How to stop cloches blowing away?

hiya,
Having a problem with me cloches today. It's very windy, and although I have tent pegs holding them down, they are being lifted up by the wind, and I'm finding the cloche in the hedge. (Windy site!!)

Any ideas?

Cloche is a simple triple D frame, with cover, and closed "ends" - an Aldi special!

 

I have no advise but I am a little worried myself.

Yesterday I put up another grow home (plastic aldi special) - this one is much bigger as it is a walk in one (posh!!!) - but it isnt as sheltered as my other one. I have genuine fears of finding it and its contents all over the lawn. The wind is wild here at work this afternoon.

I guess I will have to wait and see when I get home.

I know people have used tent pegs to keep cloche's in place.

 

"It's not good, it's not right, it's not proper", to misquote from a recent TV series, but I hope it will WORK!

 

Hey - if it works who cares.

I am home. Walk in grow him still where I left it but not sure how long for. Need to think of extra ways to tether it down. The stress of not knowing this afternoon has given me a headache.

Haven't dared open up the door to see how everything is inside. The seedlings in there certainly will have had a turbulent time. I am sure if I do open the door that the cover will take off like a kite.

 

Monty Python's 16 ton weight..... (sorry, couldn't resist)

 

The critical point is how whatever is holding down the cloche is tethered. I've used heavy duty bungees but they need to be fixed to something solid, tent pegs just get pulled up in a strong wind.

I have some bell cloches and put soil all around them and up a few inches on the outside hoping that no wind could get underneath them. We've had very high swirling winds today and they're still in place (so far!)

 

Sian , good quality long plastic tent pegs should hold them . Your nearest camping store will hav e them.
Then again if you are trying to hold the cloche onto a soft vegetable bed maybe your rocks on strings is the best solution?

http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/hi-gear-power-pegs-8-inch-camping-pegs-p143593

 

I live on a hill tht gets a lot of wind, I too had those walk in chap ones from Lidl, alas the few good days turned to wind and rain and Im expecting to find brocolli and cabbages growing somewhere across my lawn someday :P

 

I was using 7" metal pegs, but they didn't cut the mustard. I had also skewered the cloches down with 2 foot long bamboo canes, but still came home to find the cloches in the hedge.

I think one of the problems (as well as the exposed nature of the site) is that the veg bed has only just been triple-dug, so yes, the soil is not even settled down yet. This is why I've used the bricks, granite sets, and the ground-stakes that hold the upright boards in place, as tethering points...

 

Hi Sian Can you build up the soil around them so that the wind can't get underneath?

 

I am going to buy some bungee ropes and tether it around the middle to the fence when I know its going to be windy.

But for tonight just hope the wind settles as otherwise it will be garden armageddon tomorrow!!!!

 

Yay! The ties are holding, even through a series of violent thunderstorms yesterday.

Hope your cloches are holding, @GYO newbie ?

 

In all honesty the BEST cloches are the old Chase continuous cloche (Glass)
Alternatively make your own from glass sheets and clips you can get to make tent cloches. Not as good as the barn and high barn cloches but better by far than plastic. Once in position hose them down and the natural suction will hold them to the ground.