On 7 May 2007 11:26:13 -0700, Gadget Man wrote:

WARNING: If you have started potting seedlings and you are considering
buying a plastic greenhouse you may have seen whilst in the garden
centre just STOP!!!

I was going to buy a plastic greenhouse that I've seen for sale with
about 3 to 5 shelves in it, that is free standing to put in the garden
and take most advantage of the sun we are getting.

But then I searched all the internet shopping sites I could and found
on the Woolworths website a massive Walk-In greenhouse that takes more
than four times as many plants!

Just look at the photograph of it on my blog at
http://householdproductreviews.blogs...oolworths.html
if you are interested.

I had one of these a few years ago. It worked very well for a season -
but I failed to remove the cover over winter and the weather took its
toll.
Having patched it up with clear gaffa tape it survived another season,
but the cover fell to pieces during the Autumn.

This year I bought a replacement from Woolies.
I thought I was getting the same sort of thing ( about 5' x 4' ), but
on opening the box it turned out to be rather smaller ( about 4' x 2
1/2' - so half the size of the first one...not so much a 'walk in'
greenhouse, more a 'strand outside of' ) - but the cover is made from
a much sturdier plastic ( it has reinforcing fabric embedded in it, as
opposed to the plain plastic of the original ) and looks as though it
will last a lot longer than the previous greenhouse ( and it'll be
easier to remove the cover come Winter ).

I had very good results with the last affair - it's an excellent,
cheap way of providing a protected space for raising seeds/cuttings
etc. and growing plants/veg that need a bit of extra heat.
Leave a couple of full watering cans in the greenhouse - the water
will pick up the heat of the day and give it up as night draws in.
It's not much, but I found it worked well in my second season of
growing in the greenhouse.
It's well worth growing a cucumber plant in one of these things -
they're as easy to grow as courgettes and the flavour of the fruits is
far superior to anything shop-bought. I recommend Telegraph as a
variety.


Regards,



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