Would I recommend a Polytunnel for Growing Cacti ? | Sharing my experience
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- Would I recommend a Polytunnel for Growing Cacti ? Sharing my experience.
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Would I recommend getting a Polytunnel for Growing Cacti ? In this video I share the Pros and Cons of having a Polytunnel from my own experience 😀🥰🌵
My "hothouse" like a clear tarp with those white strings embedded in it. It's like a very thin vinyl pIastic, not that tarp made from the meshed plastic strands. I built the frame double the size but wanted to see how I would go with the wind so only put it on half the length of the frame the first year. It has torn in the wind but I've used wood effectively clamped together and a bunch of extra large headed screws with washers to secure more points. It's like a lean to, 3.6 meter high at the highest point, 1.8 at the lowest point with a 5.5 meters of roof and 7.2 meters length that I can extend to 14.4 meters. Excluding the wing breaking side which is bell shaped and steel, I have a big pile of pots and the entry door on one side of that it is essentially the size of a full length lorry trailer. I get phenomenal warmth in there, basically easily 8-10C above outside temperatures depending on how fasy the sun comes up, and I suspect in summer it'll probably be 17C more but at that point the cacti will either be outside or I will lift the sides up for ventilation and maybe add shadecloth as I have some huge ones. This cost me about AU$3300 made myself with 27 foundations and like 92 or 98 bags of premix concrete and a lot of rocks. It is more a low end commercial outfit with a lot of framing. Can see it a few miles back I found out yesterday. Right on the edge of a hill in a paddock. I knew it was big but didn't think it was so blatantly obvious to everyone going down the road.
@@OffGridInvestor WOW your Hothouse sounds INCREDIBLE and at AU$3,300 thats very economical for a wonderful Hothouse and extra special you was able to make it yourself too, and at 3.6 metres high at the highest point that a wonderful height for the taller cacti, thanks so much for sharing all about your awesome Greenhouse Hothouse and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful evening XXXX
I agree on how hard it is to keep the bubble wrap in place on contoured sides. I have the same problem on the roof of my greenhouse and mine is way smaller than yours. The bubble wrap keeps falling despite all the tapes I put on it. Great video topic Lyn. Very helpful especially for those who are deciding on which type of greenhouse to buy.
So happy you loved the pros and cons of having a greenhouse and polytunnel l Ana :-D the bubblewrap really is a challenge to keep it staying put haha, thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and CAFFEINE and PLANT POWER to Las Vegas from Hans and me for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Hi Lyn!😌🙌I enjoyed watching🤲🌟It's difficult to even mention the things we don't like about our set-up without feeling disheartened, so I think you did really well to share your thoughts🤲🌟Enjoy your polytunnel, it's doing really great for the cacti and hopefully you and Hans might come up with a great idea to insulate this winter.
So happy you enjoyed the polytunnel pros and cons Newman :-D and hopefully I can get round the dilemma with the insulation and bubblewrap this winter haha, thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Japan for a brilliant new week ahead XXXX
Love the multi colored outfit and the cap is the topper, and the cacti blooms were fabulous, and your going to need another poly tunnel your cactus have that one full. Thanks Lyn💚🌵
haha so happy you love my colourful hat and outfit, I love to wear all the bright and colourful hippy clothes, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
Thank you for Sharing your beautiful cactus lovely collections 😎😎🌹🌹♥♥
thanks so much Jillian for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXX
Wonderful video on the pros and cons of having a Polytunnel or Greenhouse! You have the experience so you know the difference and can help viewers in choosing the right one! Thanks for sharing! Have a wonderful afternoon and evening my friends Lyn and Hans! Lots of love and happiness!
So happy you loved the Polytunnel video on the Pros and Cons Sylvia :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and Paul lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Malta for a fantastic Monday today and for a brilliant new week ahead XXXX
Excellent points Lyn!!! Yes, advantages & disadvantages to each set up. Here, I couldn't use a polytunnel for several reasons. Winter temperatures for sure! When it gets to subzero F° it's hard enough to keep my greenhouse with insulation in the walls and the wood stove going all out!! A real challenge!! The plastic sheeting just wouldn't keep it warm enough. Also the storms we experience here can be violent!! Straight line winds, tornados, micro bursts. And this can happen during winter also. So a polytunnel wouldn't survive our Ozarks weather for too long. On the other hand, building a green house is expensive and can't be moved. My greenhouse was built in steps over the years. Saving some money by using second hand lumber & plywood sheets. 4 of the windows were second hand also. The initial cost was around 7000.00 . Then later we had metal siding put on . 3000.00. And now recently, the new polycarbonate roof panels at 38.00 a piece for about 13 of them. But even though they are thin, they are supposed to be 200 times stronger than glass. Hmmm. Do I believe? Not sure, but the last ones lasted 24 years before this hail storm punched holes in them. The greenhouse is a never-ending project. I have also over the years used second hand lumber to make extra support pillers for extra strength. And as of now I am putting in wood to cover the ends and front of the inside where I only had plastic sheeting covering the inside . All this lumber is coming from used freight pallets. Saving more money. The other cost was also the concrete floor in the beginning. So cost wise, a greenhouse Is much more expensive!! If you had to replace your plastic sheeting, It would be much cheaper than windows or polycarbonate panels. You guys are very lucky in the respect that your weather is as mild as it is. So dollar for dollar, pound for pound the polytunnel is a great idea for folks like yourself to have. Especially if repairs or replacement is necessary. I liked this video!! It really shows the options people have depending where you live!! Thanks Lyn!!! From Morris Park in the Ozarks, to across the emerald isle, have a wonderful day!!! Peace, Love, Plants!!!✌️💖🌵🌻🌷🌴💐🌱🍀🌹🌿🌸🌳🪴🌾😃👍
So happy you loved the Pros and cons of having a polytunnel Clyde, the Storms are such a challenge with these plastic covers, and I don't think the cover on this one is going to last another year, we absolutely LOVE your greenhouse and you are amazing to have built it yourself with second hand lumber and plywood sheets and second hand windows, and at 10,000 dollars for all thats a BARGAIN price for a big amazing greenhouse that you have, we are lucky in Ireland with our mild weather, we rarely get very cold winters and mostly just a lot of rain all year haha, the Irish joke that the only difference between winter and Summer in Ireland is that the rain is warmer hahaha, thanks so much Clyde for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Deb and all the pets and plants all lots of love and happiness and PEACE, LOVE, PLANTS and PLANT POWER to Morris Park for a super Sunday today XXXX
Awesome video, Lyn 😊 If I had the room for a polytunnel id definitely get one, although id be stressed whenever we get any wind storms 😬 Thank you for sharing with us as always. Have a lovely day from Edith & myself to you & Hans ❤️🌵☀️🌺🌼🌸🏜
So happy you loved the polytunnel vid Daz :-D the wind storms are a real challenge especially this year as there have been more storms than usual, when its very windy I look out the window nervously when I see the polytunnel wobbling like a jelly and branches from nearby trees flying in the air haha, thanks so much Daz for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Edith lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to England and Singapore for a super Sunday afternoon XXXX
I have polytuf clear tarp and horrendous winds with a big corporation trying to put up a wind farm about 5 miles away. I get a lot of tearing so it is an issue. I have a small one that is made of clear plastic roof sheets like for verandahs and that's OK but would be classed as a shed. I got out of that because it's also technically a transportable building. I'm forever worried about being dubbed with illegal building without a permit and already have a large shed I mever built with a permit so I'm trying to keep it on the "agricultural building" side, as I think there's little to no requirements on that and if so, I have family in the business of saving illegal buildings from demolition and bringing things not up to standards up to standard (building engineering consultants). But I would rather not get into trouble hence why I'm sticking with living with just having to do repairs. But believe me, wind can be a major problem. I worked at the biggest vegetable nursery in Australia and have seen when a 30 meter hothouse roof becomes like a kite in the wind. It's REALLY A SIGHT to see. Like being next to a downed super sized hot air balloon that has crashed. This huge HUGE thing floating in the air like your standing under a blimp. I suggest not skimping on framing and plenty of connection points to that framing if you go ahead. It us stressful worrying about how it will be damaged, but you come to work out after a few months what it can handle and it's been alright recently. If you have a prevailing wind, like a direct that the wind commonly blows from, use proper siding or sheetmetal roofing or solid plastic roofing for the side facing into the wind, preferably wedge shaped, or get a decent garden fence that has extra posts propped on a 45 degree angle to support the fence from tipping over if want to buy a hothouse/polytunnel/greenhouse that's a set design from a manufacturer. It will likely save the entire thing.
Excellent video with very interesting pros and cons !!
You're right, in the end you have a lot more work to do with the pollytunnel and it will soon become degraded.
Next time, reuse one side of the house as a wall and extend it to a greenhouse !!
Happy Sunday to you and Hans 😎🤙🌵
So happy you loved the video on the pros and cons of a Polytunnel Ivano :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Portugal from Hans and me for a super Sunday today XXXX
Still being inspired from way out here in the Bx.
If you and your beau are ever out here it would be my pleasure taking you and him to some fantastic gardens in my area and in Westchester County, as well showing you my collection. Peace.
That is so really kind and wonderful of you Rasel :-D thank you so much and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXX
I've been doing a slug hunt in mine Lyn, all of a sudden the slugs have been attacking the bocasanas, and, unusually, the M. duwei and Matucanas too. When I looked closely the mice had nibbled about 15 holes along the bottom of the tunnel, letting all the slugs in 😱 I repaired the holes with tape and only found one slug in there tonight 😬 Hope you and Hans have a lovely evening 😊😊🌵🌵
Oh no with the mice eating the cover and slugs attacking the plants Ziggy, they are such pains, slugs are a never ending battle in our polytunnel, they seem to especially like to munch holes into the Lophs and Epiphyllums, thanks so much Ziggy for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Jackie lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
A really interesting video with lots to think about. As is often the case there’s no single solution. It’s about weighing up the options and choosing the best from you. Much love to you and Hans 😄🌵🌵🌵
Awwww thanks so much Nick :-D we need someone to design a greenhouse especially for the shapes and sizes of cacti haha, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and your Hubby lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a brilliant Monday and new week XXXX
I found this video very, very interesting, Lyn.. you always give such brilliant tips and advice..
I remember for a long time you and Hans looked forward to changing your green tunnel for a clear one.. Then you had the problem with birds and a kitty! 🤦🏻♀️ But you always battle on and your cacti are thriving and I do love how clear and bright it is! You've had some gorgeous blooms..
We live in different climates and I have a small greenhouse with fibreglass here in Italy but it gets WAY TOO HOT even with both doors open!! 🔥🥵 Well over 100F.. Useful in winter though.. Luckily most of my cacti are outdoors, but the heatwave here has been unrelenting and I use shade cloth all day long.. With the high humidity I am wary to water too much though!
It definitely isn't easy knowing what's best for our beloved plants when the world weather is changing so much!!
It's the first year ever my Opuntia indica haven't made a single flower!! They are usually blooming beautiful all summer long.. 🤷🏻♀️ I don't know what's happening to our precious planet, but we can only do our best to help things keep thriving..
Thank you for this interesting video, you and Hans are much appreciated.. 🙏🥰🤗💚🌵
And you are so bright and cheerful decked out like a beautiful rainbow, Lyn!! 👍🤗
So happy you loved the Polytunnel pros and cons video Fiona :-D oh wow with the heatwave in Italy, I always complain about the awful Irish Summers but it can be a real challenge when its too hot too, it really is worrying with the worlds weather changing so much everywhere, every country is experiencing dramatic changes in their weather climate, so happy you love my colourful clothing haha, I love to wear colourful hippy clothes, thanks so much Fiona for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Italy for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Amazing advice and great list ring to your thoughts on this. There’s always pros and cons to everything isn’t there. Thanks so much for Sharing. I’ve still not sorted my greenhouse out yet. Time!!!!!!! Who invented the damn thing lol hahaha loads of love and light
hahaha Danny :-D Oh my golly I know Time really is always such a dilemma and there is never enough time to get everything done, we are so excited for your greenhouse and a proper greenhouse is so much better than a polytunnel, the cover on ours has been a real 'sheetshow' hahahahahahaha, big but beautiful Seagulls land daily on the roof and dig their long claws right through the cover, yesterday another cat was exercising his claws on the wooden door while also ripping the plastic cover at the same time hahahaha, the poly is going to look like a patchwork quilt very soon LOL! :-D thanks so much Danny for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hansie and I are sending you and beautiful FURSTUNNER Nancypops lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWERRRRRRRRRR hahahahah to Robin Hood County for a super Sunday today XXXX
Not had the best experiences with polytunnels myself, shared one once on an allotment, and badgers tore massive holes in it, that same one owls used the top as a perch and various wildlife wrecked the place. The one I owned was constantly in need of repairs during the winter, even without the badgers wrecking it lol 💚
So sorry to hear about your experiences with polytunnels, the covers on them really are the worst, and I can just imagine how much damage big badgers can cause tearing the cover, the big Seagulls love to land on the roof and dig their claws right through haha, thanks so much Jon for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
Great honest review ❤
thanks so much David for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Hi Lyn. Loving all the flowers! I would definitely and highly recommend a polycarbonate greenhouse, I find mine even better than my old glass greenhouse. They are far stronger, keep the temperature more stable in winter and can be very easy to fit shelving into. I have a short of mine on my channel.
Thats fantastic you recommend a polycarbonate greenhouse Chris, I will definitely be getting a polycarbonate greenhouse next time as these plastic polytunnels are not great long term, and they are not very practical for housing the taller cacti or for shelving, thanks so much Chris for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast for a fantastic new week ahead XXXX
Thanks for sharing Lynn
thanks so much Iris your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a brilliant new week XXXX
Warm greetings to you and Hans, Lynn!!! ‘Been watching you for a while now and first time to comment! You are by far the hardest working RUclipsr on cacti and succulents! Love your energy. Terez from San Francisco, California
Awwwww thats so very kind and wonderful of you to say that Terez, thank you so much for your amazing words and and thanks so much for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to San Francisco for a super Sunday today XXXX
Thanks Lyn for a very honest review of the polytunnel - I remember you were very excited about getting it last year and I'm glad it's been an upgrade from the previous green one. It certainly displays the plants much better when you're filming. My main problem is I don't have space for one at all, at least not that wouldn't be shaded by the house most of the year. If/when we move I'd possibly still consider one, as we wouldn't really need to worry about insulation here but the curved sides and short lifespan would still be a problem. For now, it's just a dream for me to have one at all!
Wishing you and Hans all the plant power from a hot and very humid Northern Spain! 🙂🌵💚
So happy you loved the Polytunnel review Donald, this polytunnel has been brilliant for the light and its so much nicer to film in there without the green flare I used to get on the videos, and I now longer have to worry about looking like Mrs Hulk with a green face when I appear in the polytunnel vids haha, but the curved sides is a challenge with not being able to put the taller cacti close to the corners and the cover is not strong enough to last for too long, thanks so much Donald for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Northern Spain for a fantastic new week ahead XXXX
Good video, I have a green plastic greenhouse and the disadvantage is the cover can get ripped easily by the zips and I always fearful of gusty winds.
So happy you loved the pros and cons of a polytunnel Magda, the winds really are such a challenge for us with our greenhouses, thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific weekend XXXX
Thanks for doing the comparison between the polytunnel & greenhouse Lyn!
So happy you enjoyed the comparisons Carol :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXX
Really interesting, thank you for sharing Lyn! ❤😃 XXXX
So happy you loved the polytunnel pros and cons video Vera :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Italy for a brilliant new week XXXX
Great video, was considering a pollytunnel, but my dad was able to build a enclosed pergola type greenhouse, with see through perspex, it's brilliant. If I ever go for an allotment, will look at a polycarbonate tunnel, they are more expensive though. Your pollytunnel is looking great, the cacti look super happy!🌵💪🌞🌞
So happy you loved the Polytunnel video Grainne
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Awwww thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXX
Very interesting Lyn, thanks! I'm only dealing with balcony plants and houseplants, but coincidentally I have the same plan about winning the lottery and going for the huge conservatory : )
So happy you loved the video Nathalie :-D awwwww yes it would be awesome if we win the Lottery haha, and we can have a huge conservatory the size of the one at the Dublin Botanical gardens haha, thanks so much Nathalie for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast to Dublin or a brilliant new week ahead XXXX
Thank you for the great information. Hope you are well.😊
So happy you loved the info on the pros and cons of a polytunnel Mary :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a brilliant new week XXXX
YAY first again Lyn ! Thanks for cheering up Saturday ! ❤
haha so happy you are first Marion :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
Interesting, thanks Lyn!
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXX
Try putting some colourful whirlybird fans or streamers on the outside for bird deterrent. I have a poly tunnel with flat sides a meter high, but the poly is twice as long as yours (maybe more options when they get bigger). Mine is permanently covered in shade cloth for the summer and then I pull the plastic over in winter. I have flat tables with plastic pallets on top which are wider than the tables. I wonder if shelving would be better? I’ll have to do the maths 😂
Thats a brilliant idea with the whirlybird fans to prevent the birds from landing on the roof, thats fantastic your polytunnel has flat sides as its much more practical than the curved sides, thanks so much Karen for your wonderful comment and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic new week ahead XXXX
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thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXX
09:36 As always your video is excellent. However I have a wooden framed greenhouse and have the same problem you do with the height of plants at back of the tables. The roof starts only 30cm approx. above the table so I’m restricted what I can have at the back of the tables as well.
So happy you loved the video Nick :-D it really is a dilemma when our greenhouse height and sides restrict what plants we can have at the back of the tables, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you and your Hubby lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic new week ahead XXXX
Good information, Lyn. I don't know about not having a car though.
So happy you love the info on the polytunnel Bill :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
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Can you keep your Astrophytum Myriostigma in poly tunnel all winter at 5c? Awesome video, i have the green polytunnel, the fabric have lasted for many years, think it is a lot more hardy. But also less light. Best regards :)
Thats fantastic you have had your green polytunnel for many years, the fabric on the green covered ones are definitely more hardy, our green polytunnel cover lasted for 7 years and was much better quality than the clear cover we have now, the god news is Astrophytum myriostigma seems to do well at 5c if kept totally dry with no watering at all over the winter, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXX
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thanks so much Horst for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Berlin for a super Sunday XXXX
Thankyou for the honest insight. What is that your wearing?
Thanks so much Walter, I have my hippy jacket on haha, its a colourful hoodie, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXX
Hii Lyn!! ❤❤
Hi there Alan haha, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXX
Have you ever tried using two layers Just greenhouse.
Plastic And then you blow Air In between the 2 layers of Polly. Which gives it I really high r factor
Hi Robert :-D that sounds like a very good idea as it would give great insulation too, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXX
How is your Christmas cactus doing lyn
Hi Martin :-D they are all doing really well in the kitchen, I think in about 6 weeks they will start to show their buds for the upcoming winter, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXX
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thanks so much Sevda for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Hi lyn what are the trays you keep your cacti on please
The trays are from IKEA and they are sold as Boot Trays and sell for around £2/ $3 they are really good for putting plants onto, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX