I grew potatoes in our little greenhouse last winter, but in grow bags and big pots. They did great! Also grew carrots, onions, garlic and did spring garden starters.
i have grown those ;on the other trellis in there but cant get enough plants to make it worth it. Ill have to see what materials I have to use along that wall. Might need a dwarf variety.
Almost a tradition, but amongst UK allotment gardeners sowing potatoes in early September is very common - call them "Christmas Potatoes". Lots of friendly competition to see how much of Christmas dinner you can grow yourself.
Jeff from East Tennessee. Looks like you are off and running with your greenhouse. Have you ever thought about a short verity of snow peas?? Now my garden. A have an area of cabbage. Some slowly dying okra still producing. And a massive amount of peppers that are turning all these amazing colors. Reds and orange and yellow. All these summer plants are coming to an end sadly!! Open spots are getting a little weedy. Not good!! I guess I will experiment with planting a few things to over winter. Kale,collards and spinach. Even this cold weather variety of broccoli. So lots of work. My garden sometimes has to take a backseat to working on firewood. I have mountains of firewood to move to get ready for winter!!! A balance between the two is always going on this time of year!! I enjoy both and really like the challenge!! Hope you get a big potato harvest. Yes even this late!! Thanks!!
@@sandybottomhomestead Idk how useful it would be for you but I’m in 5B and accidentally did that with some chard and it was still growing in January when everything else was dead
I know you know that while to a human three to five degrees either Fahrenheit or Celsius doesn't sound like a lot, to a plant it can mean the difference between living and dying or living and *thriving*, or being able to secure its own next generation. There's a great line in Tennessee Williams's "Camino Real." He says, "Make voyages. Attempt them. That's all there is." One thing you can be absolutely sure of is this, that you won't get any potatoes by not taking the chance and planting those you have (I know you know this, too.) Not as if I'm an expert in such things but when I decide to take a gardening chance, calculated odds or not, or to be downright reckless, I remind myself that even if the risk taken proves a total failure in terms of growth and harvest, at least organic matter has been added to that wee patch of soil. Perhaps that's not much comfort.... Much gardening love from Northeast Ohio! 😊💚💚💚💚💚😊
I grew potatoes in our little greenhouse last winter, but in grow bags and big pots. They did great! Also grew carrots, onions, garlic and did spring garden starters.
It will be interesting to see how that goes for you.
Cooling down up here calling for frost on Friday morning.
Have a great day!
wow it really is time for frosts. I know its coming but down here it is hard to believe at times. we have about 3 more weeks
i hope it goes well in the greenhouse
Consider sugar snaps or snow pease up a small trellis along your potato wall.
i have grown those ;on the other trellis in there but cant get enough plants to make it worth it. Ill have to see what materials I have to use along that wall. Might need a dwarf variety.
I grew taters in pots all winter in my tack room with grow lights, unheated. Trying it in my outdoor greenhouse this year.😊
I am curious to see how they do. I have faith for now
Almost a tradition, but amongst UK allotment gardeners sowing potatoes in early September is very common - call them "Christmas Potatoes". Lots of friendly competition to see how much of Christmas dinner you can grow yourself.
I like that. I look at the harvest as out thanksgiving challenge. But I can through Christmas in there too
Jeff from East Tennessee. Looks like you are off and running with your greenhouse. Have you ever thought about a short verity of snow peas??
Now my garden. A have an area of cabbage. Some slowly dying okra still producing. And a massive amount of peppers that are turning all these amazing colors. Reds and orange and yellow. All these summer plants are coming to an end sadly!! Open spots are getting a little weedy. Not good!!
I guess I will experiment with planting a few things to over winter. Kale,collards and spinach. Even this cold weather variety of broccoli. So lots of work. My garden sometimes has to take a backseat to working on firewood. I have mountains of firewood to move to get ready for winter!!! A balance between the two is always going on this time of year!! I enjoy both and really like the challenge!! Hope you get a big potato harvest. Yes even this late!! Thanks!!
You are the second person to advise that. I am looking for a dwarf variety now
Keep us updated on your progress with the potatoes.
not to worry as it get solder we will be focusing more and more on the greenhouse.
Can you dig out the bottom of the greenhouse by a few feet and turn to greenhouse into a giant cold frame?
i probably could but that would be a redesign which I am not ruling out.
Maybe stone mulch? I assume tossing some stones on top of the mulch would create more heat
Yeah that may be but it doesnt add anything to the soil. We add another layer of mulch I am starting to think they will be good .
@@sandybottomhomestead Idk how useful it would be for you but I’m in 5B and accidentally did that with some chard and it was still growing in January when everything else was dead
I know you know that while to a human three to five degrees either Fahrenheit or Celsius doesn't sound like a lot, to a plant it can mean the difference between living and dying or living and *thriving*, or being able to secure its own next generation.
There's a great line in Tennessee Williams's "Camino Real." He says, "Make voyages. Attempt them. That's all there is."
One thing you can be absolutely sure of is this, that you won't get any potatoes by not taking the chance and planting those you have (I know you know this, too.)
Not as if I'm an expert in such things but when I decide to take a gardening chance, calculated odds or not, or to be downright reckless, I remind myself that even if the risk taken proves a total failure in terms of growth and harvest, at least organic matter has been added to that wee patch of soil.
Perhaps that's not much comfort....
Much gardening love from Northeast Ohio! 😊💚💚💚💚💚😊
All of that is so true
Good Morning Ben, what size is your Greenhouse?
6x8 ft
@@sandybottomhomestead sweet now I have a goal for one. Thank you!
@@sandybottomhomestead bro?! I was just gifted a 6x8 greenhouse from my Parent in-laws as a birthday present. So excited!