Growhouses and Garden Polytunnels

Choosing a growhouse or polytunnel for the garden

Depending on your needs, there are a number of options for gardening under cover. 

- A garden polytunnel is ideal for an early kitchen garden. With the Luna + and XL, you can sow fruit and vegetables before the end of the 
summer in a cold frame, plant them on to grow to maturity in the poly tunnel (unheated) 
and enjoy an early harvest. 

These two tunnels are 2m high and have large opening doors. They give effective 
protection against hail and other bad weather conditions all the time your plants, 
especially tomatoes, are growing. Covered with professional grade film, these tunnels 
have a long lifespan. 

For those of you fortunate enough to live in areas with a mild climate, enjoy being able 
to taste delicious tomatoes all year long by using a Roma growhouse, specially designed 
for growing tomatoes. 

- The Winter Greenhouse has been designed to protect outdoor plants that are too large to 
bring indoors in cold weather. In a traditional orangery shape, with fibreglass walls, it 
will keep pot plants and fully grown shrubs sheltered from frosts and your plants can 
overwinter heated by the sun's rays. 

 If you are short of space, use a mini growhouse with shelves. The Green Season 4 will 
keep cold-sensitive plants in the warm throughout the winter and has been designed for 
the garden or patio. 

- For gardeners with plenty of space in their gardens, the Primavera
polytunnel have a galvanised steel tube frame making them particularly resistant to the 
extremes of the weather. As semi-professional polytunnels, they are also resistant to 
wind damage. 

Where to place your polytunnel or grow house

It goes without saying that polytunnels and growhouses should be placed in an area 
clear of all vegetation so that they receive all the light they need to keep the plants inside 
warm and to avoid damage to the cover from falling tree branches or hard fruit.

To avoid wind damage and heat loss, think about placing the tunnel or growhouse in a 
sheltered place, perpendicular to the prevailing wind with the entrance door opening on 
the other side to the wind so there is no risk of it being torn off. 

When considering exposure to the sun, the lateral south side of the tunnel should 
receive as much light as possible. It is better to have to cover the tunnel with a Sun Net 
shade in the summer than to place it in a damp environment where mildew can develop, 
entailing a major maintenance task.

So now you have plenty information for choosing the best polytunnel for your garden 
and can enjoy gardening throughout the winter.