wilcos small greenhousie things?

[nikiwitch]

hi all, I dont have a greenhouse, as i have a small garden and a rather dipsy dog who would smash glass, but I need somewhere to grow my seeds, what do people think about those small shelved stands with covers from wilcos, would they they any good my seeds don seem to be germinating in the house

[Potstubsdustbins]

Niki,

Search for blowaways that is what they are called here. There is tons of info.

Colin

[nikiwitch]

thankyou very much

[Poddington Pea]

I have one and I love it! Pretty poor quality tbh, the cover was already ripped when I took it out of the box, but I wasn't going all the way back to the shop so taped it up and it's been fine!
I put it up on the windiest day ever, it was hilarious, but I persevered and put a couple of bricks in the bottom, it's been fine and has not blownaway!

[Shadylane]

... would they they any good my seeds don seem to be germinating in the house

If they're not germinating in the house a blowaway wouldn't be much better. The temps get really cold at night and a lot of seeds need a constant temp to germinate. What seeds are you having problems with? I have several blowaways but they're secured to a fence and you can only put hardy stuff in them at this time(unless you bring it in at night).

[bronwen]

I bought a wilko blowaway for what I consider a very good price about 7 weeks ago when I was bitten by the 'grow your own' bug and really enjoy using it. I have nowhere to put anything indoors so I use it for all my newly sown seeds so far. I have had mostly successful germination, even tomatoes and chillis (*touch wood*). It blew away once when there wasn't much in it and I'm hoping it doesn't do that again!

[Two_Sheds]

It blew away once

This one was tied to the wall - growhouse over | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

I've now got a (toughened) glass one. Bricks bounce off it, so a dog would too

[stella]

Ive got a small plastic one and I love it maybe one day I will move on to something else but at the moment it does the trick. More space and did well for germinating seeds.

[BigShot]

...put a couple of bricks in the bottom...

This is good advice. I'd cover the bottom shelf with bricks to be safer, but keep in mind that with a strong wind from the right (wrong?) direction even bricks won't hold it down.

Bricks bounce off it...

Problems with the natives?
Sounds like the sort of thing that happens around here... and not just greenhouses. They bounce off cars in the allotment car park sometimes too.

Still - the soil is good!

[nikiwitch]

thanks for the advice the main problem I am having is trying to get my french beans started, my friend says I have started them to early,

[Two_Sheds]

French beans like warm soil, so start them off in the warm (south windowsill is ideal). When they come up you can move them out to the blowaway. Mine are doing well with a min temp of 10c

[Florence Fennel]

I could write the blues around my three blowaways that blew away. They all had sandbags on the bottom shelf, but the wind was so strong it pulled them apart and left the bases where they were! Haven't yet decided what to replace them with. If it's more blowaways (due to lack of space) I'm going to try to fasten them to a fence or wall.
They may have blown away, but they did the job for me when I used them.