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    Hello,
    has anybody any adea where I can get some "CHEAP" cloches or tunnels for my raised beds , I have had search but no info so far this year.
    Many thanks
    Jes

  • #2
    How cheap? What sort of sizes are you looking for? I got one from the garden centre for £9.99 which just about covers my smallest bed.

    Or you could just buy strong wire and plastic to make your own

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    • #3
      have a go at making yor own you only need some 2by1 batten and some some plastic.

      ill post a pic of mine tomorrow
      my plot march 2013http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvzqRS0_hbQ

      hindsight is a wonderful thing but foresight is a whole lot better

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      • #4
        Norfolk greenhouses do some cheapish cloches, no idea of the quality though.
        Norfolk Greenhouses

        I've bought a plastic tunnel cloche from Plastics by post (Plastics By Post) which are very reasonable, and the covers are replaceable (they really only last a year). I cut the cover in two last year so i had 2 shorter (4m) tunnels, instead of one long (8m) one. the hoops will last forever.
        There's vegetable growing in the family, but I must be adopted
        Happy Gardening!

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        • #5
          I've written something on making your own tunnels for the next issue of GYO. It's not published yet so I shouldn't post the pictures, but you'll be able to get hold of a copy from the 7th of March.

          It's a Geoff Hamilton idea originally. Hope you like it!
          Resistance is fertile

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Paul Wagland View Post
            I've written something on making your own tunnels for the next issue of GYO. It's not published yet so I shouldn't post the pictures, but you'll be able to get hold of a copy from the 7th of March.

            It's a Geoff Hamilton idea originally. Hope you like it!
            Looking forward to that! I was looking at creating my own tunnels/cloches, but materials are quite expensive too.
            Last edited by HeyWayne; 28-02-2008, 11:00 AM.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by Paul Wagland View Post
              I've written something on making your own tunnels for the next issue of GYO. It's not published yet so I shouldn't post the pictures, but you'll be able to get hold of a copy from the 7th of March.

              It's a Geoff Hamilton idea originally. Hope you like it!
              I think I know the ones you mean Paul ... I was tempted but I'll not steal your thunder

              NAKays sell cloche hoops and plastic but I'm sure you could make some hoops (to Paul's spiffing design) to a similar size as the hoops they sell and then just buy the plastic.
              ntg
              Never be afraid to try something new.
              Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
              A large group of professionals built the Titanic
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              • #8
                I've just had a box delivered from Amazon and it includes this "bubble" plastic - it's like a load of pillows. Wonder if I could use that somehow...
                A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

                BLOG UPDATED! http://haywayne.blogspot.com/2012/01...ar-demand.html 30/01/2012

                Practise makes us a little better, it doesn't make us perfect.


                What would Vedder do?

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                • #9
                  I was in Poundland not so long ago & they had mini fleece tunnel type things, and also normal fleece & such stuff, you could have a look there.
                  Jane,
                  keen but (slightly less) clueless
                  http://janesvegpatch.blogspot.com

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                  • #10
                    bought some from ebay (second lot on the way now as I was impressed with the first). Two for £8.99 delivered.
                    link to the shop:
                    eBay UK Shop - globalshoppinguk: HOME AND GARDEN, DIY, COMPUTER ACESSORIES

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                    • #11
                      I've just had the latest specials email from Lidl's and you'll find there are some cheap cloches and small greenhouse type things in it.

                      Great if you have one near you and don't want to make your own. Link is here
                      Veni, Vidi, Velcro.
                      I came, I saw, I stuck around.

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                      • #12
                        Another thought. Loads of the guys on my site go to screwfix and buy big 25 or 50m coils of the blue waterpipe. It's really pliable and when cut makes really good arches to spread cloche plastic or netting over.

                        One guy has even made himself a basic wooden square frame to cover his beds and drilled holes in the wood to hold the blue plastic coils. He can then move the whole frame quite easily.
                        Veni, Vidi, Velcro.
                        I came, I saw, I stuck around.

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                        • #13
                          Could you use this stuff?: Toolstation
                          A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

                          BLOG UPDATED! http://haywayne.blogspot.com/2012/01...ar-demand.html 30/01/2012

                          Practise makes us a little better, it doesn't make us perfect.


                          What would Vedder do?

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by hawthorns View Post
                            have a go at making yor own you only need some 2by1 batten and some some plastic.

                            ill post a pic of mine tomorrow
                            the cloche in the background was one a bought from local garden center for £15 is a super tent cloche. the 2 in the foreground are made by myself
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                            my plot march 2013http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvzqRS0_hbQ

                            hindsight is a wonderful thing but foresight is a whole lot better

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by HeyWayne View Post
                              Could you use this stuff?: Toolstation
                              Definitely mate - you can get it on a roll too, and just cut off the length you need.

                              Like this:

                              Toolstation > Hand Tools > Decorators Tools > Polythene Dust Sheet
                              Last edited by Paul Wagland; 28-02-2008, 05:45 PM. Reason: Added link
                              Resistance is fertile

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