Cheap alternative to proper green house?

stustu92

Hi everyone

I want to have a go at growing some chilis and some salad peppers this year, but i haven't got room for a full sized greenhouse.

Can anyone suggest a green-cupboard or alternative, preferably not too expensive?

tattooedhoney

some of the lovely people:T on here have posted about the plastic covered mini greehouses you can get. From memory they range from £9.99 - from Lidl or Aldi ( where I got mine... I think it's £10.99 in aldi though)
I can't say how hot it will get but I am planning to use mine as my garden is so small. There are lots of threads is you go back a page or two. Wyevale
Or build your self a cold frame ? couple of glass panels or old doors ( also less likely to get blown over. which i am told is a hazard with the plastic greenhouses.
Good luck

smk77

tattooedhoney wrote: »

some of the lovely people:T on here have posted about the plastic covered mini greehouses you can get. From memory they range from £9.99 - from Lidl or Aldi ( where I got mine... I think it's £10.99 in aldi though)
I can't say how hot it will get but I am planning to use mine as my garden is so small. There are lots of threads is you go back a page or two. Wyevale
Or build your self a cold frame ? couple of glass panels or old doors ( also less likely to get blown over. which i am told is a hazard with the plastic greenhouses.
Good luck

My £10 plastic greenhouse got very hot last year. It's important to open the zip door a bit on the hot days to cool it down a bit. Mine also got blown over a couple of time (exposed garden) so I resorted weighing the bottom shelf down with rocks.

Remember to keep the plants well watered as they'll dry out VERY quick. I grew tomato plants last year and they were probably to large so i suggest you avoid them. Others may disagree of course.

Kay_Peel

My mini-greenhouse is a blimmin' nuisance.

It blows away, falls over, takes off like a balloon and gets ripped easily. It's covered in more cellotape than a reused jiffy bag from an Ebay seller.

I sunk it into the ground, weighted it down with rocks - effectively losing the bottom shelf. So now I've got one- shelved-low-flying object looking like a jiffy bag. :eek:

Great. :rolleyes:

KP

skr00ge

We lived in a house which suffered from terrible wind. I drilled some metal angle brackets to the paving slabs and wired the mini greenhouse to the ground.

In the garden centre at the moment I've seen a nice walk in octagonal greenhouse for £99. The plastic has thread through it and looks pretty strong. Gruardsman brand I think. They have smaller models too.

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karren

bought one in wilkingson, a few years ago and its back in use this year, i saw cover for it in instore the other day so hope to get one when the cover of this goes, but to date its fab, i start the seeds in it then use it for pots of toms then, good luck.