what to follow tomatoes - and when?

[salilah]

First year with the greenhouse - so I have a line of tomatoes in a slightly raised bed down one side of the greenhouse. I really want to use the greenhouse over the winter - e.g. salads, chard, perhaps beetroot, perhaps dwarf french beans... So a couple (well, 3) questions please?

a) what is "best" to follow on from tomatoes in an unheated large greenhouse?

b) if I'm doing e.g. salads etc, when should I plan to remove the tomatoes so that I can plan to sow seeds ready to go in?

c) is this a daft idea - should I just accept a long wind-down of the tomatoes and not plan to put anything in their place?

thanks!
S

[Snadger]

I follow with potted autumn/christmas flowering chrysanthemums that have stood outdoors for summer! Anything thaat will grow outdoors over winter will mature that little bit earlier (and usually cleaner) if planted indoors!

[Two_Sheds]

French beans won't grow over winter, but you can start them off a bit earlier in the spring.

You can't grow anything tender in a cold greenhouse, it is more useful for extending the season at either end, ie starting earlier in spring, and bringing things in pots undercover in autumn.

I will have my overwintering cuttings of fuchsias, pelargoniums etc in mine, but if it's another hard winter I will lose them. Fingers crossed x