What grows best in a poly tunnel?

In particular, if you’re lucky enough to own a polytunnel or glasshouse, then this is the very best time to put it to its most productive use, especially when it comes to sowing and/or growing many kinds of heat-loving vegetables, including tomatoes, climbing French beans, courgettes, aubergines, peppers, squash.

How do I get the most out of my polytunnel?

Top 7 Polytunnel Gardening Hacks

1. 1) Harvest Water From Your Polytunnel.
2. 2) Mulch Leafy Veg with Grass Clippings.
3. 3) Deter Flies with Bags of Water.
4. 4) Use Bran To Protect Seedlings From Slugs.
5. 5) Plant Onions & Other Alliums to Deter Carrot Fly & Other Pests.
6. 6) Make Your Own Biodegradable Plant Pots.

How do you stage a polytunnel?

Another simple and affordable way to make DIY staging for a polytunnel is to use reclaimed bricks and planks to make a bench or shelving. The key to sustainability is to make use of whatever materials you are able to source locally, rather than buying in new materials to make your staging.

What can you not grow in a polytunnel?

What Shouldn’t I Be Growing in My Polytunnel?

• fruit trees that are likely to grow higher than the polytunnel.
• plants with thorns that could damage the interior of the polytunnel.

Which is the best way to grow polytunnel?

Extend the growing season, produce salad crops throughout the year and enjoy really early and late fresh fruit and vegetables. We’ve a series of articles by polytunnel growing expert, Klaus Laitenberger, who grows in the challenging conditions of Ireland and by Richard Handscombe who grows his own in Spain where he aims for self-sufficiency.

Who is Mark from the polytunnel growing guide?

Mark has years of experience and has kindly offered to share some of the hints and tips he’s picked up over the years.

What can you do with a polytunnel table?

A polytunnel will enable you to to bring a slice of the Mediterranean home, increasing the variety of crops you can grow. Find out how to build your own, in our guide. A table displaying which months are best to sow, plant and harvest.

What to plant in a polytunnel in January?

Growing in a Polytunnel in January. What to sow, plant and harvest from your polytunnel in January January can be the beginning of your creative gardening year in your greenhouse or polytunnel. It’s the first awakening of the year.