Lidl - Indoor Mini Greenhouse @ 69p

point3

arkonite_babe wrote: »

I'm considering going for this one Walk in greenhouse.

Anyone like to give me some advice? Is it worth it or am I wasting my time?

Edited to add: Scrap that, it's out of stock :mad:

Same product at Woolies?


http://www.woolworths.co.uk/web/jsp/product/index.jsp?pid=50975702

bribrian

arkonite_babe wrote: »

I'm considering going for this one Walk in greenhouse.

Anyone like to give me some advice? Is it worth it or am I wasting my time?

Edited to add: Scrap that, it's out of stock :mad:

Make sure it's well fixed down. I had a 6x6 one a few years ago to compliment my greenhouse & had it full of hanging baskets & during one stormy night it, baskets & all blew up the street! funny now but gutted at the time as they were all ready to hang out after months of hard work......

point3

Wilkinsons have reduced their's to £12. Collect in store is free.

http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/invt/0169741

point3

Staging is £7.99

http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/invt/0260895

point3

Spare covers are £3.99

http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/invt/0248585

I'm all kitted out now

Primrose

I can certainly reinforce the comment that these Mini Greenhouses are not suitable for windy places as I have a Wyvale one, and last spring it was blown over by an unexpected gust of wind and I had to spend hours trying to scoop up all my plants and great piles of earth off the patio. After that I weighted it down with heavy buckets of water permanently placed on the bottom shelf, which meant I lost a quarter of the storage space.
However, despite this, they are very useful for bringing on seedlings and growing plants like cucuumbers or aubergines which need a little more heat than we have in the normal British Summer. Ours is stored up against the house wall and this year we are going to put a Ring Bolt into the wall on either side of the Mini Greenhouse about half-way up its height. We will then fit into these two straps or pieces of rope so that we can strap them around the structure, tieing it in front to keep it anchored in the event of an unexpected gust of wind.

Primrose

I echo BriBrian's recommendation about fixing it down firmly. These things blow over at the slightest gust of wind which is devastating if it contains all your newly germinated seedlings. This year we plan to put a Ring Bolt into the house wall either side of the structure, into which we'll put some rope or something equally sturdy so that we can tie it firmly in situ and stop it being blown over.

sillyvixen

the b&q 3 tier one is the one i have - it has stood up against my house for 2 years never fallen over. it is a lot more sturdy than some of the other makes, but was a !!!!!! to put together on my own!! in the begining of the week we had horrendus windy weather, i live near enough to cheltenham race course to hear the pa system - they lost their hospitallity tents not once but twice .. my grow house did not budge!!

sillyvixen

mine stands against a wall and the wind tends to blow and batter the side of the growhouse, its not fixed down in any way but has shown no trace of movement!

arkonite_babe

point3 wrote: »

Same product at Woolies?


http://www.woolworths.co.uk/web/jsp/product/index.jsp?pid=50975702

:T will check instore in my local homebase tomorrow when I'm there and if they don't have one, I'll order this one instead.


Edited to add: Just discovered that Argos have them, forgot that Argos and Homebase are same company :doh: