A greenhouse offers the opportunity to start a vegetable garden in the spring. If you want to plant plants in your greenhouse, the first thing you should do is create a plan. In a small greenhouse, the available space is limited and high yields are only possible if the growing time and the distance between the crops are taken into account.
Plant the greenhouse: create a plan for the whole year
The next planting plan was created for a garden house measuring 7.60 meters x 7.60 meters. Of course, you can adjust the number of plants as you wish. The planting time begins in February when cornflowers, lavender, marigold, borage and lettuce are planted in the ground.
Other vegetables and herbs follow later, such as green beans, dill, fried egg flower, radishes and marigold. There are also several species that are only grown in the greenhouse from mid-March onwards. For example carrots, peppers and cherry tomatoes. As a rule:Ripen in the greenhousethe crops grow earlier than outdoors and can already produce yields in spring or summer.
Grow vegetables and herbs according to the planting plan
If you want to plant a greenhouse, then choosing the right crops plays a crucial role. It is best to combine early and late varieties and vegetables so that you can harvest fresh vegetables all year round. In addition, there are two groups of plants that must be kept in the greenhouse. The first attract pollinating insects into the greenhouse during ventilation, the second protect the crops from pests.
Planting in a greenhouse: an overview of the types of vegetables
- Basil– You need 21 pieces in total. The distance in the bed is 18 cm, the minimum distance to other plants is 22 cm. You can plant the basil in the greenhouse as early as the end of March, but the planting time in the garden does not begin until mid-May. The harvest time in the greenhouse begins in June.
- green beans:You need 21 young plants, the distance in the bed is 18 cm, the minimum distance to other plants – 28 cm. Plant green beans in the greenhouse from the beginning of April and in the garden from the beginning of May; the harvest time begins at the beginning of June for the greenhouse and in July for the garden.
- route Beth:32 young plants necessary. Distance in the bed: 13 cm, minimum distance to other plants 22 cm. The planting time for beetroot begins in mid-April. However, you can grow the vegetables in nursery pots in the greenhouse from March onwards.
- Borretsch:3 plants, distance in the bed is 12 cm, the minimum distance to other plants is 22 cm. You can sow the herb in the greenhouse at the end of March - beginning of April.
- Carrots –155 pieces, spacing in the bed - 5 cm, between the rows - 12 cm. You can start growing in the greenhouse as early as February, and you can start growing outdoors from April. The harvest season begins at the beginning of July.
- Kornblume:12 pieces. Distance in the bed and to other plants – 12 cm. The planting time in the greenhouse begins in February.
- Dill:8 pieces, plant distance is 12 cm, to other plants – 22 cm. If you decide to pre-culture, you should start in March. Otherwise you can start sowing in April.
- Lavender:18 pieces, plant distance 7 cm, to other plants – 15 cm. Lavender is sown in February. At the end of April, the young plants move outdoors.
- Lettuce:16 pieces, plant distance 22 cm, to other plants 25 cm. Early varieties will thrive even in an unheated greenhouse.
- Marigold and peppers:10 pieces each, distance between the plants in the bed 20 cm, to other plants 25 cm. Marigold is planted around vegetable beds as a protective barrier against slugs. ThePepper plantsare sown in nursery pots in February and planting in the greenhouse usually begins at the end of March.
- Fried egg flower: 12 pieces, distance in the bed and to other plants 5 cm. It attracts bees and butterflies and is therefore very useful for the vegetables in the greenhouse.
- Radish:62 pieces, distance in the bed 5 cm, to other plants 12 cm. Early varieties can be sown in the greenhouse at the end of February.
- Mangold10 pieces, distance in the bed 20 cm, to other plants 25 cm. You can also grow chard in a heated greenhouse as early as March.
- Cherry tomatoes:7 pieces, distance in the bed 20 cm, to other plants 24 cm. Depending on the variety, the cherry tomatoes can be grown in March and April.
