Garden Series: Greenhouse Gardening in the Winter, P2

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Unless you’ve been  in a closet, you’ve probably heard about food insecurity so the admirable growing goals of both my client and my grandson are reason to celebrate. But despite their optimism, northern gardeners (above the 49th parallel), have trouble growing loads of food with natural light once days are cold and short.  In fact growing food any time after mid-October in Canada is a bit of a stretch, even in a greenhouse, unless you choose plants carefully and adjust your expectations.

Growing food to a harvestable size in a greenhouse requires 10 hours of light per day –  for best results. “Maintaining” food in a greenhouse is different than growing food. Once a perfect size, cold weather vegetable crops will hold in a cool, even frozen, greenhouse. But getting food to harvestable size continuously all winter is tough unless you choose plants that can be partially picked, harvested for maximum space efficiency and given the space to slowly grow. 

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