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Re: Polytunnel crops

Allan Day wrote:
> 
> There seems to be a shortage of information on polytunnel cultivation
> of vegetables, such as things that do particularly well in tunnels but
> are difficult to grow outside. We have been trying out various crops
> ourselves and would name watercress,rhubarb, carrots (spring and autumn sown), cherry tomatoes, oriental greens, radish(no flies) french beans and female cucumbers as particularly worthwhile
> while winter lettuce and chicory were disappointing.
> I would be very interested in other peoples experiences. If you send your
> lists to my e-mail address I can collect them all together and publish the result on veggie-list , any special cultivation points would also seem appropriate.


I use Reemay covers for the spring brassicas which are heavily damaged
by the root maggot in my area.  I limit tunnel cloches to tomatoes and
peppers in the summer.  The cloche stays on all season.

I put a tunnel cloche over winter greens in the autumn to protect them
from the rain.  Our winter temps are much like the UK in that we don't
get long periods of hard freeze, but the rain does in the tender leafy
crops.  Winter brassicas like cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower stay out
in the elements.  Note that the winter greens must be nearly mature by
the end of Oct as they will not develop much further during the short
days of Nov and Dec.  Fully mature winter greens will not hold well
either.  

Steve  (Maritime...)
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