Our Amazon Find: A Crazy Cheap Greenhouse (or Hoop House)!! Under $300 With Our Simple Modifications
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You may no know it by our obsession with fishing for perch or brook trout, but we have other passions too. Growing our own vegetables for our family is something we love to do. It is something our parents did and something that has been a lifelong part of our family. But our growing season is very short up here in Northern NY.
SO! When we started looking at getting a greenhouse and stumbled upon this beauty, we could not let the opportunity pass by for the price so we could extend our growing season.
We paid $230 on Amazon!!! and with a few improvements we made this a very stable and now reliable vegetable producing machine!
As I said in the video I will be purchasing more of these for future use. If you would like to purchase the same one it is listed below, along with another one that we found that includes a ridge pole for under $300!
Let us know if you have tried one of these. Or if you have tips or tricks of your own for a similar one.
As always thank you for watching and ask questions below if you have them.
PRODUCT LINKS
Amazon link for greenhouse: amzn.to/3cqQ1Ql
Amazon link for greenhouse with ridge-pole included: amzn.to/3w5dmiu - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
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Hi, I have had these type of greenhouses in the past. I really like them and am putting up a small one now. I will say that be warned the greenhouse plastic and mesh covering will just start to deteriate within a year. So get a uvc plastic covering from any greenhouse supply on the web. Before the original covering is entirely turned to dust slip the new one on and use pvc clips etc to attach it to the frame. It will last for many years.
Great tip, thanks for watching and for the info
Did yours deteriorate? A year later?
@kc-jm3cd yes, a out a year and a half later, it went to dust. But, I got another o ne two years later and the film is okay, it's in half sun though.
So exiting. When I was in 5-6th grades I would build a little playground. So much fun. So you talking about this made me think so much of fun times. So yes I do see myself doing this!!! Hang in there!!! ❤😊❤️🇺🇸🙏❤️
Love your enthusiasm. Very refreshing.
Thanks so much! yep we have had a real blast with the garden. best thing from covid! the whole family gets into it. thanks for watching!
I had one of those in a 7x7x15. It lasted a couple of years. Last year, it got squashed flat by snow. What I found was there were weak points where the holes are drilled into the pipes. I got a new one coming next week, and I plan to reinforce those weak points by slipping a metal pipe over them. I'm also going to use your trick and add a ridge. I plan to use this for my chickens this winter. Great video!
High marks for ingenuity! It really looks nice and you saved a bunch of money.
Thank you! and thanks for watching!
Thank you for the advice! Bought one risking the "junkyness" haha and I'm glad I looked for a video first before I put it up!
You are most welcome. Glad the video helped in your decision. Let us know if you have any questions @The Felt Witch
Love your enthusiasm
So great! Love the drone footage too!
Thanks for watching, the zenders had the mini. IT IS AWESOME!!! i just havent had the time ot mental bandwith to get one rolling.
Well done! Can't believe your raised beds were the exact size. Lol Like the new channel intro logo and music. Hope to see you tomorrow!
Thanks so much! yep ill be there . i couldn't log in 2 weeks ago but i think i will be let in now. yes the 3 yr old raised bed fit like a glove!! "my way are not your ways saithe the lord!!" ha ha ha
very neat! resourcefulness is needed.
THanks for watching Cowboy!
thank you this will be a big help putting mine up
Glad it helped. it really works if you fix it up right. im on year 3 with mine. got spinach growing in it right now.
Well that looks slick buddy. And using the pvc and duct tape is a killer idea. Could have used something like this year in Nebraska because it was a cold crappy spring. But now its oh thank goodness 100 degrees 😅. I could see our tomatoes much bigger all ready good stuff buddy. You make me miss upstate New York with yer videos.
Thanks for watching Tom! we are eating the zucchini tonight! yup pvc and duct tape will fix anything!
I've watched many vids as I've been considering purchasing one of these type Greenhouses. I've seen a few positive ones like yours and am now excitedly waiting for mine to arrive. I ran across a 60ft one of this type which wasn't to very expensive so hoping to have similar luck when I put mine up when I move to my new property in a couple months. I really appreciate vids like yours. True and informational. Will be watching for more. I just subscribed. :)
Thank you! it sounds like you life is in an exciting adventure time! Im on year 2 with this one and it is still going strong. got LOTS of stuff growing in it right now. more vide on gardening coming soon. thanks for the sub!
Convince Adam to get me one of these PLEASE!!!! 🤣 going garden crazy next year, hopefully!! This hoop house would DEFINITELY help lol
yep ill tell him. you have a grat space for this and a in ground garden. too. thanks for watching Sara!
I don't have that one, but one very similar. I LOVE it. It has a ridge pole and seven ribs. I have to do a heat sink and some passive ventilation, but otherwise, it's a good simple greenhouse. They mixed up one piece of the ridgepole, and the storm last night resulted in the pools Ty was talking about. I brought the fragile plants into the house, and because I allowed the wind to move through both open screen doors, nothing got hurt. I did fix the ridgepole with Schedule 40 and a drill. The minute day length increases, I'll be starting my first veggie garden of the year.
This is roger, thanks for the heads up. I actually took the plastic off after July, and then put it back on in October. So maybe that will make the plastic last longer. What did you use for a heat sink.?
@@melh7879 I used six 5 gallon black buckets with Epsom salt solution. It doesn't hold enough heat for the whole greenhouse, but I tried keeping a few tender plants under plastic. The temperature has been dropping even lower, and I have brought the plants into the house. I'm still looking for a solution that doesn't require electricity. The humidity is too high for that to be safe. I am going to remove the plastic in summer, too. I need a shaded area big enough for both peppers and tomatoes.
I have this greenhouse, too. We get very little snow in Alabama. The only snow we had last year collapsed it.
yep id DOES not work out of the box! without a ridgepole it is a pile of junk. but it had serves us well once i put the 2x4 ridge down the center
I JUST ORDERED THIS ONE! DELIVERY TOMORROW! I AM SO EXCITED NOW
Hope you enjoy it! we had a lot of fun and grew a lot of stuff in this thing last year. im putting the plastic back up in a few weeks.
Just put ours up this weekend. Looking good
Nice 👍
I live Charlotte Florida in which Ian blew a limb on my little greenhouse and squashed it! I had it for three years and I also reinforced it so that it was a convertible. It had shade cloth on it for warm months and the plastic cover only during a few freezes during winter. I used thick fiberglass tomato steaks as a center beam on the ceiling and sandwiched the green pet fencing inside the entire greenhouse and then added a screen door on one side with more green pet fencing. Oddly enough it took over 60 and 70 mile an hour winds because it had the shade cloth and the fencing on it. it’s very durable, since I reinforced it. I just put up a new one and reinforce a little more and it’s 7 x 15.
wow you made it into fort knox! thanks for the description!
Hey Guys. i know this is not a fishing vid, but fish is basically a vegetable anyway :-) we are doing an epic fishing trip next weekend so mre fish coming soon. but i just had to share this contraption. it has sure been a fun part of our spring!!
Good Job you really secured it
thanks for watching! yep it held in place all summer
Thank you so much for this very much-needed review and the great tips. I ordered one 28x10x7.5 with a lockable door today after watching your video. Thank you
Glad I could help! we are picking tomatoes from ours now. and its 3 years old!
@@RogersRigs My greenhouse is 28 x 10 x 7.5. It has 2 windows. I would love to communicate with you about ventilation, ideal temperatures, and winter growing. I am a 74-year-old greenhorn with the urge to grow clean food for my family. Please talk to me 🙃
Do u have a link?
Great job. Greenhouse looks great after the mods. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching! we are eating some of the produce from it still. tomatoes and peppers really liked it.
Ahh hahaha … wiggle wagle … had me giggling 🤪🤪. If it works, that’s what counts right? And duck tape is a best friend 👍. Love your creativity
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Thanks for watching! yep with duck tape even cheep things from the internet can be great!!!
@@RogersRigs Right 👍 ROFL 🤩
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I have had this type of green house for three years now ,it is still going stong.
Great video waving hi from out close to Malone!
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Hi Folks. Haven't been able to watch you guys in a while. We had sugaring season and then went right into kidding season. Just about doubled our herd with this kidding season. We are now right in the middle of planting our farm stand garden. I got on late this evening but you did a great job on the hoop house. We are putting up a hoop house this summer for fall planting this year and early spring next year.
THANKS for checking in Bob. I am really getting into the hoop house concept. just looked into a 50 x 100 on craigslist. are you putting up a big one? it may not be the most profitable thing to do but it sure is fun to work in there in the spring and see things grow! we are eating that Zuchini tomorrow night!!
@@RogersRigs Just a little larger than the one you put up. I have two raised beds that are about 10 feet wide to the outside edges and we are putting the (cattle panels) hoop over that. We will have about half of the area inside to be able to do some in ground planting as well. It should be about 10 x 30 feet with about 15 feet on one end to plant in ground. Should be about 7-8 foot to the top. We are ordering green house plastic off line and plan to order strapping to go over the plastic as well. We have some stiff winds up here. I have to go back and watch a bunch more of your videos from the past couple of months.
that sounds like a workable size. what is your best crop typically? last year we had a good carrot and beet harvest so we are going big on them outside the hoophouse this year. and we are trying hard for a big roma tomato crop for tomato sauce. last year out tomatoes froze on september 5th, so im hoping the plastic will extend that season!
@@RogersRigs We did well with swiss chard, tomatoes, kale, herbs, rhubarb, raspberries and beans. We have had a slow start this spring because Memorial weekend was so cold, but getting a good start going now. Peppers were also a great crop, both bell peppers and we tried lunchbox peppers. They are the same as the bell peppers but littler for lunches. What we don't sell or eat ourselves, our chickens, ducks and turkeys as well as goats love to take care of for us. Overall our garden is around 75' x 100'.
we are working on a flock of turkey's ducks and chickens this year too. id love to try raspberries. are they difficult?
Thanks for sharing. I found just the cover and going to do beds like that but structure will be cattle panels and removable shelves that attach to near the top of cattle panels.
Rather spend $50 to $100 for cover and the engineer my own structure. Hopefully cover last 5 years.
Here in Colorado our seasons are so all over the place if we can extend for even a couple weeks we won’t have to pick 20 gallons of green tomatoes
good points. yup the short season requires every possable day for these tropical plants!
Love it! And your sticks a supports really pulls at my heart. Great growing!
Thank you for watching!!!!! we got a zillion tomatoes out of this thing! and i bought 2 more for next year
I think these would make great frames for chicken runs, too! Adding a tarp or shade cloth to the top and chicken wire around the sides with some overhang of wire to keep preditors from digging under... chef's kiss*
With the cost of wood and how PVC gets brittle in my hot location, I don't think I could make a better run frame for less
Great idea! sorry for the slow reply, i was away. but yeah, for the price you could cover this with chicken wire and be up and going!
Just go into the project knowing you have to modify for ventilation. Don't let your chickens die on the first fifty degree day to remind you to do it. Good luck!
@Melinda Wolf I was thinking the exact same. I need a daytime run for my girls and this would be perfect. On a smaller scale.
We have them used for both chicken run and duck run. There is hardware cloth along bottom floor and up sides about to waist high, then chicken wire on top. Tarp covers half for shade but also 1/2 left so some sun gets to them.
I like this idea !! we are working on a new chicken coop and run. this might be the new plan for us !!
Great video! The only concern I would have is with the cross ribs you added to the top to prevent the sagging. The idea is great but think about adding some padding to each end so when the wind blows etc the plastic won't develop a hole from the rough cut edge of the plastic rib. Unless I missed it in the video...then I apologize for not paying attention lol. I live near Malone NY, on the border of Canada, and I have one of those pop up 12x20 garages with the tubular metal frame..I have to find the right plastic to cover it but it will make an awesome greenhouse when I can get it covered. Looking forward to seeing your progress
I got one of these...rain made it.sag..wind tore the seams apart all in one year.
I took the structure and put a.cattle panel under the roof and then put solid structure ans door on the ends.
YES the cattle fence is a great idea. that is quite durable!
I'm thinking about doing the exact same thing you did with the cattle panel. Did you attach the panel over top of the existing arches, or did you come up from the inside with your panel and follow the arch? Any additional advice would be greatly appreciated, TIA!!
Hello from the UK i have recently got the new improved version of this and put it up today 2 of the improvements are it now comes peaked at the top and now has a better Quality white/clear cover cost was £115 so i think about $140 ish fingers crossed for a good growing season in it next year 👍
wow! thanks for the report. sounds better and less expensive! are you going to plant right now?
@@RogersRigs No I will plant in it next spring around mid march time Also starting things from seed around the same time !
What a great video! Informative and funny! I’m looking for where he said he opened the other end. Unless I’m dreaming, anyway did he explain what he did?
Thank you so much for this video. I am going to buy one but nowadays I can get 1 for about $165. And we'll do a little adjustments as you did.
Can you give us an update now? And tell us how it's holding up?
Have you had to replace the plastic yet?
I use a soft 3/4 " rope and tie it on one end and weave it over and around each truss till I get to the other end then I tie it off and move up 6' and go back to the end truss again. I do that for the whole top 1/3 of the frame work, and it is easiest to do that with the tarp/canvas not installed yet. I get a lot of snow here, and it really helps to hold everything in place till morning comes and I can clean it off. It totally prevents any sagging.
Interesting! so you keep it up all winter? do you grow in to the cold weather?
@@RogersRigs I just got my first greenhouse, but I have a suv garage in a box and have had other tunnel type shelters that I did that too. The only one I didn't do it to, didn't even make it through the first winter and it was a shelter logic.
I just got 2 Yitahome greenhouses off ebay 2 hundy each...😊
I would really like a slower look at how you handled the sides. How you attached to the lumber and what you did to the canvas at the bottom. I added the felt tape to all metal where the cover would touch. The hot metal will fry the cover and shorten it's life. Good video.
Thanks for watching Zoe. I'll make a more complete vid in the spring, but basically since it was on top of the side boards of the raised beds. the extra 6" of green plastic just flapped down the sides of the raise bed boards and any strip of wood was used to sandwich the plastic to the raised bed side boards
@@RogersRigs Thanks, I'm Southeast coastal and always struggling with strong winds underneath the cover. I'm sure the weight of the wood will hold it down, so I'm going to add that. I just need to prevent wind from getting under so it's not ripped up. Thanks for your response♥️
Is it regular tape
wooohooo! killer man.
ha ha thanks! are you doing a garden?
Glad to see its working for you. My mom bought one of the smaller ones from Outsunny. I laughed when I saw their "steel" tubes. Gonna have to spend as much as she paid for it just to fix their horrible design. Because I knew this would be super light weight and would be blown away in a 10mph wind (we have hurricane force winds in New Mexico) I bough 18 inch Rebar J Hooks to anchor it down and so far their the only thing I am impressed with. Hopefully I can make this work because my mom has always wanted a green house and this is what she can afford. If anyone has one of these types and it has survived 50mph winds please let us all know how that was possible.
i think you are on the right track. but 50 mph is hard to stand up against!! thanks for watchig
I have a similar one, they’re all much the same. I live in North East Scotland and I’m going into my 3rd year with my tunnel now. We have recently had extreme wind gusts of 70mph, blew my glass greenhouse to bits but my tunnel hasn’t moved an inch.
All I did was dig a trench and bury the cover where it has the longer flap on the sides and backfilled. I also hammered 2x4’s into the ground at each corner inside the tunnel and zip tied them to the frame.
I should say that my tunnel did have a bar going across the length of the roof so I didn’t need to worry about rain/snow. But anyway, that’s all I did to secure my one.
Nice job of reinforcement. Not sure how one of these would last in my area, it’s not uncommon here in the bluegrass open areas to have 40+mph winds.
Catapillar with paracord, it will stop flapping about as much in high winds👍🏻
Thanks for the tip!
Give thought to a cattle panel house if these fail you. It was the budget route we took and happy we did with these Oklahoma winds.
Interesting Tim, and thanks for watching. what did you use for plastic? did you keep the plastic up thru the summer? did you get a good harvest? we got good results from the tomatoes and peppers. beets were happier in the ground outside the greenhouse. and we took the plastic off in july and never put it back on.
@@RogersRigs 6 mil greenhouse plastic, the way it's constructed makes it able to lift the plastic up and out of the way. We grow in wicking tubs aka sip tubs. I used 55 gallon barrels cut in half. You can get all the information on the wicking tubs here from a channel called Gardening with Leon.
THANKS TIM I'll check that out
I have a couple of these, and the cover will only last a year at best, the window screens are the first to go on them.
But hey, you still have the frame to work with.
Good luck!
Thanks for sharing, yes my screens have deteriorated already too. but i had a lot of bugs in there so now they can get out :-) i took the plastic down for the heat of summer, so i hope the plastic will last longer with less exposure. did you cover your frame with a different sheet plastic after the original one wore out?
@@RogersRigs Well I am in Florida and use mine for orchids mostly in winter here in case temps go below 37°F, but in summer I have 60% shade cloth on mine otherwise it's roast city and I also use fans as well to cool things off.
Orchids are far more fussy than veggies!
wow. that is quite a set up. we are in Northern NY. its 21 degrees right now with snow! so you have the plastic up in Florida sun for a full year. so that mean i might be able to squeeze 3 or 4 years of sun out of mine. maybe.
@@RogersRigs You might be able to get that, down here sun in summer eats those cheap covers here. I'm in Tampa with 600+ orchids, well... The orchids live here we just pay the bills lol.
ha ha ha. have you found a good plastic option that hold up to the super sun?
I managed to get a different model with an extra top ridge pole in the middle for only 102 dollars during Black Friday!
It has held up very well so far. The first very bad storm came through a few days ago and it didn't blow away. But I have mine secured with 4 extra fence posts on the inside steaked into the ground secured to the frame, and some paracord over the top of the whole thing as well.
Also, you for sure need to make sure the doors are closed during very windy days. Mine has a door on each side so I can leave it open if it's a bit windy. But my neighbor just got one, and hers blew away in that recent bad storm. She didn't secure hers as well yet, and she left her door open, and she only had one door so it was catching a lot of wind with nowhere for that wind to go. I helped her put it back up and secured it like mine today, so hopefully hers won't fly away again.
Also, don't forget to weigh down the sides of the tarp with heavy things like cinder blocks, rocks, dirt, or something to keep air from getting in and keep it to the ground. Roger's idea of screwing it onto his plant bed is even better! I wish I did that! I'm 6'3" and I don't have a lot of headroom because only the center of the hoop is 7 feet.
Basically, if anybody reads this and is getting one, make sure to do a lot of wind protection.
wow! that sounds great. do you have a link for it? i'd like to see.
@@RogersRigs TH-cam doesn't tend to allow commenters to share links, but I'll add a search term that should pull it up at the bottom of this post. It's currently 169, I got it during Black Friday with a bigger discount and applied a discount code that was for that day only. So it dropped it to $102.88 for me! I was so happy to get such an insane deal. The whole time I was building it, I felt like I robbed them or something. 🤣
Right now, there are a lot of cheap ones that look like they may even be of better quality, but I'm more than satisfied with mine. Especially for the price!
"YITAHOME 20x10x7ft Greenhouse Outdoor Heavy Duty Greenhouses Outside Large Walk-in Tunnel"
Heres a puzzlement>>>>
Last year I bought a little soft GH 54" X 54" X 6.6ft tall. I erected it in Feb when it was 39F outside. IMMEDIATELY after I closed it up
the inside temp jumped to 120F. THIS YEAR- I bought a 7ft X 7ft X 10ft soft GH. Here it is 1st July when the sun is out in all of its
power totally closed up this bigger GH NEVER gets above 85F. Totally closed up at mid day. Usually it is in the 70's. I will admit it is
cool around here like 68f to maybe 75f only. But look at what the little GH did at 39f? Most curious. The plastic skins do not seem
to be much different. The summertime temps seems mostly the same. Most Curious.
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Ours lasted 5 months in N. Texas. Got ripped and bent during our windy storms
yeah, out of the box its pretty flimsy. but with the reinforcement we did ours has been working for 3 years. i do take the plastic off for the winter. Thanks for watching and congrats on escaping California!
Im in the Adirondacks 😂 and im about to do this, currently. Did you keep it up during the winter?
I got mine (10x20) for $118, plus $50 shipping, it took 2 weeks to arrive, im yet to grow in it because its been over 80 degrees for the last 3 months. I think i will make a pvc one next time as it might be cheaper we will see. I took the advice of reviewers and got some strong anchors, i will lay down weedmat, make a frame from 2x6" lumber and place it on top as its not 7' like the specs show i am 6'3" and my head barely misses the bolts in the middle. Also they say to coat the frame because it melts the cover so one guy used bubble wrap or thick tape, I want to make a water heater from a barrel and copper pipe to heat it in winter or a swedish heater type setup.
that sound like a fun project
I came for the green house but got blessed by Romans 1 :20 ! Thank you much
That is great news! I want that to be the main emphasis of the channel. once we see and experience all that God has Made, we are without excuse! thanks
I have the same one and it does need reenforced tubing every time it rains it pillows
yeah! its crazy that an engineer signed off on that design!
So it's January 28, 2022. My wife and I are seriously looking at getting a greenhouse. I ran across this same one on another website, and he had many of the same observations as you. My questions are as follows: 1, I it still standing? 2, With the incoming storm to the east coast, how well will/did it hold up? 3. Dd you attach the lower edge of the plastic cover to the tops of your raised bed? And if so, what method di you use?
Look forward to hearing from someone from the far end of the country! Me and the wife...Northern California!
Thanks
THansk Chris! 1 i took the plastic doen for the winter but the metal is up and it stayed up all summer just fine. 2 i did have a snow load on it once and a few storms. with the ridgepole modification and the bases secured to the raised bed. it cant reall go anywhere. 3 the plastic comes with about 8" extra at the bottom. so we flapped that over the raised bed sideboards and then screwed strips of wood over that to secure it tight to the raised bed. that really worked and it made the plastic tighter on the frame so less opportunity to sag or belly or let the wind get going on it. I hope this helps!
@@RogersRigs Thank you
I really want updates on this greenhouse… please… thanks ❤️☮️✝️
You got it!
@@RogersRigs thanks 😊
I will say this Iam growing Durian and Cacao and Rambutan and breadfruit in this very greenhouse and a bunch more very tropical and rare fruits without this would be very hard to grow
Sounds great! thanks for the report! what growing zone are you in?
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What kinda.weather do you get there, I bought the same one and have conduit water pipes 40 2×4×8 some posts raised beds and a 500 square ft of plastic to cover and willing to get more, I'm in N Michigan snow belt and last year the wind was so strong that it picked up and blew our trampoline over the road, is the plastic stable enough to handle it? I am still going to try because sustainability is important, I'm using several if not all of your rigs because this is phenomenal and I am now going to look for an update of it. All Praises to our Father in Heaven!!
we are in northern NY. Im on my 2nd season with this grenhouse, BUT i do take down the plastic for the winter and in the middle of the summer. so it does not see a lot of snow or the worst of the sun. but if you snug it real tight it can hold up to a lot. THANK for watching!
Thanks for the video and the link. How are the materials holding up?
It's good, we actually took the plastic off in July. The plants were too huge to contain and i was afraid of overheating. During the summer i used the metal structure to string up the tomatoes and tommmeteos. then to extent the fall season i put the plastic back on. a guy in Florida said that his plastic broke down in a year...but that is 24/7/365 in Florida sun, i suspect i will get a few years out of my use. even the pro greenhouse plastic only last 4 to 6 years.
@@RogersRigs I purchased and put up the 10x26 last weekend. Then, we got almost 80* weather this week... smh. It's hot in there, back to freezing weather come Sunday though. I may adopt your idea of removing the plastic during hot weather and make a bug screen cover for the greenhouse. Thanks again for the video.
I love your enthusiasm for the cheap junkiness of it!
i love cheep junk that works. planing in this one again this year!!! thanks for watching!
How did you solve the problem of the water belly ?
Well done, guys. Duct tape can do anything - I knew the video was going to be great.
yup, with duct tape we can have zucchini in June! do you guys grow a garden out there?
@@RogersRigs A small one. A couple zucchini plants, 3 or 4 tomato plants, some peppers. We have some strawberries and raspberries, too. A couple pear trees and a couple of apple trees.
I think cattle panels on the out side would work
oh yes! it would work great! it wouldent even have to go all the way to the ground, just span over the top where the ridge is supposed to be.
How well does it hold up to wind I had a aluminum frame 10x10 and it was secured to the ground on 2x10 and the wind took it out it was very depressing
well since the whole frame was secured to the wooden raised bed, it does not go anywhere, and then when i screwed the edged flaps down to the raised bed with long wooden batten strips. it just couldn't go anywhere. it would be a pickle to get it to stay in place just on the ground.
my only question is how did you connect the cover did you drill into the wood or just left it hanging and used whats supplied
i screwed strips of wood over the flaps to the wood raised bed planks. thanks for watching.
I had that one...first rain it puddled in between..ripped all tie down...it was a nightmare
yeah its crazy that they did not put a center ridge pole on it. for sure without modifications it is a disaster in a box. but after i modified it, this thing lasted just fine so far.
SO when do you plant in there I just got one of them I’m in ny
April spinach, lettuce, and beets
esrli to mid may tomatoes and peppers.
really liked ours until 😭snow came and we weren't home yep they were both FLATTENED
If this is amazon, must have been huge boxes that were delivered?
I LOVED your video and already added it to my amazon cart for a later purchase. I do have 1 suggestion which I will be doing... I would suggest adding felt pads over the screws or joints that will touch any fabric. You can go to your local Dollar General and find a package of them on the $1.00 isle. They come with 6 or more per package so if you got 10 or 12 packages of them, then you'd have plenty to use and you should have enough. To think that buying something for less than 20 bucks that would help protect the covering from rubbing a hole in it from the wind and movement is well worth it in my opinion. That's what I'll be doing when I get mine. I already have a few packages and will be picking up a handful more next time I go into the Dollar General. Thanks for a great video! Merry Christmas and I hope all is well in your camp.
THANKS for watching! i think that is a great idea. i think i will try that when i put it back up in the spring.
did the plastic wear down without endcaps in reinforcement ribs??
im on my second season with it and it shows a little wear, but not a major issue . mostly around loos areas of the main ribs.
Paul Rudd is a farmer too?
How warm does it stay in winter?
Hi Drew! well i actualy only used it from march to early july!. it did get a snow load on it in march and it never went below 32 inside, but with only one layer of plastic. it does not really hold heat. by july i took the plastic off and just ued the metal structure to string up the tomatoes and beans. is was a crazy jungle in there. then in september i put it back on to extend the fall season a little. I suppose it could be an all winter set up but there would have to be a heat source and some extra insulation. that is in our northern NY climate anyway. today its only 2 degrees!
Do you recommend green or white or is there any difference beyond looks?
i think its just looks. the sun penetrates pretty good
Nice video how's the plastic holding up on it?
It's good, but i took the plastic off for the midsummer, so it did not get a strenuous test. grew tomatoes like crazy though !
Are you in northern USA?
I'm sorry to say, I had one of these, the problem with them is the seams, which rot and let in the weather. Ours only lasted 1 year.
thanks for that report. i was wondering how long that would last. we used the plastic only 3 months of the year. so maybe i can stretch out the longevity that way. have you come up with an alternative?
@@RogersRigs I have a polytunnel with no seams now, it has a clear polytunnel cover, but it's expensive. However, our first tunnel was similar to yours and from Amazon, but in the UK it let the cold wet weather in and starting rotting at the seams in the first winter, which is a false economy and waste of space if its not being used for growing, especially here in the UK, space is a premium. So we finally got a proper one and I use the old frame for putting net over and made some arches for beans and peas.
Thank you! interesting to know that the seems were the first to deteriorate
Ours lasted two months. First the seams started leaking and then it collapsed. I have pictures. To be fair, they gave us 83.00 back. Wish I’d seen this first!,
That looks like a higher grade of plastic,how do u feel about it,what mill,ty
Hi Harry, this is roger, yep I think. The plastic is fairly tough. Its got the mesh in the middle of probably 2 3mil plastic layers. People have said it breaks down with the sun but mine is still fine after a year. Apparently regular 6mil construction plastic doesn't let in the right uv light for plants.
I got the similar greenhouse it’s good but the zip on the door is very poor quality. Now I can’t close it.
yeah, i was thinking about putting a wood door with a hinge on the end. to take the constant use off the cheap zipper
It unfortunately wouldn't last in the 65-75 mph winds I have in Northern Arizona.
Wow! yep this probably would not be a great choice there. you'd have to get something Really heavy duty! thanks for watching!
How does it stand up to snow
@PassGo Alejandro, Thanks for watching. We actually take the cover off for the winter months.
Do you have the Amazon link for this one??
We do thanks for watching! Amazon link for greenhouse: amzn.to/3cqQ1Ql
How well has the cover held up?
I'm on year 3 and its still kicking. i do take the plastic town for fall/ winter. metal is still solid as can be
I priced out materials for a 10x12 so I’ve been researching trying to figure out which way I should go. Thanks for the info!
What about covering the frame with catle panels?
Yup that would certainly solve all the problems. just a little more investment. cattle panels are usually 16" long, that might come a little short of the sides, but that would be ok. the lower sides of the walls are basically vertical.
@Roger's Rigs it would sure up the tops. At 10 foot side to side it's like a little under 6' in the center.
I think they are less than $30 a panel, so theoretically $90 bucks should get someone a 10x12x5.9 hoop house greenhouse.
@@MrMetz79 yup I built 2 last year using the panels over 3 wood Perlins . It lasted through 3 foot snowfall with no problems
@@RogersRigs I'm gonna try and have one put together for this fall.
I decided to go against doing the 3 mil white plastic this year on my 8 x 20, I have a pitched roof at almost 45 degrees, I decided I'm going to pallet wrap my Greenhouse this year. I'm going to laugh when outlives the 3 mil or 6 mil plastic and becomes easier to apply from the start
Interesting! does the pallet wrap let the right UV rays through?
@@RogersRigs if you go Cruise behind any hardware store or gardening place that has stored pallets you will see that all of the packaging within those pallets is pretty well sun-faded but that pallet wrap is still there and in great shape.. I mean to say I haven't tried it yet
i think some plastics let the right light through for plants to grow. other plastics don't . regular construction poly plastic does not give the plants the right light.
@@RogersRigs ive heard. I havent had congruent results tho, with the 3mil white plastic i used last year, (the same stuff everyone else is using,) doesnt seem to bother the plants. Cannabis is quite sensitive as far as specific spectrum lighting goes, my results are worth mentioning. Top shelf.
@@RogersRigs to be frank, ive used the 3mil contractors for a couple decades and never had a problem with light deprivation.. On the upside, ive seen many instances of shrinkwrapped gh projects that have had great success, inspiring the ambition to try it, while ive got supply in hand already!
Yeah but if a butterfly farts beside it it’ll collapse.
I don't know what we did wrong assembling this but the green tarp does not fit and we could not get the door to close. Now it's a windy day and the thing is filling up like a balloon. If it weren't for the windows being opened, probably would be airborne by now.
hummm. maybe the legs are slayed apart? mine was kind of snug. If i remember it is supposed to be 10'6" across the bottom (side to side)
@@RogersRigs Legs? What legs??
i guess not legs. the base bars that sit on the ground.
@@RogersRigs lolo. I was just kidding.
Is this green house still standing ?
Hi Cindy! Well I have left the metal hoops up for 3 years now, but I take the plastic down each winter. I'll be putting it back on in a few weeks. the zippers wore out, but i put a swinging door in last year. some of the window screen is tattered, but that does not effect the function. the plastic is still pretty good. so kinda yes. it has lasted 3 seasons so far!
Any way to update how it is handling the winter so far?
i took it doen for the winter. but it made more tomatoes than i ever had before. i left the metal up ready for spring!
Update?
Coming soon
$208 now. 1/18/22
wow! that is a deal! i might buy another one. thanks Lisa
Trash mine broke in a week
How is it holding up in 2023???
its still going strong. i replaced the zipper door with a regular wooden door. but otherwise its on year 4. thanks for watching
@@RogersRigs thank you ❣️
My friend used cattle panel over the hoops to eliminate sag based on my reco. He had heavy rain, some wind & partial collaspe. The bent poles were a problem.
With all the mods needed, building something more substantial in the first place makes sense. He'll be lucky if that cover lasts 2 yrs.
good points, and cattle panels are not cheep. i guess its a situation where you gotta go all out. or keep it simple and cheep and hope for the best
As of today they're on sale for even cheaper than what you got it! I was thinking because of bidenflation that they'd be crazy expensive.
yeah prices are all over the map now
why the green one and not the clear one??
bamboo is real sharp
I dont think there is a big difference in performance....maybe the green is a little more opaque, i just picked green i guess, so it was a greenhouse :-)
@@RogersRigs haha thx
Yeah kinda a weirdo
YEP for sure. maybe not even kinda. THanks for wathing
I really want updates on this greenhouse… please… thanks ❤️☮️✝️
i'll make a new vid in a few weeks when i ste it up again for spring. but in general the first summer with it was a huge sucess! we had tomatoes earlier and more abundantly than ever. i took the plaseic off for the hot part of the summer so it did not cook the plants. and it was such a jungle in there that i needed to get the plastic off to get at the veggies! no real wear on the plastic, but i heard that a guy in Florida say that direct sunlight broke the plastic down after a full year of direct sun.
@@RogersRigs that’s great I’m encouraged… I appreciate you showing all this… living out loud can’t be that easy
that is a good way to put it. Thank you!