Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Sowing in the tunnel:
Harvesting in the tunnel:
Harvesting outside:
Crop name
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Garlic / Elephant garlic
Kohlrabi
Lettuce
Melon / Watermelon
Onion, bulbing
Onion, spring
Pak choi
Peas
Pepper
Potato
Radish
Rocket
Spinach
Strawberry
Sweetcorn
Sweet potato
Tomato
Turnip
Timing
As with growing outside, both sowing and harvest dates vary depending on the
area of the country in which you live, with the far north experiencing a later
spring and an earlier autumn than the far south. You should bear this in mind
when working with the dates given in this chapter. However, the picture is a little
more complex for polytunnel plants, since the temperature of the tunnel also
depends on how much sunlight it receives, which in turn depends on cloud
cover, latitude and local topography. For most of the plants listed in this chapter
we give the temperature range for sowing; where no temperature is given, the
plants will germinate within a wide range of temperatures without fuss.
