Maximising poly-tunnel space - any ideas?

[Samuel1988]

Evening all,

Today I managed to put in 3 raised beds in my poly tunnel. The poly tunnel is not big and has a single entrance with two of those small shelving greenhouses in the 3rd raised bed at the end.

I was wondering if there is any way to utilise the whole space in the poly tunnel (the vertical space) as I was looking at the top of the inside and I reckon that somewhere someone has maybe made some hanging shelving to utilise this? Are there products I can buy out on the market?

Be good to hear your advice & tips.

Many thanks,

Samuel

[marchogaeth]

Rope and a scaffolding plank? I line mushroom boxes with something a little bit permeable, fill with compost and plant all sorts of green leaves in them. Rope in each corner and hang them up. If you've got a bar to hang off just use your imagination. If the bar is actually the one the polythene sits on make sure the rope doesn't create a "hot spot" and end up giving you a hole.

[Brom]

As Marchogaeth says, just use your imagination.

No matter how much space you have in a polytunnel/greenhouse you will always need more. I have a couple of these in the polytunnel, I find them very useful for seedling trays.

There is one problem with them that I've found...I keep forgetting they're there and banging my head on them when I'm working on a raised bed.

[Samuel1988]

That idea looks good - I think I am going to try it. May I ask where you got the materials required to make one?

I think I am going to have a couple either side but if I can get away with it (in terms of how much weight the bars can hold) I will try to utilise all the shelving space.

Thanks for both of your replies,

Samuel

[Brom]

The shelf itself is cut from a piece of plywood I had lying around in the shed, to be honest any piece, or pieces, of wood screwed together would suffice. The chains I liberated from the local recycling plant (someone had used them on a pair of huge hanging baskets). The eyebolts I bought from the local hardware shop. To be honest, four pieces of knotted rope would have done just as well.

Don't make them too big or you run the risk of shading the plants below them.