🌱 Grow Beyond Limits with Extreme Polytunnels!
The Extreme Polytunnels + Ground Anchor Kit offers serious growers a robust and spacious solution for their gardening needs. Available in multiple sizes (4m x 3.5m, 6m x 3.5m, 8m x 3.5m), this polytunnel features a heavy-duty 32mm galvanized steel frame with full height bracing, ensuring maximum durability and wind resistance. With ample ventilation and easy access, it's designed for the dedicated gardener who demands the best.
Product Dimensions | 600 x 350 x 195 cm |
Part number | PT0003 / PT0005 / PT0007 |
Manufacturer | Crocodile Trading Ltd |
Manufacturer reference | PT0003 / PT0005 / PT0007 |
ASIN | B01BSZX4R6 |
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Great frame BUT terrible covering
Good stout frame - terrible covering that sits too loosely on the frame and which developed several rips within the first six months of use. The mesh windows have all but disintegrated or rotted in the wet weather and we now have to replace the whole covering barely 15 months after purchase. We had sited to structure in a sheltered part of the garden but to no avail.
G**Y
So Frustrating - Could be a really good product - but it isn't
This has the potential to be a great piece of kit but sadly it isn't. A few tweaks on the design and they could put all this right, but i doubt they will.The materials of the frame are reasonably robust but frustratingly due to the oval shaped holes (presumably created to facilitate assembly) leave the unit rather wobbly and the tighter you do the bolts the more chance you have of crushing the tube.The real issue is the cover. It sits on the frame like a pair of Nora Batty's wrinkly stockings and stunningly there are NO ties to secure it to the frame! I contacted the seller to see if this was a manufacturing defect but no, that's the design of it.So you have a wobbly frame and a loose fitting cover with the only option to secure it (according to the manufacturer) is to dig it into the ground, except it isn't really an option as the 'skirt' is way too short to be able to do this with any reasonable expectation of security, which becomes non existent if you decide to use wooden sleepers as a mounting base.But there is more. The cover on the door is a joke. Again its loose and baggy with no mechanism for tightening. Its a rectangular door sitting in a curved frame so there is a big gap at the top that serves to funnel the wind inside which then causes the whole thing to flap about madly in even the most modest of breezes.Instead of a simple sliding bolt mechanism for securing the door closed there is a weird fork shaped piece of metal that rotates and sits either side of the door upright pole to trap it in place. Well that's the theory except again its pants as the door frame has the loose fitting cover on it so the two prongs of the closing mechanism don't sit against the metal door frame, they actually rub on the material and mine has already split after one day.So, it could be a great piece of kit. It isn't. However if you are prepared to do some engineering of your own and address some of the shortcomings it will probably do the job. If you are not a handyman and are relying on an out of the box solution then come the slightest wind you will discover that you have bought yourself a hanglider !2022 UPDATEWell the polytunnel is no more. The whole thing was blown to shreds last winter. The plastic material used for the cover doesn’t appear to be photo stable and had started to break down and split to the point where we had some typical wind and rain storms and it ripped to shreds. I assume that this company have dissolved and rebranded but still selling the same tat. Be very wary of buying these green checked poly tunnels they are likely to be the same material as the one I bought.If you need a clue take a look at all the farmers and market gardeners. None of them use this type of material for their tunnels. It’s all the clear polythene type.I learned the hard way
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