using space in greenhouse

[Normans Mum]

So.... most of the toms are starting to come to an end. I have planted some AYR lettuce and have some mustard spinach, rocket and pak choi. Can these go in as well ?
I hate the thought of leaving an empty greenhouse and as it is quite a big space (about 20') I intended to sow some lettuces in there. Just a thought. I guess I could put the other stuff outside. What do you think ?

[Penellype]

I don't see why all those crops shouldn't go in there. You could also try some winter spinach and some fast maturing carrots, and many of the oriental greens such as mizuna, komatsuna etc should be fine. If you don't want to start from seed, I went to my local Wyevale the other day and they had a bench full of salad seedlings of various sorts.

[craftymarie]

I'm currently growing mustard spinach and pak choi in the polytunnel along with chinese cabbage, raddichio, tatsoi, swiss chard, radish, choy sum and spring onions. All seem to be growing on nicely so plan to keep what I can in there rather than growing them outside.

I wouldn't like the thought of the PT being empty either. Besides, it's much nicer tending to plants under cover in the warm and dry

[kathyd]

Last year I filled my polytunnel with early peas (Meteor) and some hardy broad beans (Bunyards Exhibition or Aguadulce) in the autumn, and got a lovely early crop . I've also grown various brassicas in there including Pak Choi - which did quite well - and I've got some titchy Broccoli Raab to try shortly when they're a bit bigger and the toms and peppers come out. Around Feb I plant a few first early potatoes when I remember, and I agree with Penellype that winter spinach (I assume that's the same as Perpetual Spinach?) is a good one to have. Oh, and since I have quite a big tunnel I normally have a dozen perpetual strawberries in a sq metre bed - they're fab, and I get strawberries way before everyone else . Fresh peas and strawberries in April, what more could you ask?? Only I dug them out this year 'cos they needed changing, and I haven't planted any more yet, so next year could be strawberryless early on! Ack!

[Penellype]

winter spinach (I assume that's the same as Perpetual Spinach?) is a good one to have.

I've just bought a packet of Spinach Giant Winter from Moreveg, which appears to be proper spinach, not perpetual. At least I hope it is! The seeds look like spinach seeds whereas perpetual spinach seeds look like beetroot seeds.

[bramble]

I grow a little lettuce, salad onions and some garlic. Otherwise i try to keep my Fuschia and Geranium plants ticking over.