Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
CHAPTER EIGHT
Plants for the polytunnel
You can grow almost anything in a polytunnel, but unless you're lucky enough
to inherit a farm with a tunnel the size of an aircraft hangar, you'll have to make
some decisions about which plants merit covered space. This is a very individual
choice, so to help you we have prepared a chart of harvest dates.
From this chart you can see when different plants can be harvested, both outside
and in the tunnel, and use it to work out what's worth growing where and when.
Note: the chart includes the harvest range only for plants grown as suggested in
this chapter. Other uses, such as growing broad beans during the summer, are
not included.
Sowing in the tunnel:
Harvesting in the tunnel:
Harvesting outside:
Crop name
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Aubergine
Beans, broad
Beans, dwarf French
Beans, French
Beetroot
Broccoli, sprouting
Cabbage
Carrot
Caulifl ower
Celeriac
Celery
Chard, Swiss / rainbow
Coriander
Courgette
Cucumber
Daikon
Fennel
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