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  • A complete beginner from Cheshire!

    Hello there from a sunny but chilly Cheshire!

    After weeks of meaning to signing up I've finally got round to joining the forum. We live in a rented house and so putting things in the ground isn't really an option for me, however, I'm looking into buying a lean to greenhouse for the back of the house and growing all my stuff in containers.

    This will be the first post of many I'm sure!

    To begin with has anyone got any views on the cheap plastic lean to greenhouses from the likes of Gardman etc? Like I say permanent fixtures aren't an option and so I though this was the next best thing!

    Any help would be greatly appreciated!

    Thanks

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    Hi and welcome! I don't have any experience of the lean-to greenhouses but I gather they need serious fixing down or the wind will just rip them up or blow them away. Some use them with success though.
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    • #3
      Whereabouts in Cheshire are you based, I'm at the top end in Warrington.

      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?

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      • #4
        Hi Alison,
        Like you I'm at the top end of Cheshire in Cheadle.

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        • #5
          i have two 'plastic' greenhouses, bodged together to make one nice sized one, they are still standing at the moment, if disposable greenhouse is all you can manage, then why not try them, each one cost me £30, and if they fall apart, at least i can use them for staging etc.
          Last edited by BrideXIII; 03-11-2008, 07:49 PM.
          Vive Le Revolution!!!
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          • #6
            Originally posted by redlandrover90 View Post
            To begin with has anyone got any views on the cheap plastic lean to greenhouses
            Hi and welcome. Quick answer- they don't like winds: have a go with your Search button (advanced search, titles only) under "plastic greenhouse".

            Here's one to get you started: http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...use_16113.html
            Last edited by Two_Sheds; 04-11-2008, 08:34 AM.
            All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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            • #7
              Thanks for the tips Two sheds. I may try one, but I'll make sure its well anchored down. Its going to be in a very sheltered corner of the patio but my other concern is it won't be south facing. Does this make a huge difference with a small greenhouse or am I wasting my time with a greenhouse that isn't south facing?

              Thanks

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              • #8
                *waves from just over the border*

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by redlandrover90 View Post
                  Thanks for the tips Two sheds. I may try one, but I'll make sure its well anchored down. Its going to be in a very sheltered corner of the patio but my other concern is it won't be south facing. Does this make a huge difference with a small greenhouse or am I wasting my time with a greenhouse that isn't south facing?

                  Thanks
                  well i am on the southcoast which of course makes a difference, tempreture wise, but my greenhouse is north facing, and i still get some pretty good tempratures in there.

                  i have taken the added step of plcing one of those small mini greenhouses inside the main one, the 4 shelf tall ones? all the tender stuff goes in there and is as snug as a bug, bubblewrap all down the insides, all i need now is a kettle and i wont even have to come indoors to warm up
                  Vive Le Revolution!!!
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                  • #10
                    welcome to the site, its grand here xxxxxx
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                    • #11
                      Hi there and welcome to the Vine!
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                      • #12
                        Hello and welcome. I've got a tiny plastic (polythene) "greenhouse" from B&Q. It blew down 24 hours after I'd put in some seed trays of herbs My grandson and son-in-law came over and sorted it out for me by putting a load of bricks on the bottom shelf. I shovelled all the compost (plus seeds) back into the trays and ended up with 6 trays of mixed herbs It's been working for me for the past year, so I should think a lean-to 1 would be fine as long as it's well anchored
                        My girls found their way into my heart and now they nest there

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                        • #13
                          Hi Redlandrover and a warm welcome to the 'vine!

                          We're only a few miles from you in Trafford!

                          We've one of the cheap plastic greenhouses, had it in the back yard last year and were eating toms from it in May, this year it went onto the new plot (at the back) and did ok, but not as well as the greenhouses!

                          Good luck and hope you enjoy the vine!
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                          • #14
                            Welcome I have one of those its tied to the fence post and I weigh it down with either a large pot or bricks or whatever I can find thats heavy.
                            Gardening ..... begins with daybreak
                            and ends with backache

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                            • #15
                              A landrover???Mine OH is a fan of them,this year I found the use for them as well-growing dill in container on the LR roof
                              Welcome to the vine

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