Using your greenhouse in winter

Don’t let the cold weather hold you back when it comes to growing your favourite veggies or even fruits and other plants. Greenhouses are great for extending the growing season and protecting plants when they are at their most vulnerable. Read on to find out more about what you can grow in your greenhouse in winter and how to make the most of it in these colder months. 

Planning ahead is key

What you choose to grow in your greenhouse will depend on various factors, such as where you live, the space you have available, and of course what you and your family would like to eat. 

In addition, try to pick crops that have similar needs when it comes to growing, especially if you are short on space. This will help you maintain the same growing conditions, such as with heating and light, rather than having to focus on different growing conditions, giving you greater chances of success. 

Plenty of options for growing your own  

Potatoes, cabbage, broccoli, and brussel sprouts are among some of those hardy vegetables you can grow in your greenhouse. Start them early in mid-winter for a spring harvest. For the lover of leafy greens, spinach, kale, and winter lettuce do well in the cold. Select the varieties you like, keeping in mind the growing conditions of your greenhouse. 

If you have already started sowing herbs in autumn, like chives, parsley, or mint, you can bring them into the greenhouse over winter. Summer bedding plants can also be over-wintered in your greenhouse. 

Plants take longer to grow over winter

Remember that in winter plants don’t necessarily grow as fast as they do in the summer. The maturity period of each vegetable may even double depending on where you are. You might think that plants are not making any progress at all. But as long as they don’t die, they will thrive once again when the temperature picks up. So don’t panic. As much as planning is key, so is patience! 

Your greenhouse might need some modifications 

With little light and heat available, you might also need to make some changes to your greenhouse. Insulation and ventilation are both important for your greenhouse to be efficient over the colder months. The greenhouse needs to retain an adequate level of heat, while at the same time, proper ventilation is also important for plant growth and to prevent the build of diseases and mildew. Picking the method that best suits you when it comes to properly heating up and insulating your greenhouse is important. 

Using eco-friendly coir products for growing

At CoirProducts.co.uk, all our products are free of the more harmful peat-moss and there is minimal harm on the environment in producing or using them. Made out of natural coir, we also have a variety of unique coir bundles to choose from. 

If you are looking for a peat-free growing media, our CoirProducts.co.uk coir potting mix comes in a range of sizes of blocks, bricks, and discs, that expand when hydrated, giving you plenty of fluffy coir. Our special packs include coir discs starter packs giving you over 10L and 20L of coir, a combo pack of our 3kg coir potting mix block giving you over 240L of coir, 10 bricks of our 650g coir potting mix brick, no peat only coir pack that includes 4 blocks of our 5kg coir potting mix block, peat-free grower pack containing 4 blocks of our 5kg coir potting mix block and one 4.5kg coco chip block, and much more. 

Our coir-based growbags are also a popular choice for greenhouse growing. 

Fully biodegradable CoirProducts.co.uk CoirCoins for sowing

If you are looking to sow, our CoirProducts.co.uk CoirCoins are one-of-a-kind. Not only do they come in four distinct sizes, but also with a completely biodegradable cover. Our Let’s Sow with CoirProducts bundle includes 200 CoirCoins in four distinct sizes. 

No transplanting shock when growing with CoirProducts.co.uk coir pots

Our CoirProducts.co.uk coir pots are perfect for greenhouse growing. Easy to use and move about, there is also no transplanting shock if you plan to transplant your crops later on. Roots grow through the coir pots, and as the coir pot decomposes into the soil later on, you can simply replant your plant on the ground with the pot itself. With plants already going through enough stress during the colder weather, with coir pots you are not adding any extra pressure on these plants. We also have a selection of unique coir pots bundles to choose from. 

And finally… enjoy the process

There are plenty of options to choose from when it comes to growing in your greenhouse in winter. So do a bit of research and see what you love to grow. When it comes to growing, you learn through trial and error. So, give it a try, see what works for you, start small if you want with a few of your favourite plants, and enjoy the process.