Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption
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BahamaMama
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Greenhouse opportunity?I have an earth border in my greenhouse which hosts tomatoes, squashes etc in the summer. One corner is permanently damp (due to a leak) can I turn this to my advantage?
What edible plant/crop can I put undercover in the damp?
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Slim
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celery?
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oliveoyl
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Maybe watercress or land cress if it's a bit shaded as well. Or forced rhubarb perhaps.
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judith
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I will be interested to read any other suggestions, but this year I have a sweet potato in my dodgy greenhouse corner. I'll let you know how it compares to the other two I planted when I come to harvest in the next couple of weeks.
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James
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Cucumbers like high humidity, moist conditions.
I always grow my greenhouse cucumber in the area that's a bit shady with highest humidity. To keep the air humid around the cucumber during its peak growth, I water the leaves so they're soaking wet. Thats how cucumbers like it.
Becuase cucumbers climb, they can be put into a shady corner & they'll climb upwards out of it. My shady corner in the g/h has a shed on one side and a hedge on the other, so the cuc must push upwards to find the light, which it does easily.
They cant stand cold wet soil. The only time I've had a failure with the cucumbers is when I transplanted into cold damp ground too early in the season. I remidy this by delaying the transplant slightly until the greenhouse is nice and warm, and then transplanting into a little mound of compost about 6 inches tall
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