| Did you know you could successfully grow all | | | | need to be watered frequently during their |
| kinds of fruit in a greenhouse? Most gardeners | | | | growing season and fed once the tree is |
| know that they can grow strawberries and | | | | established. You will need to transfer pollen from |
| tomatoes in a greenhouse, but did you know you | | | | flower to flower using a small fine brush. You will |
| could also successfully grow melons, grapes, | | | | need to do this manual pollination everyday during |
| peaches, lemons, nectarines, and citrus fruits too? | | | | the flowering period. The humidity of the |
| There are several varieties of grapes that can be | | | | greenhouse should be raised during the flowering |
| grown in a greenhouse environment including Black | | | | season. When the fruits are about the size of |
| Hamburgh and Buckland Sweetwater. They are | | | | walnuts you may need to thin them to about two |
| ideal grapes for growing in cooler conditions. | | | | fruits per foot of branch. |
| Gardeners need to pay particular attention to | | | | Citrus fruits such as lemons, oranges and |
| giving the vines open, free-draining soil and to | | | | tangerines can all be grown successfully in the |
| prevent waterlogged soils. They will need to | | | | greenhouse environment. |
| support young plants, as they are first becoming | | | | Growing any kind of fruit in the greenhouse is |
| established. Side-shoots that are produced in the | | | | challenging as conditions must be just right and |
| summer will need to be pruned in the following | | | | pests and disease can be problems that need |
| winter by cutting them back to their last bud | | | | conquering but it can be done. Take heart though |
| (spur pruning). A good quality fertilizer and | | | | as there are several books on greenhouse |
| sufficient water that reaches to all of the roots | | | | gardening that cover growing fruits in |
| are essential for good quality grapes. | | | | greenhouses including: Greenhouse Gardening: Step |
| Peaches and nectarines can be grown successfully | | | | by Step to Growing Success (Crowood Gardening |
| in both the cool greenhouse and the heated | | | | Guide) by Jonathan Edwards (Paperback - Aug 1, |
| greenhouse. The Humboldt and the Pine Apple | | | | 1996), Growing Fruit (RHS Encyclopedia of |
| nectarine varieties fit the cold greenhouse. The | | | | Practical Gardening) by Harry Baker (Paperback - |
| Peregrine grows great in a greenhouse as well as | | | | Mar 1, 2001) - Illustrated, and Grow fruit in your |
| the Hale's Early variety as long as there is another | | | | greenhouse: Grapes, peaches, nectarines, figs and |
| variety close by for pollination. | | | | others by George E Whitehead (Unknown Binding |
| Peaches and nectarines grown in a greenhouse will | | | | - 1970). |
| tend to have compact root systems so they will | | | | |