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If you have recently purchased a greenhouse or started doing greenhouse gardening, it might be a hard choice for you to decide what you can grow in it.
For a greenhouse, it is important to consider your winter indoor temperatures as well as how hot it can get indoors during summers.
Especially, as the days become colder or nights draw in, you may wonder if you can still use your greenhouse.
If you have such questions, this article can help you get through most of them. So, let us dive right in.
Best Vegetables to Grow in Greenhouse
The best vegetables to grow in a greenhouse are the ones you will eat or sell, or which can thrive indoors like, peppers, tomatoes, lettuce, and strawberries.
Basically, you can take advantage of planting heat-tolerant plants like peppers in summers and cold-tolerant plants like greens during winters.
Cool season crops like lettuce, broccoli, carrot or peas are great choices for unheated backyard or cold frames greenhouses. These plants can tolerate chilly nights, so heating won’t be required unless the temperatures drop too low in your area.
Similarly, warm season vegetables, including tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, and squash, can thrive in steady temperatures between 55 to 85°F (12-29°C). The plants may require supplemental lighting, hand-pollination, and trellising but can provide you the vegetable years around.
For better understanding, here’s a quick list of vegetables you can grow indoors.
[table id=3 /]Greenhouse Winter Garden
In winters as well, you can utilize your greenhouse to extend the fall harvest. In fact, greenhouses can protect your plants when they are most fragile and opens up wider options for the gardener. However, the plant’s growth depends on various factors so, and their growth patterns also defer according to different seasons.
The main thing to understand is that the plants will not grow as fast as they do in summer. Some plants might not even reach full maturity before they become good to harvest. In December and January, there is seen less growth or no growth at all.
But do not panic, it is normal. You need to be patient, and you will see them thrive again as soon as the days lengthen and the temperature rises.
Crops That Are Not Suited to A Greenhouse
Although we say that plants can be frown easily under controlled conditions such as in a greenhouse, there are still some which are not suited for one.
But it is not. They really cannot be grown in a greenhouse. They need some special conditions to thrive.
For example, some crops such as wheat, corn, oats, rice, barley, and rye need wind pollination. Or crops like carrots, rutabaga, and radish, that need direct or full sunlight.
Following is a list of some common crops and the conditions they need to thrive.
[table id=4 /]Even with a tiny space, but with proper positioning or shelving, a grower culture has a variety of crops.
Conclusions
As we have reached the end of this article, we hope this has helped you decide what to plant this summer (or winter) in your greenhouse. So, pick up your tools and get started with greenhouse gardening.
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