Poly-Tunnel Gardening

The ones with 'green' covers are normally much, much cheaper than those sold with clear covers.Green covers start rapidly deteriorating after a couple of years, so can either be replaced when the polythene between the mesh begins to shower down, or immediately re-sell the supplied cover on...

Yes you were asking the shelving problem.. Sorry.. Went off on a tangent there.. if your tunnel is in full sun put your shelving in a bright area, but not direct sun or they will cook.. Maybe rig some shade up if seedlings get too hot... Seedlings want bright but not full sun..

Showing the height difference I had to deal with. No doubt there are better ways but this is what I thought of.

Thanks (belatedly) for this Steve.Due to lack of tow bar and trailer buying commercial is not going to be possible.My proposed site is pretty sheltered so a lighter model will hopefully be quite suitable.Any makes you can suggest as we can fit in 5m x 3 or 4m.PH

Forgot to mention there is clear corrugated sheeting available so you can replace the rooftop?

i have removed all the fruits now.

Like this, sloping curved canes to suit curved sides. As mentioned above I grow beefsteak toms closest the cover that are terminated lower than the likes of Sungolds closest the central path which will be taken up to (and along in a good year) the apex. It may look a bit 'tight' and the top of...

Hi Steve, yes I was hoping find a system of guttering to fit at about 4-5ft up the tunnel wall to direct water into a butt - We did try a commercially available stick-on type, but apart from it being difficult to fit well, the 'trough' is only about a quarter inch across so overflows or chokes...

You'd be better doing a self-build using decent polythene really - cos the main problem with these is the rubbish covers. They may be 'UV open' (which actually isn't an advantage) but actual transmission is poor to begin with, and the surface makes algae buildup faster than regular...

The DIY tunnel in the first post above has been knocking around for a number of years now, it was published I think before the raft of cheaper tunnels we have available today came up for sale. My point being here that it was a cheap solution at first, and still is if your resourceful or lucky...

Just build a bigger conservatory, but have a no clutter rule

Tip: Add a sticky label to the side of your tape measure and write on that to avoid keep losing scraps of paper with dimensions on before you get home.Overall length of '6 metre' long tunnel is 5950mm and removing a single intermediate section would reduce it by 990mm, reducing the overall...

Lol no not really I was trying to tie some toms up other day and had to come out as my arms was dripping I was sweeting that much

Sadly, yes. I bought the bags before reading them. The sets are about 10mm. I'll try and take a photo of the label later today.

Some info from the place where I got my Pongo bean seeds from (only I got them from their stall at a local event to save paying P&P): Speedy - Pongo -

I've covered two of my own and helped two friends cover theirs, not a difficult job to do as long as there is a minimum of two people. If your covering your own and not sure how to do then ask on forums or google it. Plenty of info freely available for those who want to do it, you could even ask...

But relatively easily dealt with using beer traps and non-rain proof organic bird/hedgehog friendly bait, being under cover.I usually use an upturned plastic bottle with the bottom cut off and placed on a stick projecting into the hole through the mulch for bushy plants and a similar...

Hi Alice, Thanks for your advice, You would think after 3 years of growing veg here I'd be used to late frosts but obviously not ! I used to grow my Tomatoes in a sun room on the back of my south facing house where they were lovely and warm, but sadly we had to take it down ! Where do I get...

yes its a magic moment when you share the first toms with her indoors. Now we are enjoying a great mix of different varieties which i bought on ebay early on in the year. I too became worried at leaf problems as last year i suffered damping off in the tunnel through lack of ventilation i guess,...

Sandy, I would advise against growing tomatoes with potatoes. Grow them but keep them seperate, tomatoes in the polytunnel potatoes outside as far away from the toms as possible. I would also suggest you treat the soil with Armillatox or Jeyes Fluid after having blight in the tunnel. David.