PolyTunnel -v- Greenhouse

[johninblackpool]

Hi Grapes

If you had a choice that you could only fit one of the above on your allotment which would you choose

Not sure which to go for

John

[PAULW]

Unless you are in spitting distance of your plot personally non of the above, the lottie manager had his seedlings in a blowaway it was a miserable overcast cold morning so he left the thing shut up, that afternoon the sun came out and it was a scorcher all the seedlings were crisped, it can be sometimes tricky to keep an eye on a greenhouse at home even with auto vents you can get some very high temperatures, in mid summer I usually mist the greenhouse a couple of times a day as well as chucking a bucket of water on the floor to maintain the humidty so a greenhouse up the lottie would have me worried to death.

[Glutton4...]

We're not ignoring you John, there was a lengthy discussion on here a couple of weeks ago. Have a furtle about with the 'search' tool, and you'll probably find it!

[SarzWix]

If money was no object, I'd go for a polytunnel, but a proper one, not one of those ebay pop together (but more often pop-apart!) pretend polytunnels.
The reasons being:
1) less likely to get damaged by any stone-throwing idiots.
2) Easier to ventilate - door open at each end, plenty of through draught.
3) Less problems with scorching as the cover is slightly opaque, so no need for shade netting/paint.
4) More width generally than a greenhouse.

I wouldn't bother with a greenhouse that has polycarbonate glazing, unless you want to spend time either siliconing and taping the panels in place, or picking them out of other people's plots every winter...