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Question by Eric: How do you grow tomatoes in a greenhouse?
I would like to grow tomatoes and other veggies during the winter but its too cold outside where I live in the winter time. I have the means of building a greenhouse but are there any tricks to gardening in a greenhouse or can it be done as it is in the summer outside?
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Answer by UKgardener
Its a tricky business growing in the winter in a g/house, you have to keep it heated for a start and is really only good for starting seedlings off not producing veg or fruit as theres not enough light this time of year, but from spring through to summer is the best time to grow the likes of tomatos and cucumbers or whatever you want to grow. I wouldnt try to grow anything unless your going to heat the g/house every day and night and all you can put in is leeks or onions or some winter lettuce put thats just to start them off so there ready for spring time to go into the ground.
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You don’t say where you live, and that can make a BIG difference in how much success you would have growing in a greenhouse in winter. I live in Minnesota, where of course it gets really cold and days are short. I worked in a hydroponic greenhouse here, and we grew only greens, lettuces, kale, etc..in the winter. Spring through fall we grew tomatoes, basil, peppers and other greens, but they just won’t grow in the winter, there isn’t enough light. It also costs a lot of money to heat a greenhouse in winter, so do your homework before you make a decision. I should say that you can add supplemental lighting to a greenhouse in winter, but again it is very expensive.
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A Grow light is a must and maintaing temperature is an absolute. You dont have any insects to cross pollinate the flowers so you would have to use a Q tip to do that all by your self…however try Google.
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Greenhouse ventilation and temperature control are the keys. Also, I would go with a greenhouse kit instead of building your own from scratch. You will get a better, more sound structure. I got my first greenhouse from the site below (and they also happen to have an article on ventilation).