I give up. No - one more attempt.

Craftyscholar

Well I thought I had finally found a fairly sheltered position for my mini-greenhouse (and put some stones in the bottom to weight it down)

Looked out the window earlier and realised it was leaning at a funny angle:eek:
Cue rapid dash to save baby tomato plants (scrabbling around to grab potting compost off the slabs)
They really are only suitable for very sheltered places.



Just looked out of window again - mini-greenhouse lying on its back in middle of grass - heaven knows where the plants are.


OK small tomato plants rescued and moved indoors - will rescue the remains of the 'thing' when the rain stops.

picklepick

I had this problem with mine aswell so i poked a little hole through the plastic in the one of the back corners, used some string and tied the top of the frame to the fence.
I also have some slabs in the bottom and it hasnt moved since. This was over a year ago and no probs!

rhiwfield

picklepick, you're probably right to give up!

Having lost several of these despite weighing them down with slabs etc I gave up and bought a proper greenhouse.

Those mini greenhouses are just not designed to cope with high winds.

susieb

I tied mine to the fence as well and its on its 3rd year now

pinkpig08

Glad I read this - I've just bought one in the sale at my local garden centre and plan to use it next year. Will make sure it's weighted/tied down.

Zazen999

This is why we call them 'blowaways'.

Craftyscholar

Zazen999 wrote: »

This is why we call them 'blowaways'.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

wssla00

Ugh mine has done the same thing and is now tied together with string. I MUST sort out a better alternative as I really need one!

katholicos

I have two and they are both tied (though they could be tied better/more firmly) to a fence in the garden. I think it is important that we all bare in mind that a 'blowhouse' (which i call a growhouse) is sometimes the only thing that some of us (including myself) can afford. I would be a very happy bunny if i could afford a greenhouse, but it is not meant to be at this time. This means that it is important to find ways and means of ensuring what we can afford serves its purpose to the best of its ability. Whether it's a case of weighting the thing down with bricks or grow bags...fixing it to a fence or wall with string or screws etc. One thing is for sure, they do not stay up if some measure is not used to ensure they remain vertical!

Kay_Peel

They definitely need to be anchored.

I push the little feet into the ground and put bricks and slabs on the bottom struts. Even then, the plastic cover blows up like a parachute and threatens to take off, so I leave the cover unzipped as much as possible.

Some bright spark could do with designing one that stays in place - with guy ropes or some with spikes to sink into the ground. I'm sure that those of us who have watched our first greenhouse sailing past the window would be prefer to buy one that isn't flawed in its design.

saucy77

I'm still on the same one I bought last year, it blew over a few times last year but since tying it to the fence behind it; it hasn't budged an inch. If anything now, the poles come loose at the back but these are easily popped back in when watering plants daily.