Winter Lingers On - Plants Can't Wait
As some of you might know, I have the most northernly greenhouse in Quebec, and one of two (to the best of my ken) north of Kuujjuaq.
All winter long I have been planning a second greenhouse for warmth-loving plants like tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, etc. To make sure I had seedlings ready to transplant, I began some of my seeds as early as April 8, giving them at least two months in my bedroom nursery to grow large enough to put out. And grow they did - profusely. My bedroom looked like a scene from the movie Jumanji, with vines and foliage spreading out every where.
I thought I could plant in the greenhouse I built last year in mid-May, but the temperature at night is still below freezing, much below freezing. But keeping them inside wasn't much of an option either since they were getting far too large for their peat pots.
The best I could come up with was to build a greenhouse inside my greenhouse, and blow some heat underneath like a tunnel.
Today I planted my first seedlings, robust vegetables such as brussel sprouts, kale, lettuce and bok choy. I could hear the corn snow hitting the plastic skin of the greenhouse as a snow squall passed through as I was planting.
And here is my internal greenhouse.
I'll only know tomorrow morning if I made the right choice. Tune in later for an update.
All winter long I have been planning a second greenhouse for warmth-loving plants like tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, etc. To make sure I had seedlings ready to transplant, I began some of my seeds as early as April 8, giving them at least two months in my bedroom nursery to grow large enough to put out. And grow they did - profusely. My bedroom looked like a scene from the movie Jumanji, with vines and foliage spreading out every where.
I thought I could plant in the greenhouse I built last year in mid-May, but the temperature at night is still below freezing, much below freezing. But keeping them inside wasn't much of an option either since they were getting far too large for their peat pots.
The best I could come up with was to build a greenhouse inside my greenhouse, and blow some heat underneath like a tunnel.
Today I planted my first seedlings, robust vegetables such as brussel sprouts, kale, lettuce and bok choy. I could hear the corn snow hitting the plastic skin of the greenhouse as a snow squall passed through as I was planting.
And here is my internal greenhouse.
I'll only know tomorrow morning if I made the right choice. Tune in later for an update.
posted by nanuk at 6:23 PM Permafrost
5 Comments:
I also have my greenhouses in my field to plant flowers.
Hello Nanuk!
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très belle serre
Any Moose Moss?
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