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    I've made a kind of shelter for my tomatoes against the prevailing wind. I don't know if it'll be any good or not, the closed side faces the sun's trajectory so I'm hoping it will concentrate the heat a bit. Looks more like the entrance to a boudoir than a solid horticultural construct, but am pleased with it nevertheless! Ahem don't look at my rusty garlic please..
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    Every little helps, Finley

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    • #3
      Shaffer has some tiles, if you want to put a roof on it.

      Mod Edit - its Snadger really

      Damn spell check!
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      • #4
        I found another sheet of holey plastic (think it was one of those cheap polytunnel things last year) and closed off the other side. It's actually pretty warm in there! Hope the wind doesn't come back...

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        • #5
          That wind was strange for June,I haven't had potato stems torn from the plant before,nice tomato house they'll like the extra warmth you've created
          Location : Essex

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          • #6
            I agree every little helps but...... is that a green 6 x 6 trough you have 3 tomato plants in. If so you might want to change things before the warm weather arrives, get 3 12ltr black flower pots and transplant them one per pot..
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            • #7
              When I was a teenager before Mother bought me a proper greenhouse, I made a rickety plastic lean to on the side of our outhouse. It was south facing and I think the outhouse bricks soaked up the sun.
              It look similar to yours but was fully enclosed with a door of sorts.
              Toms grew in the ground.
              We had the best toms I have ever seen.
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              Jimmy
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              • #8
                That looks similar to what the locals here put up around their tomatoes to keep off blight!
                Last edited by Nicos; 14-06-2017, 08:48 AM.
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                • #9
                  I used to rig up something similar to harden of my plants always worked out well.
                  Location....East Midlands.

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                  • #10
                    I wasn't sure of the spacing so I bunged three in there based on three per growbag (or am I wrong about that?!) but maybe I'll split them out a bit. Thanks!

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                    • #11
                      They're a bit hungry and thirsty for three to a bag.

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                      • #12
                        If you nip to somewhere like Morrisons you can buy black flower buckets for use with cut flowers, they are ridiculously cheap under a quid for 8. You will need to put drainage hole in the bottom but they are great for many things. Tomatoes one per bucket is ideal, even then you will be watering once a day during warm weather.
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                        • #13
                          Hmm I have two growbags too. I'll keep to two per growbag - never used them before, will set up a good watering system!

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