Essential polytunnel, how to grow in a polytunnel, how to buy a polytunnel cheap.

There are many reasons why you should have an undercover growing space, be it a greenhouse or polytunnel. I put the case forward for a polytunnel and how you can use and change a polytunnels use through the seasons. And how it can power your garden, your gardening, and harvests forward like nothing else can. Your polytunnel will soon become your gardens engine room.
In the "Extra Shoots" section of this video, I detail how you can buy a LOT of polytunnel for very little money. Essential polytunnel information!
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[@w.dossett3332]

Still using and loving your videos Steve. Rest in much peace

[@Colinking2127]

You're missed by so many .

[@sallygiles132]

Great very useful information Steve. Miss your videos 😢 RIP

[@papusna84]

What U mean RIP?

[@richiethewles]

@@papusna84Steve passed away.

[@touson-qu8um]

Sadly missed but using your ideas Steve god bless.

[@simplifygardening]

I love my 34ft x 14ft tunnel and in fact love the space so much Ive just started building a 36ft x 16ft tunnel too so will have both. but the new one Im building is commercial hoops and with wind up windows. cant wait to get it finished

[@jillybet3]

Thank you for this wonderful video. Wanting to buy my first tunnel and this has given me loads of ideas and practical info., X!

[@paulajones4999]

So much useful advice thanks

[@robbo7765]

Cracking advice Steve 👍looking to buy my first poly tunnel. Thanks for sharing Robbo

[@jimmyfaulkner5746]

Gonna put a double cross brace under the door frame to anchor the thing and keep the door straight . Excellent idea I'm going to steal it . thank you very much

[@colintazey6817]

Great vid Steve, I love my polytunnel I bought one of the cheap green tunnels 20` x 10` and it`s lasted over 4 years so far though it is starting to degrade in places. I came across some 1 m long half inch thick steel bars and drove them almost 3 feet into the ground and attached my frame to them using car exhaust clamps and it`s never moved.

[@craigbeale8540]

Wish id seen this sooner, i just bought the exact polytunnel 18 x 24ft for over 2k to say im gutted i an understatement. Great video looking forward to many more.

[@davidoconnor3579]

Hi Steve that is a good idea nice one 👍☘️ in joyed your video thanks again Steve.

[@GreenSideUp]

Thank you David, glad you enjoyed it!...Steve...👍

[@davidwormleighton2839]

Hi Steve what a brilliant video and full of really useful advice, thanks for taking the time to do it, all the best, stay safe David 👍👍

[@GreenSideUp]

So pleased you appreciate it David, this keeps me making them, take care ...Steve...👍😃

[@ACSmellsGood]

loved the video Steve, and as I am planning to get my first poly tunnel, I gained tremendous amounts of information. Would you be so kind to do a video on how to handle slugs and snails in a humane way please? Last summer we had a huge infestation because of the frequent rainy season we had.

[@hudson8865]

Thank you.

[@Pigearvet]

I'd love to grow in a poly, but the wind gets wicked in the fall and spring here and would probably destroy it. You have a lovely setup.

[@innitonnit1564]

Brilliant video. Really enjoyed watching that. Looking at getting our first proper tunnel in next year. Will give the ex-commercial frames a look 👍

[@GreenSideUp]

Glad it was helpful!...Steve...😁

[@Whistlewalk]

Lots of good info! Thank you.

[@davej7458]

Very good tips, thank you.

[@chris53small]

totally agree a poly tunnel is a big plus and i will get one, thanks

[@SecrePeach]

Great advice thanks

[@GreenSideUp]

Thank you Karen, very much appreciated...Steve...😁

[@Flippin_Crazy]

You give such good advice. Plenty of wd40.

[@jukeseyable]

Just to reiterate his point of go for the. Ex commercial tunnels, I'll post our experience here with full costings. Just to say a few weeks beforehand we missed out on a 50 sq meter tunnel used on eBay, the frame no fittingswent for £750, it seams that the large domestic size are keenly sought after with na lot of competition. Okay so onto the commercial tunnel, (to big for most people, so less competition) we bought, its 28 ft by 60 so 156 m sq with all of its fittings and the 4 doors for £750 on eBay, we had to move it from Peterborough to mid Wales, £400 (the longest piece was 5.3 m) timber for door frames base and side rails £560 inc vat from huws gray builders merchants. Extra fittings for both side ventilation from northern polyrunnels £300, replacement screen northern £550. All in £2560, that works out at £16. The equivalent new from first polytunnel will set u back £4800, and its an inferrior product £30.75 m sq, so just over half price. Hope this helps others out there, and gives you some idea of the costs for other elements, when buying 2nd hand polytunnel frames

[@CharlottesClosetNI]

This is brilliant I don’t own a tunnel as i only have a garden but it will be something i will be looking into in the future if i get an allotment:) thank you!

[@thomascallaghan5988]

Brilliant video,that’s a great tip 👍

[@GreenSideUp]

Thanks Thomas, hope you can use some of the info and get a tunnel up...Steve...👍

[@sjt4689]

Awesome video, thanks so very much 😊

[@lucyjane103]

Your tunnel is fabulous !

[@stephenbrammall2565]

A bunch of great advice Steve..

[@GreenSideUp]

Thanks Stephen, how is your season going?...Steve...🌱😃

[@stephenbrammall2565]

Well, where do I start Steve, tomatoes have been a disaster, we're experiencing temps ranging from mid 80's up and into the 90's, then thunderstorms, with flash flooding, causing tomatoes to split and burst open ( here tomatoes are grown outside with really no control over the weather ) can't imagine what temps would get to in a greenhouse or tunnel, almost need a/c to cool it down...best veggies have been the real heat loving things like Aubergines ( eggplants as they're called here ), Peppers, got a ton of banana peppers and still producing well, I'm trying for an Autumn crop of things that like the cooler temps, fingers X'd

[@harmonicresonanceproject]

Very useful, thanks!

[@garytroman5657]

Good information Steve...

[@GreenSideUp]

Many many thanks Gary, hope you got something from it...Steve...👍

[@mamarrachopunpun]

Just about to buy one "blow away" one. I'll see the way to secure it to the ground.

[@bristolveggiebeds5310]

Great growing space!!!!

[@GreenSideUp]

It is magical Helen, it keeps on amazing me with what it can do and I am still experimenting with it to find it's limits...Steve...👍😃

[@angelaconvery5706]

Great advice 👍👍

[@GreenSideUp]

Thank you Angela, much appreciated...Steve...😁

[@Juststuartt]

What a great video

[@paulinemorris5186]

Really interesting video, Ive got a 10x10 polytunnel in the garden but unfortunately I haven't been able to grow in it for a few tears due to an elderly neighbour being unable to maintain his garden and his trees have shaded my tunnel( he wouldn't let us trim the trees) But now we have new neighbours and they have removed numerous trees so hopefully next season I can use it. I don't think the ground will be very good because of tree roots.

[@jksatte]

Your allotment seems huge. What is the size of it? I love the overhead shot at the beginning. I also love that it is full to the brim. Well done.

[@cw2126]

❤ this channel

[@GreenSideUp]

Thanks CW...so do I...Steve...😃😃

[@celticstoneworks.construct4570]

Good wee video. Fair play to ya.

[@Stettafire]

1:06 TBH £400 is much cheaper then I expected :O I always discounted itbecause I thought it would have three zeros

[@janetwilkinson7080]

Poly tunnel envy 🥴 there are none on our site ...the old guys on the site site say they all blow away when they’ve attempted it !! ... our site is On open farm land ... and I’m not proficient enough to attempt it on my own 😕

[@GreenSideUp]

It just takes a little thought, I think sometimes some people do not want to change what they know, maybe they are a little timid about it. I am on a very exposed site and my tunnels have withstood very high storm force winds. Maybe one day you can have one Janet...Steve...👍

[@isthatsonotsofast9604]

I was wondering where is a good place to put in my yard. I have an area that gets full sun year round and another place that is part sun most shade. The cover is white. Where would you put it?

[@jerrycrow66]

I have a twenty five foot tunnel that serves me well. Unfortunately the ravages Of time are starting to show. A new cover is now needed after fourteen years!

[@torrencekrepps757]

Just to make sure that it never separate

[@Flippin_Crazy]

How do you keep the weeds out of those beds?

[@ronaldandsusanshaws-growing]

👍👍👍

[@GreenSideUp]

Many thanks Ronald...Steve...😃

[@torrencekrepps757]

Heck since the zippers are junk go ahead and tape it with flex tape on the inside

[@mm-nk3qe]

If i put a polytunnel in my garden then i won't have much space to plant open outdoor. Is it better to have more polytunnel space than outdoor open? I am confused. If you were to have one which one wouldnyou choose? Many thanks

[@cristinacabugnason8237]

Where did you buy the hoops?

[@cw2126]

👍👍👍

[@GreenSideUp]

Cheers mate...Steve...😃👍

[@cw2126]

👍👍👍

[@christophermee5214]

RIP

[@FASIGMAN]

The zips last longer than that and a bit of tape will sort the damage people do not panic..........Sorry mate I need to calm the crowd.....I do not live in a panic state NO NEED.