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Posts about: ## Summer Garden ![a variety of tomatoes that were grown in a greenhouse](https://blog.bcgreenhouses.com/hubfs/Blog%20Content/Small%20tomoatoes.jpg) ### [How to Maximize Your Summer Harvest in a Greenhouse](https://blog.bcgreenhouses.com/how-to-maximize-your-summer-harvest-in-a-greenhouse) Jul 4, 2025, 10:17:12 AM ## Quick Answer To keep your summer harvest thriving in a greenhouse, focus on consistent ventilation, early morning watering, and regular mid-season maintenance. Check vent openers, clean glazing panels, prune for airflow, and watch closely for pests. Succession planting and timely maintenance will help you enjoy healthy crops right through late summer. ![summer greenhouse garden](https://blog.bcgreenhouses.com/hubfs/Greenhouse%20Exterior/remandemsummer-1-2.jpg) ### [How do I Keep My Greenhouse Thriving? June Greenhouse Checklist](https://blog.bcgreenhouses.com/june-greenhouse-prep) May 20, 2025, 9:52:34 AM ### Quick Answer: **How do I keep my greenhouse thriving in June?** June greenhouse success starts with proactive heat management, consistent watering, and increased pest awareness as temperatures rise and growth accelerates. **What should be on my June greenhouse checklist?** Prioritize ventilation tune-ups, shade cloth installation, pest scouting, structural checks, and regular feeding to support rapid plant development and prevent stress. **Why is June maintenance important?** Small seasonal adjustments now—like updating irrigation systems or refreshing crops—ensure healthier plants, better yields, and a more enjoyable greenhouse experience all summer long. --- June is when things really start to take off in the greenhouse. The sunlight is strong, the days are long, and plant growth shifts into overdrive. But just as the growing season ramps up, so do the demands on your greenhouse setup. From rising temperatures to increased pest activity, a little prep work now can make all the difference. ![Summer Greenhouse Garden](https://blog.bcgreenhouses.com/hubfs/DSCN5953.jpg) ### [How Can You Keep Your Greenhouse Cool in the Summer?](https://blog.bcgreenhouses.com/cooling-your-greenhouse-in-summer) Jun 20, 2024, 10:49:00 AM ### Quick Answer: To cool your greenhouse in summer, optimize air circulation with fans and open vents, use shade cloth or natural shade to reduce heat, ensure proper ventilation with roof vents and louvers, and manage humidity by watering in the morning and using dehumidifiers—creating a stable, plant-friendly environment. --- Explore effective strategies to keep your greenhouse cool and thriving during the summer season. ![](https://blog.bcgreenhouses.com/hubfs/sun%20sets%20on%20my%20greenhouse%20but%20growing%20continues%20until%20well%20into%20fall.jpg) ### [What Are the Tips for a Successful Harvest? Late Summer Greenhouse Gardening](https://blog.bcgreenhouses.com/stretching-the-season-my-greenhouse-this-month) Aug 30, 2022, 1:13:13 PM ### Quick Answer:  **What are the best tips for a successful late summer greenhouse harvest?** As the season transitions, focus on four essential strategies: switch to a low-nitrogen fertilizer (like a 2-8-4 mix with kelp and micronutrients) to build plant strength without promoting excessive growth; maintain strong air circulation with fans to prevent fungal issues as nights cool; start fresh crops like lettuce and arugula to extend your harvest into fall; and apply targeted shading using aluminet or shade cloth to protect plants from intense late-summer sun. These greenhouse gardening tips will help you maximize yields and enjoy a longer, more productive harvest season. --- ## Late Summer Gardening Tips It is late August and I am chatting with my daughter who lives in Northern Alberta, Canada. Her outside garden has never looked so good because of the heat and regular rains. But she is wishing she could get another month on either end of the growing season. ![Speckled Lettuce](https://blog.bcgreenhouses.com/hubfs/speckled%20butter%20lettuce.jpg) ### [Why Should I Grow My Own Lettuce This Season? Benefits of Head Lettuce](https://blog.bcgreenhouses.com/the-beauty-of-lettuce) May 13, 2022, 12:01:36 PM ### Quick Answer: **Why grow your own lettuce this season?** Growing full-size head lettuce in your greenhouse garden brings unmatched freshness, variety, and taste compared to store-bought bagged greens. Head lettuces like romaine, butter, crisphead, and leaf types offer richer textures, better crunch, and longer shelf life. They’re ideal for salads, wraps, and sandwiches—and thrive in small spaces between larger greenhouse crops. With easy care, seed-saving potential, and improved nutrition from organic soil, homegrown lettuce is a flavorful, sustainable upgrade to your garden. Rediscover the joy of harvesting crisp, nutrient-packed greens right outside your door. --- If you watch old re-runs on Netflix you have seen how fashions and styles have changed dramatically since Seinfeld was filmed in the 1990s. The same is true for food – especially lettuce. I first wrote about “novel” mesclun greens (mixed lettuce) in 1995. Since then, they have become so popular, that bagged lettuce is the only lettuce most people know. And this is too bad because lettuce greens or bagged greens are really just immature greens like kale and lettuce leaves. So, for something completely novel, why not go back to the future? Grow full-size head lettuce in your [Greenhouse Garden](https://blog.bcgreenhouses.com/greenhouse-garden-tips-maximizing-space-to-grow-your-own-food) this year. Most people don’t remember life before the small bags of lettuce leaves so commonly sold now at big box stores and local farm markets. But if you want the crunch of lettuce in a BLT sandwich or if you want to replace Pita bread with a Keto-friendly lettuce leaf wrap for lunch, then start growing your own heads of lettuce this season. ![tomatoes growing in a greenhouse](https://blog.bcgreenhouses.com/hubfs/Tomatoes-1.jpg) ### [What Are the Tips for Growing Greenhouse Tomatoes in the Heat? July in the Greenhouse](https://blog.bcgreenhouses.com/greenhouse-garden-tips-july-in-the-greenhouse) Mar 2, 2022, 12:27:00 PM ### Quick Answer: **What Are the Tips for Growing Greenhouse Tomatoes in the Heat?** To prevent heat stress and flower drop in greenhouse tomatoes, use 40-70% shade cloth to reduce temperature and light intensity, maintain good air circulation with fans and open screen doors, and regularly water soil and paths to cool the environment and increase humidity. Selecting heat-tolerant tomato varieties, like smaller-fruited types or proven heirlooms such as Juliet and Cherokee Purple, helps ensure fruit set during hot spells. Combining these strategies allows growers to maximize tomato yields and extend the harvest season even in extreme summer heat. --- ## The Trouble with Greenhouse Tomatoes ### Do your greenhouse tomatoes have heat stroke? If your tomato blooms are bending and falling off, flower and all, they are having a heatstroke. When extreme heat hits, greenhouse tomatoes fail to set fruit even as the leaves keep growing and new blooms appear.   ![Growing starts in my April greenhouse](https://blog.bcgreenhouses.com/hubfs/SeedlingsH.jpg) ### [How Do Worm Castings, Pests, and Algae Affect My Greenhouse Garden?](https://blog.bcgreenhouses.com/greenhouse-garden-tips-my-april-greenhouse) Feb 24, 2022, 5:18:00 PM ### Quick Answer: Worm castings naturally fertilize plants and support beneficial bugs like fungus gnat predators, but excess moisture and nutrients can also lead to algae growth—use well-draining soil, sticky traps, and fans to balance greenhouse conditions and protect seedlings. --- ## Pests, Worm Castings and Algae ### What are Worm Castings? Before we get to [greenhouse gardening](https://blog.bcgreenhouses.com/) algae, let's talk about a shopper on Amazon that complained about bugs in her worm castings. If you [don’t speak garden lingo](https://blog.bcgreenhouses.com/greenhouse-garden-tips-maximizing-space-to-grow-your-own-food) yet, worm castings are simply worm poop. They are mixed with soil in garden beds or in pots to make tomatoes grow faster, stronger and healthier. And just in case you missed the memo, worm poop comes with bugs of its own. The good ones. ![](https://blog.bcgreenhouses.com/hubfs/Tomatoes-2.jpg) ### [What’s the Best Timeline for Growing Greenhouse Tomatoes Successfully?](https://blog.bcgreenhouses.com/greenhouse-garden-tips-greenhouse-tomatoes) Feb 21, 2022, 4:27:00 PM ### Quick Answer: Start tomato seeds in mid to late March with bottom heat, provide strong light and nutrients early, and move them into your greenhouse once temperatures consistently stay above 10°C (50°F); maintain airflow and prune lower leaves as fruit sets to optimize harvest into fall. --- ## So Many Tomatoes, So Little Space Greenhouse tomato growers are rightfully confused when they see so many kinds of greenhouse tomatoes for sale. Karen Olivier, an independent tomato breeder from the [Secret Seed Cartel](https://secretseedcartel.com/product-category/all-tomatoes/karen-olivier-tomatoes/), estimates there are 20,000 kinds of tomatoes listed right now and she is adding to that number by breeding new tomatoes every year.   ![Different Varieties of Tomatoes](https://blog.bcgreenhouses.com/hubfs/Sweetness%20in%20tomatoes%20is%20a%20measure%20of%20minerals%20in%20soil%20and%20variety.jpg) ### [What Are the Tips to Soil Amendments & Nutrients in a Greenhouse Garden?](https://blog.bcgreenhouses.com/greenhouse-garden-tips-soil-amendments-nutrients) Feb 9, 2022, 5:14:00 PM ### Quick Answer: **What Are the Best Tips for Soil Amendments & Nutrients in a Greenhouse Garden?** Optimizing greenhouse soil requires building “super soil” by blending quality soil-less mix with compost, biochar, and worm castings, plus adding essential nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, and micronutrients through amendments such as seed meals, lime, kelp, and gypsum. Recognizing nutrient deficiency signs—like purple leaves from low phosphorus or brown spots from potassium shortage—helps timely fertilization and soil management, ensuring healthy plant growth and improved crop flavor. Regular soil amendment and fertilization tailored to plant needs foster vibrant, productive greenhouse gardens year-round. --- ## Importance of Soil Amendments & Nutrients in Greenhouse Gardening A few years back [my greenhouse](https://blog.bcgreenhouses.com/greenhouse-garden-tips-maximizing-space-to-grow-your-own-food) tomato leaves were purple, yellow and spotted. Not all at once, but over time and on different leaves. It was the second year I was growing in my greenhouse and the commercial potting soil I bought was low on phosphorus, nitrogen and potassium. The leaves on the plants were telling me what was going on. And it didn’t look good. ![](https://blog.bcgreenhouses.com/hubfs/IMG_0777-1.jpg) ### [What Are Some Tips for Growing Prize-Winning Tomatoes for Fall Fairs?](https://blog.bcgreenhouses.com/greenhouse-gardening-tips-prize-winning-tomatoes) Sep 7, 2021, 2:54:00 PM ### Quick Answer: Growing prize-winning tomatoes requires a greenhouse for earlier ripening and protection, careful late-summer pruning and low-nitrogen fertilization with calcium, consistent watering, and good air circulation to produce healthy, blemish-free fruit ready for competition. --- My tomatoes are sitting beside me in the front seat of my shiny black station wagon. 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