Plastic Blowaway Greenhouse

[FlawlessVictory]

Hi Guys, I've got one of these in my garden at the moment and I'm just wondering how much of an impact they have protecting vegetables in the colder weather. For e.g vegetables which say cloche protection for early sowings.

Is it protection enough to sow at the earliest stage or maybe a week before? This is my first full year with the allotment and I only live in a one bedroom place with limited window space so making full use of the cheap tent I have outside would be good! I've only really used them for my tomatoes and chillis previously.

Cheers

[Dorothy rouse]

Can you start indoors for a week or so, and then keg out to the blowaway? ( hope it doesn't ) is it a 'proper Polytunnel type blowaway' or one of those green type ones with the replaceable cover?

I have one of those wedged on ground floor balcony, it dies offer a bit of protection from cold and winds, but not like a greenhouse.

[FlawlessVictory]

I can start things off inside as I have multiple propagators etc! I can just see it getting to March and the house been covered in plants!! I've bought a heck of a lot of seeds and to be honest with you I don't even think I've got enough room on the allotment for them! Anything that can help me is very welcomed!

It's a proper blowaway blowaway replacable cover three tiered thingy! It's secure though against a wall.

[Jungle Jane]

Iv got a blow away 3 tiered plastic tent next to my house,some things did survive quite low temps,as the heat from the house is right next to the tent...it did blow away a bit,lost a few plants,had to put compost bags under it to weigh it down,probably insulated it a bit and also stacked heavy stuff against it to make it stay still eg table & chairs. If you do monthly sowings you can replace plants that get blown away?

[Kristen]

I'm just wondering how much of an impact they have protecting vegetables in the colder weather. For e.g vegetables which say cloche protection for early sowings.

You mentioned, in a later post, that it is against the house wall - could you bring plants in for the night and just stand them on the utility / kitchen / garage / shed floor? If so then I would recommend doing that on cold nights for anything that won't like cold temperatures. Also important to make sure that anything in there doesn't cook on sunny days - those 4-tier-shelf blowaways have no temperature control other than to open the zip-up door, which then means that the plants are pretty much outside.

[scarey55]

I tend to do what Kristem has suggested and put things out during the day and pop them back in during the night. It's a bit of a pain but it is just until it warms up enough for them to be planted out. You would need to do this anyway for a week or so to harden them off before planting outside. If it gets cold during the day iny blowaway I put some tealights in just to raise the temperature a bit.

[FlawlessVictory]

Thanks for the responses, Luckily I have a few indoor resting spots I could use at night, I will just have to get up earlier to have the time to put them back out...! I'll test the water anyways as said above I can always just resow!