Argos £29 greenhouse with pics

[cordyman]

Bought a smaller greenhouse this year, less footprint outside the kitchen, not bad quality for £29.99, although missed out on a similar one from wilkos for £20

spare straw and already endorsed by the cat



essential duct taping of the key joints to strengthen frame under high winds




Used 4 parasol weight plates to hold the base down




Just needs the shelves filling up now, ziptying black plastic crates to the shelves so pots won't fly off under high wind shakage!

[pdid]

Good luck, but if you get proper high winds the duck tape wont be worth a toss. I picked up a proper 8x6 second hand one ebay for £52 having chewed through 3 of these at various sizes.

[cordyman]

Good luck, but if you get proper high winds the duck tape wont be worth a toss. I picked up a proper 8x6 second hand one ebay for £52 having chewed through 3 of these at various sizes.

the bigger version never moved last 3 years, think the fences offer a lot of wind protection down the side of the house too

[pdid]

Good luck, but if you get proper high winds the duck tape wont be worth a toss. I picked up a proper 8x6 second hand one ebay for £52 having chewed through 3 of these at various sizes.

the bigger version never moved last 3 years, think the fences offer a lot of wind protection down the side of the house too

Yeah you're a little more inland than me. Where I am there is a long wide straight road which goes from the end of my street to pretty much the promenade and acts as a wind funnel.

[Deedee]

Good luck, but if you get proper high winds the duck tape wont be worth a toss. I picked up a proper 8x6 second hand one ebay for £52 having chewed through 3 of these at various sizes.

the bigger version never moved last 3 years, think the fences offer a lot of wind protection down the side of the house too

I was going to say that Cordy, looks nice and snug there.

[fern Rob]

How do they stand against snow?

[kevineden]

clear the snow from the roof or the poles just buckle and collapse

[daftbanana]

All the best with that, mine didn't last 5 minutes. High winds and it will blow away or buckle and fall apart unless you've got it in a very sheltered position.

[cordyman]

quite sloped roofs so snow never been much of an issue, heres MK1 at 0.50 seconds, 3 years without even budging, all about weighing the base down with something heavy, then duct taping joints so top can't blow clean off.


0.50 ...

[Yorkshire Kris]

If it can get windy in your garden then don't buy one of these as more than likely it'll collapse. Also zips can break and poles buckle.

[pdid]

And the other problem is when it is windy you are constantly watching and praying that it doesn't blow away, in the process destroying whatever it was you were protecting inside!

[Blairs]

I had one of these, and snow, wind and the poles bending was not a problem. The bit you lift of the zip did break on mine and I had to manually zip it up and down but was not a problem. Apart from the condensation, lack of ventilation and their ugliness I think they are great, esp just to keep plants dry.

[fern Rob]

I had one of these, and snow, wind and the poles bending was not a problem. The bit you lift of the zip did break on mine and I had to manually zip it up and down but was not a problem. Apart from the condensation, lack of ventilation and their ugliness I think they are great, esp just to keep plants dry.

Keeping plants dry seems to be the key to stop most plant deaths in winter.

[Delboy]

Mine lasted 2 months. Was great nov-dec with just a broken zip to contend with.
Then the snow bought the whole lot down and I now use the cover over my patio set.

The plastic joints were useless and the poles as weak as kittens.

[otorongo]

I've had mine for almost 3 years and it's in good shape, the plastic cover has some tear and is not as clear as it used to be though.

It's weighed down with 2 heavy blocks of concrete.