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Polytunnel & Greenhouse Changeover | No-Dig Winter Planting, Watering & Ventilation – October 2025

Mid-October brings a changeover from summer to winter crops in both the polytunnel and greenhouse. This film shows Part 1 on 10 October and Part 2 on 24 October 2025 – a full transition from the last harvests of summer plants to fresh winter salads. By 12th October, all summer plants are removed for compost. The beds are re-measured and levelled with no new compost added, then given a big watering before planting. In the second part, you see planting which happened 15th October, 9 days earlier.. They were from sowings made on 11th September for lettuce and endive, and 16th September for brassicas, all frost-hardy plants for winter harvests. Ventilation – doors stay open through winter except in gales. Watering – about once a week in November, twice in December, and sometimes none in January, then increasing again in spring. Occasional fleece goes over beds before hard frosts Weeding is minimal, though there are many self-seeded French marigolds, which frost will kill naturally. The first pick will be in late November, then every one or two weeks until late April. This video also shows: 1how to re-wet dry soil, 2 how the no-dig system supports repeat cropping in the same beds, over many years, 3 how to plan a two-crop year undercover (October–May and May–October). You can join this channel by paying a monthly fee, to support our work with helping gardeners grow better, and to receive monthly videos made only for members:    / @charlesdowding1nodig   Learn more about No Dig gardening: 👉 https://www.charlesdowding.co.uk/reso... Online learning: 👉 https://shop.charlesdowding.co.uk/col... My book – No Dig: Nurture Your Soil to Grow Better Veg with Less Effort 👉 https://shop.charlesdowding.co.uk/pro... #nodig #polytunnel #greenhouse #wintersalad #gardeningtips #seasonalgardening #growyourownfood #vegetablegarden #gardeninguk #composting #lettuce #homemadecompost #wateringtips #frostprotection 🎥 Filmed 10th October 2025. by Carly Dutton-Edwards 🎵 Music: Rory Dunwoodie, @rorydinwoodiemusic IG: rorydinwoodiemusic 00:00 Introduction - changeover time 01:07 Tomatoes 01:46 Watering dry soil 03:01 Clearing tomato plants 03:41 Ripening tomatoes in the house 05:27 Collecting seeds from French marigolds 06:44 No feed for tomatoes, dose of seaweed 07:00 Tomato varieties - Sakura, Sungold, Soonenherz 07:18 Dill and coriander planted between cucumbers 07:50 Loofah 08:45 Aubergines - Purple Long / De Barbentane 09:13 Snapdragon 08:28 Kale, spinach and chard 10:28 Greenhouse - keeping windows clean, and cleaning polytunnel 11:51 Tulsi basil and chilli plants 12:28 Seedlings in propagating area - mainly for growing under cover 13:07 Grenoble Red lettuce seedlings - when to water, compost used, no feeding 14:52 Frizzy endive and mustards 15:41 Salad rocket and wild rocket - differences, and potting on 16:27 Spring onions 16:58 Garlic, 13th year same soil 17:33 Tomatoes, also 13th year same soil 17:43 Benefits of no dig 18:03 Timings of winter plantings 19:36 Two weeks later in the polytunnel - watering before second plantings 20:26 Lettuce and endive, brassicas 20:47 Dwarf French marigolds 21:01 Polytunnel temperature in winter, and ventilation 22:01 Spinach, onion and brassica seedlings from seeding plants 22:25 More mature plants of spinach, chard and kale 22:55 Specialist plants - Amsoi (Indian mustard) and agretti 23:37 Wood filings on pathways, and beds raked level 24:16 Widths of beds 24:59 Garlic, not yet visible, and spring onions 25:31 Watering and picking 26:00 Unused plants greenhouse 26:18 Temperature difference greenhouse and polytunnel