I have two raised vegetable beds, one of which is covered
by a fleece cloche which has no ventilation. The temp gets
to about 30 deg C on sunny days.

Lettuce and Spinach are doing wonderfully well under it.
I understand that commercial lettuce is often grown in a
polytunnel. Now that the season has warmed I intended to
remove the fleece but should I keep the cloche on
permanently?

Anybody know which vegetables (apart from the obvious
tropical types such as toms, peppers and chillies) thrive
under cloches and which do better in the cool?

thanks

Davy

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I have two raised vegetable beds, one of which is covered
by a fleece cloche which has no ventilation. The temp gets
to about 30 deg C on sunny days.

Lettuce and Spinach are doing wonderfully well under it.
I understand that commercial lettuce is often grown in a
polytunnel. Now that the season has warmed I intended to
remove the fleece but should I keep the cloche on
permanently?

Anybody know which vegetables (apart from the obvious
tropical types such as toms, peppers and chillies) thrive
under cloches and which do better in the cool?


Lettuce certainly want to be in the cool one, or they'll be bitter. I don't
know about spinach, can't stand the stuff.

Steve

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I have two raised vegetable beds, one of which is
covered
by a fleece cloche which has no ventilation. The temp
gets
to about 30 deg C on sunny days.

Lettuce and Spinach are doing wonderfully well under
it.
I understand that commercial lettuce is often grown
in a
polytunnel. Now that the season has warmed I intended
to
remove the fleece but should I keep the cloche on
permanently?

Anybody know which vegetables (apart from the obvious
tropical types such as toms, peppers and chillies)
thrive
under cloches and which do better in the cool?


Lettuce certainly want to be in the cool one, or
they'll be bitter. I
don't know about spinach, can't stand the stuff.

Steve

Steve,
interesting then that commercial lettuce is often grown
in polytunnels.
DAvy