Best Vegetables to Grow in a Greenhouse
I am always leery of any list that starts off with the word “best.” The reason being is that “best” is a subjective term that may or may not apply to the unique situation that we each face. As such, the word “best” in this blog is applied based on circumstance. Let’s get started.
Best Vegetables to Grow in a Greenhouse
- 1The Role of a Greenhouse
- 2Growing Goals and Growing Obstacles
- 3Late Last Frost-Free Day
- 4Successive Planting and Greenhouse Plants
- 5Cold Climate and Growing Using a Greenhouse
The Role of a Greenhouse
A greenhouse is a tool. How you use that tool determines what kinds of foods will grow the best inside of it. Many of use our greenhouse to:
- Start seeds before the last frost-free day
- Grow and develop seedlings until they are ready to harvest
- Shelter fragile plants that need a specialized environment
- Extend harvest of plants that would either not survive the turn of the season from summer to autumn or from autumn to winter.
What your growing goals are is the first hurdle we come to when determining which types of plants are best for your greenhouse.
Growing Goals and Growing Obstacles
Around my house, the garden’s growing goals are all about food production and those range from starting seeds to extending harvests. I practice successive planting which is a little gardening trick many gardeners use to get the most production out of a plot of land.
It works by making sure that there is a viable crop ready to go into the ground as soon you harvest whatever is growing. Successive gardening is a practice that cuts down on the days-to-harvest and makes a perfect example of how I use my greenhouse.
So, time is one obstacle others usually include:
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