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    Things You Do Want To See In Your Polytunnel

    Companion thread =
    http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...nel_65589.html


    Sorry March, but I liked your title so much

    I have planted my tomatoes in there, a couple of cucumbers, peppers in pots nestle amongst the toms. I have planted a vine. Intend to plant a fig and have sown some lettuce leaves. What else do you more experienced polytunnel growers put in yours? I'm looking for inspiration...
    Last edited by veggiechicken; 02-03-2015, 12:59 PM. Reason: Adding link to companion thread
    Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

    Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw
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    I'm not experienced, i just threw it all in. As above with chillies, strawberries - not good, the mice/rats/ants ate them all, basil, aubergines, sweetcorn, butternuts, squash, and in some tanks, celery, it did really well in a moist boggy soil.
    Last edited by taff; 27-05-2012, 10:54 PM.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by VirginVegGrower View Post
      Sorry March, but I liked your title so much
      It's cool, sincerest form of flattery I believe.
      Look so much to like.
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      Last edited by marchogaeth; 28-05-2012, 10:36 AM. Reason: ie b4 c and quote a mess!
      "A life lived in fear is a life half lived."

      PS. I just don't have enough time to say hello to everyone as they join so please take this as a delighted to see you here!

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      • #4
        Originally posted by VirginVegGrower View Post
        What else do you more experienced polytunnel growers put in yours? I'm looking for inspiration...
        VVG The answer is "everything you can possibly think of" - it's a whole new experience. If I was you, I wouldn't be rushing to put permenent things in there too quickly. You might lose flexibilty and regret it later. Have you got the book I consider my bible?

        It's really good for planning. My hungry gap is so full, I actually sold stuff to the local whole food shop last week and will again this week. A real boost after all those weeks when it felt like nothing was going to grow in the garden. (Probably still won't and we'll be buying somebody else's stuff later in the year.)
        "A life lived in fear is a life half lived."

        PS. I just don't have enough time to say hello to everyone as they join so please take this as a delighted to see you here!

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        • #5
          I've got melons (Emir) and sweet potatoes (bought as plants, not slips), 6 kinds of Basil, 11 varieties of tomatoes, 5 kinds of chilli, cucumbers and peppers...

          I'm going to establish a permenant strawberry bed in there too at some point this year

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          • #6
            If I had a poly, I'd just like to see lush veg growth in it

            I get a real life "like" sensation when I see a veg plot/gh/poly stuffed with veg growth

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            • #7
              Hi VVG,

              You've been busy in your new Haygrove then.

              Currently I have Potatoes, Courgettes, Broad Beans, Peas, Cabbage, Sprouts, Lettuce, Radish, spinage and Chard. Some garlic which were missed after drying and onions in a grow bed/bag moved from the greenhouse so I could get some of my Toms in there. .

              Toms didn't do well last year in the poly and the chilli all died. I got some very large Parsnips from the poly for SHMBO, I hate the stuff.

              Basically anything and everything
              Sometimes you just have to scratch that itch and get dirt under your finger nails.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Dead Dogs View Post
                Hi VVG,

                You've been busy in your new Haygrove then.

                Currently I have Potatoes, Courgettes, Broad Beans, Peas, Cabbage, Sprouts, Lettuce, Radish, spinage and Chard. Some garlic which were missed after drying and onions in a grow bed/bag moved from the greenhouse so I could get some of my Toms in there. .

                Toms didn't do well last year in the poly and the chilli all died. I got some very large Parsnips from the poly for SHMBO, I hate the stuff.

                Basically anything and everything
                Yes, 'fraid so although I'm alarmed that your tomatoes didn't do well last year. What happened? Or do I not want to know?!
                I sowed courgette and squash patty pan yesterday. Might go for peas and some beans then
                Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

                Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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                • #9
                  At the moment I've got the last couple of spring cabbages which I overwintered in there, new pots, the remains of some chard, peas, mange tout, hanging basket toms (just planted out) carrots, broad beans and some salad stuffs. I will be adding loads more toms (in the borders), cucs, aubergines, sweet peppers, chillies, sweet potatoes etc. In the autumn I'll be adding more brassicas, spinach, salad stuffs and spring onions. There's probably other stuff but it's pretty rare I have any empty space in there. Have had courgettes in there in the past but they take up too much space and I think OH might leave me if I force feed him as many as I did last year

                  Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

                  Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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                  • #10
                    Oh crikey and I've just sown courgettes Peas, French beans and some squash tomorrow.
                    Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

                    Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by VirginVegGrower View Post
                      Yes, 'fraid so although I'm alarmed that your tomatoes didn't do well last year. What happened? Or do I not want to know?!
                      I don't think you need to worry, your a little south of me. I think I planted them out a little early and they caught a cold. That and a green fly infection which seam to take forever to shake off.
                      Sometimes you just have to scratch that itch and get dirt under your finger nails.

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                      • #12
                        Second side is finished as of this morning, so it's beans, peas and figs from me
                        Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

                        Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by taff View Post
                          I'm not experienced, i just threw it all in. As above with chillies, strawberries - not good, the mice/rats/ants ate them all, basil, aubergines, sweetcorn, butternuts, squash, and in some tanks, celery, it did really well in a moist boggy soil.
                          Taff, can I ask what you mean by tanks please as I've got lots of celery to
                          plant and I might try this.

                          Also has anyone sown carrots in a polytunnel and if so have you had to cover them still?
                          Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

                          Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by VirginVegGrower View Post
                            Also has anyone sown carrots in a polytunnel and if so have you had to cover them still?
                            Yes, carrots are brilliant. I didn't net mine and had no probs with fly but I start them all off in loo rolls and then plant out so there are no spaces and no weeding near them so there is little to attract the bugs. If you start one lot of seed of when the previous gets its first tru leaves you virtually have a constant supply of baby carrots. (This just about works with synodic sowing.)
                            "A life lived in fear is a life half lived."

                            PS. I just don't have enough time to say hello to everyone as they join so please take this as a delighted to see you here!

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by marchogaeth View Post
                              Yes, carrots are brilliant. I didn't net mine and had no probs with fly but I start them all off in loo rolls and then plant out so there are no spaces and no weeding near them so there is little to attract the bugs. If you start one lot of seed of when the previous gets its first tru leaves you virtually have a constant supply of baby carrots. (This just about works with synodic sowing.)
                              Ooh I'm liking that idea...those brassicas of yours above are stinking...goat poo?!?
                              Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

                              Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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