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Why do the zips always break on the 3 Tier Mini Greenhouse's.

Has anyone seen a replacement cover that uses Velcro , it would be much better that a zip.

If you are the producer of the mini greenhouse and have not thought about using Velcro, well please do, and remember my discount for the surgestion

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My plot

Hi Steve(spt)

My zips broke yesterday when I run them to the top they just went on and off. Luckily I got them back on and put a safety pin at the tops to stop going off again. Agree with your velcro idea.

NN

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If there is no football and gardening in heaven - I'm not going.

The covers themselves don't last very long. I've had more trouble with the ties to the frame than I have with zips, and my bestest ever one has just got itself a split in the roof!!!!

I have had the same problem since last April, and can't remember who made it [it's not the people in your link]...so if anyone does find them, can I join the queue.

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Andrea :wavehello

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...logs/zazen999/

moon trials completed:
tomatoes
[46% increase in crop per seed sown and 10% increase in crop per plant]

currently underway:
calabrese
garlic

I will be attacking mine soon with a roll of the finest gaffer tape.

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A simple dude trying to grow veg.

http://haywayne.blogspot.com/ - Minor update - 10th November

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The cover to mine went in england but i bought all the rusty old bits over with me (waste not, want not, mend and make do etc etc )and now just cover it in the horticultural plastic stuff with electrical tape and pegs and things ....seems to work although last year it fell apart with loads of seedlings in it and i had to guess what was what when i picked them all up. Have placed it with its back against the wall (mother******) and so it shouldnt fall down this year.

well my zip has not broke yet but the poles keep poping out and i have lost count of the amount of time i have put it back together after a slight breeze

were in for gails tomorrow so you will need to fix it well down 70mh winds

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Smile and the world smiles with you

Those of you with access to Wilko can get replacement 'Gardman' covers for £3.99 - with zips. Velco sounds like a good idea - but if you are going to use velcro, it would have to be a strip all the way down each side, or the wind would catch it.

My mini g/h is against the garage wall, and I've drilled three sets of eyelets into the wall and strapped the g/h down (aroung the cover) with those bungie doo dahs - strong enough to keep the g/h rock steady, and as the bungy things have some give I can zip and unzip (carefully!) with ease.

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Hazel
www.hazelandjanesallotment.blogspot.com
update Sat 15/11/2008......there's gold in them thar...compost bins!......

I too(or rather Jim) have fastened mine to the wall,using eylets and stout cord.I have found that the "doors" have perished over the winter,I think I should have taken the covers off over the winter.
You can get outdoor weight velcro from most Haberdashery shops,not sure how you'ld fix it on though!

My plastic cover has shrunk, so the zips don't go all the way down and sparks from neighbours fire landed on it as well as other things and burnt holes in them!

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You know you're a hard nosed gardener when you pull the weeds from others plots!

Funnily enough mine's been fine for about 6 years since I bought it and then on Sunday I couldn't close the zips, they work OK and no rips but the whole thing seems to have shrunk. Very odd, didn't think plastic would shrink and why now after so long?

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Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

I managed to repair my zips by running them back on and stitching the end with kevlar thread. Won't ever run off again now!

I still find though that after a couple of seasons the clear plastic goes brittle and splits, probably due to UV degradation, so I need new ones anyway!

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Veni, Vidi, Velcro.
I came, I saw, I stuck around.

Hazel

Will the 'Gardman' cover fit those sold at Focus?

NN

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I would think so - the covers come in 3 tier (£2.99) and 4 tier (£3.99) sizes.

mini green house cover sizes

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Hazel
www.hazelandjanesallotment.blogspot.com
update Sat 15/11/2008......there's gold in them thar...compost bins!......

Cheers Hazel and thanks for the link, I don't think we have a Wilko's near us.

NN

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If there is no football and gardening in heaven - I'm not going.

There's a store finder on the web site if you stick in your postcode.

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Hazel
www.hazelandjanesallotment.blogspot.com
update Sat 15/11/2008......there's gold in them thar...compost bins!......

Thanks Hazel.

There is one about 11km (whats that in english) away to the north of that village called Manchester.

NN

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If there is no football and gardening in heaven - I'm not going.