Polytunnel options for winter and summer vegetables

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See my webpage for loads more free advice about what structures are good. https://www.charlesdowding.co.uk/reso.... Generally there are two seasons. For example my smaller polytunnel 10x15ft crops 40kg winter salad leaves. Then though summer and autumn, an average harvest is16kg tomatoes, 3kg aubergine, 1.5kg peppers, 1kg melons, 1.5kg garlic
Polytunnels are cost effective spaces for long season cropping.
Winter leaves and summer fruiting veg that are hard sometimes to grow outside - tomatoes, melons, cucumbers, basil - even early strawberries.
The space is almost never empty of plants. Such an important asset of the garden.
Soil management is the same as outside but add a third to a half more compost, say 4cm annually
Downside is extra time needed for watering, compared to outdoor beds. We water by hand, I find it more reliable
No need to keep doors closed except in extreme weather.

Filmed by Edward Dowding at Homeacres no dig market garden, 12th April 2024, temperate oceanic climate zone 8.
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First Tunnels 10 x 15ft https://www.firsttunnels.co.uk/domest...

00:00 Introduction - the benefits of having a polytunnel
00:38 My recommendations when buying, including size
01:54 Year round harvesting - which plants to grow
02:56 Saving seed
03:47 Use of the doors, and the temperature inside
04:49 Adding compost in May, quantity and type
05:35 Plants to grow in the summer
06:18 Garlic
06:49 Using the space for propagation
07:10 Comparisons with greenhouse
17:27 Durability of the plastic
07:37 Outro

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