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I've rigged up my plastic poly tunnel over my raised bed for winter but i'm struggling to keep it attatched due to high winds. Does anyone have any suggestions?

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P.S Essentially it's a set of hoops with a plastic sheet............

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is it the plastic coming off, or the whole thing lifting?

here is what i use to keep my plastic greenhouses in place:

http://www.selections.com/GF2948/log...rchtext=stakes

they are long enough to go in quite deep and have convenient screw holes at differing heights, work a treat.

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i put bricks at the sides between the loops, and tent pegs st each end with a brick on ...... survived some horrid winds

or you could put a piece of strong string along from the end peg, along each edge held down with tent pegs

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i was thinking about rigging up a press system or tying in some rods to the edge of the plastic to weight the side down. Like an old fashioned banner, dop you think it'll work?

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how about getting hold of some lead fishing weights, still not sure that would hold it down in high winds.
Is the plastic fixed to the hoops at all?

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yes you could put tube down the side, but i'd still be inclined to put the odd brick or tant peg along the sides (tent pegs are about £2 for 20 i think in wilkies, i think they had some in asda too .... the wind gets under them and lifts them, so some form of pegging or weight along the edges, will stop the wind getting under and if it does it'll be too heavy to lift

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If you have wooden sides on your raised bed, then get some round headed screws (with these you will not cut yourself to bits banging against them) and screw them at intervals along each side of the bed. Then just tie string across the tunnel to a screw on each side to hold it all down.

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I held mine down at the ends with bricks. Also laying planks along the edges will stop the wind getting underneath it and provide a bit more protection, if a bit less light.

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