pick up an aubergine, chillies, melon....

Probably not too late to sow a melon actually. Okra grow quickly from seed too if you like those.

[smallblueplanet]

We found a physalis plant at a garden centre last year. I didn't like the taste so a no go this year. Different type of melon as I doubt one plant will be that prolific? Tomatillos? Basil, it goes crazy and you'd have lots of pesto!

[Vince G]

We found a physalis plant at a garden centre last year. I didn't like the taste so a no go this year. Different type of melon as I doubt one plant will be that prolific? Tomatillos? Basil, it goes crazy and you'd have lots of pesto!

Basil is a good call actually. It's better to sow it in June, as in my eagerness to have some available I generally sow it earlier and find it's flowering in late July!

I grow Emir melons. I've got 4 plants in the polytunnel and usually get 2 decent fruit per plant, sometimes 3

[Mark Rand]

It definitely likes far more room than people have been conned into thinking by supermarket pots

[Mark Rand]

Roots growing out of the 10" pot...

[Bren In Pots]

A fine looking basil plant.