Cheapy plastic greenhouses?

ethansmum

Oh, now that sounds good! Thank you I'll take a look and see if we have any our our Woolies

culpepper

Ive got two walk in ones. They do get very hot in summer and need the door rolled up nearly all day. You can always tie netting inside to shade plants.
Mine have bbeen so useful.I was going to save for a real glass one but they are so good Im not going to bother to now.

kethry

culpepper wrote: »

Ive got two walk in ones. They do get very hot in summer and need the door rolled up nearly all day. You can always tie netting inside to shade plants.
Mine have bbeen so useful.I was going to save for a real glass one but they are so good Im not going to bother to now.

I had a walk in one last year. Left it up over the winter, it was doing okay, the plastic covering was ripping in a few places but other than that, it was fine (until the fence next to it snapped (rotten) and slammed into it in a gale and wrecked the whole thing). it does get very hot in there when its sunny. I had a thermometer up in mine and even in the summer we had last year, with all that rain and cool temperatures, it was frequently up past 35*C, sometimes even over 40*C if i'd not opened it until midday.

in order to help with the wind factor i sited mine very carefully: made sure the door was as close to the house as possible, and away from the main direction of the wind, to minimise the amount of wind going into it on a windy day. I also tied the guy lines through the plastic to the actual frame itself - which made the whole thing much sturdier. i dug a 20-30cm deep hole in the ground, stuck boards around the edge to make a sort of bed, then dropped the whole greenhouse inside that hole, so you had to step "down" into the greenhouse to get in. finally, half the greenhouse had a wooden pallet down in it, stretched over the base pole structure, in order to weigh it down. as i said, it worked fine, and would probably still be there it it hadn't been for the fence (social housing property and they wouldn't repair it till it completely went). i'm now considering getting a proper glass one from argos for £179 but thats more to do with wanting to be able to leave it up over the winter than anything.

the plastic ones are great and i'd recommend them, but you do have to be *very* careful where you site them (i.e. top of a windy, exposed hill is NOT good) and take all the precautions you can to weight it down.

keth
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susieb

Hi you can also buy fleece covers for them in the winter, I got one this year and it has protected all my tender plants. But tie it to something, mine is tied to the oil tank and weighted with brinks

warriorprincess_2

Hi i bought one of these last year and it is great. I grew my first lot of veg and flowers and it was brill.

Trishh_2

Anyone needing replacement covers for the mini greenhouses, Wilkos have them.
http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/bin/venda?ex=co_wizr-locayta&template=wz_locayta&pageno=1&perpage=10&collate=cat%3Apdxttype&fieldrtype=type&termtextrtype=invt&typertype=exact&typekeywordsearch=keyword&termtextkeywordsearch=greenhouse+cover

nuttywoman

I`m sure aldi are selling them this next week.

MrsTinks

Yep listed from the 14th dang now I have to wait till the 14th! :rotfl:

IHateDida

Just found the Woolies one! Thankyou to OP and the person that recommended one - I'm gonna order one too! With Quidco you also get 5% back too!

http://www.woolworths.co.uk/web/jsp/product/index.jsp?pid=50794067

noonesperfect

Trishh wrote: »

Anyone needing replacement covers for the mini greenhouses, Wilkos have them.
http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/bin/venda?ex=co_wizr-locayta&template=wz_locayta&pageno=1&perpage=10&collate=cat%3Apdxttype&fieldrtype=type&termtextrtype=invt&typertype=exact&typekeywordsearch=keyword&termtextkeywordsearch=greenhouse+cover

That's excellent thanks so much Trish! I was just thinking "Oh no they haven't got the one near us open yet." (opening this month ) and then I clicked on your link - I can buy it on t'internet!!!!!!:T