What to grow in the Greenhouse

Besides the obvious,I currently have some small peppers(sweet peppers, habanero ), cucumbers, okra, rocket. What vegetables etc do you grow in the greenhouse? lets share ideas, tips ...

I think one should grow things ou like to eat or things you should eat. I am planning to build a greenhouse this year this is what i plan on having in there:

Im not a big herb guy and my herbs do fine outside all year round, lettuces too. Id have Tomatoes, peppers, cucumber, aubergine, courgette, squashes or pumpkis, definetly a couple of carrot beds, celery, leek, raddishes would be mint to have your own all year round, a couple of spinach beds would be great too, brocolli and maybe kale. Id also seriously look into getting some berries in there, most likely blueberries or blackberries. Id consider strawberries too but i think its hard to get good crops and a lot of attention required. I can get 2kg of the buggers for 3 euro in season. If i had space I would probably consider a small tropical fruit tree too like kiwi or mango? What about pineapple? That could be cool, i do know they take up a fair bit of space i think. Id like tobacco too even though i dont smoke it. Would be fun to try and roll a blunt fom a leaf lol. Plus would be nice for guests or gifts.
If one plans a greenhouse carefully with automatic watering the work load is small and be pretty much self suficient all year round.

good stuff Klite. I had Tomatoes in the Greenhouse last year,didnt do aswell as the outside ones. think it was probably too hot.I only have a small 6x3 greenhouse so cant do too much stuff. Fruit trees sounds an excellent idea I will look into that...

Ye i think even small green house needs some kind of ventilation if you dont open both ends a bit.
Though to be honest even with something that small you can get your bare minimum for your kitchen i think.

papaver somniferum.........the opium poppy

does the opium poppy grow outside though? Think its legal to grow opium poppys in quite a few countries as long as you dont harvest them or something, not sure....

they do fine outdoors, or in a well-ventilated greenhouse. they don't like too much water, once established, and a roof is a good way of taking control of the factor. at least.....that's what someone told me........*nod*

OK Kids here is what I grow in my greenhouse besides marijuana. The hoophouse additions are 16 and 20 feet long added as I ran out of room in the main hoophouse. It gives me the opportunity to get started gardening in early February. I grow about 1500 vegetable and flower plants and do a give-away starting last week and ending sometime in June when they are all gone ( minus my own of course ) I am a veteran and the plants are given free of charge to other veterans and active duty military in my area through our local Community Based Outreach Clinic.

I have a smalll green house I mostly use as a season extender

Sweet potato's , pea nuts, tree collards

You must vent your greenhouse well , besides the temp. issues, Humidity will build and leave you with mold problems

The temperature issue, which was the cold with night time temps dropping into single digits during February, was resolved by adding an additional layer of plastic inside. That also trapped most of the moisture in the upper dead air space which was an unexpected bonus. Fans and roll up ends did the trick for the past month as the weather has been warming up. I also take most everything outside when temperatures permit. It is labor intensive, but growing, golf, and naked time are the only things on my calendar from April through October.

If you put a drum off water in the greenhouse half way burried it will act as a temp buffer , cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter (black helps in the winter)

I have a smalll green house I mostly use as a season extender
Sweet potato's , pea nuts, tree collards

You must vent your greenhouse well , besides the temp. issues, Humidity will build and leave you with mold problems

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Id be well into having sweet potatoes most of the year, they really are the shit.
How do you go about planting them in your greenhouse?
Peas would be kinda mint to have too, nothing like the sweetness in home grown peas.

how about some herbs to keep away insects
there are plants that attract beneficial insects http://www.farmerfred.com/plants_that_attract_benefi.html
or plants that plain old keep away insects, like rosemary .
here's a huge list of "companion plants " http://www.ghorganics.com/page2.html

and here's a list of things that grow well near each other http://www.thevegetablegarden.info/companion-plants

maybe you'll like this klite .. http://lifehacker.com/5202849/grow-100-lbs-of-potatoes-in-4-square-feet

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Id be well into having sweet potatoes most of the year, they really are the shit.
How do you go about planting them in your greenhouse?
Peas would be kinda mint to have too, nothing like the sweetness in home grown peas.

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I start slips indoors around feb. put them in the greenhouse about 2 months latter , once the vines get long I just train them out the door (by that time its usually warm enouth)

The great thing about sweet potatoes (not yams) is that the greens also make good greens

Tomatoes are a good plant for greenhouses, cuz they can get messed up by bad weather or other nasties if you grow them outside. Plus I find that in my little greenhouse they get bigger and juicier. That's just me, though. Google "greenhouse vegetables" or something along those lines, I'm sure you'll find a lot of good info.

I'm not new to growing indoor but I have no experience in greenhouse growing. When you get a chance could someone answer a question for me?
The set up: 50x35 greenhouse, the cover can not be removed and I live in the southwest now, with temp reaching 100+ for 20+ days. the sides roll up, there are 6 fans, a PollerCool, and a 40-50% shade cover over the plastic.

The BIG question is light, is there enough with that shade cover, the plants look good as of now but I don't want to get to flowering and screw my self. With out the shade cove the greenhouse will reach 110++. We also have a large heard of deer so out side is doable but preparations have to be maid.