Dome?

[Uncle Joshua]

I picked up a polly tunnel I have been given today but most of the bits are missing so I had a play and thought of trying to make it into a dome....





It would be three domes one one top of the other to make a total of 12 legs and would stand at around 7ft, will it work?

[Uncle Joshua]

[saddad]

not sure what you mean about three on top of each other... covering may be tricky... a lot of folds...
if nothing else it would make a great support for climbing plants like beans...
8)

[Uncle Joshua]

not sure what you mean about three on top of each other... covering may be tricky... a lot of folds...
if nothing else it would make a great support for climbing plants like beans...
8)

Its held together with + shaped brackets, what you see in the picture is one full dome with four legs and another with only two added and placed on top of the first one this would have its other two legs added to make a total of eight then another dome would be placed on top of that to make 12 legs.

There will be  lots of folds but if it works it gives me lots of covered space to work with. (its 17ft across)

[mrf94]

If you substitute hoop for dome i think it makes sense,
the door may take a bit of figuring out , but hey its a cover, get stuck in.

mrf94

[Deb P]

It would certainly look extremely cool and give you a big working area...how do you plan to fix the hoops to the ground? I have always wanted one of those dome type greenhouses.... :-\

[jockomorrocco]

i would have thought a dome would be sturdier than the hoop arrangement

[dtw]

You'll have to keep an eye out for any homeless Eskimos.  ;D

You should still be able to make a tunnel, use a plank across the top to hold the hoops in place.

[Uncle Joshua]

how do you plan to fix the hoops to the ground? I have always wanted one of those dome type greenhouses.... :-\

We were thinking of pushing the polls 2ft into the ground then as Thegoodlife did digging a 1ft deep trench the bury the  poly sheet, as for a door for now I may make some kind of flap like a tent would have.

I don't know if it will work but given the materials we have a dome seems the way to go.

I can't picture how a hoop would work with the bits we have.

[star]

Very innovative Mick, Im sure with a bit of fiddling you will come up with a way to keep the folds inside so they don't get caught by the wind.

Good luck.....look forward to the 'finished' pics ;)

[GrannieAnnie]

How do you keep plants from frying if a warm day develops and you're not there to open it up? That is my problem with poly-rigs.

[Suzanne]

Looks very innovative and wishing I had one.

Grannie Annie I thought about this as well, then remembered last summer and realised it is not necessarily a problem in the UK.  ::)

[star]

Heehee true, but if it does get very hot, I suppose a stretch of scaffolders netting thrown over wiil give some shade.........or even army netting

[ninnyscrops]

Got me thinking now - a brolly poly!  Having two small plots and not needing permanent or large polytunnels, old rotary clothes lines covered in poly when needed then collapsed and stored when not!

[GrannieAnnie]

Got me thinking now - a brolly poly!  Having two small plots and not needing permanent or large polytunnels, old rotary clothes lines covered in poly when needed then collapsed and stored when not!

What a great idea!
I keep forgetting how temperate your climate is in the UK. Nice.

[Suzanne]

Heehee true, but if it does get very hot, I suppose a stretch of scaffolders netting thrown over wiil give some shade.........or even army netting

Star, brilliant guerilla gardening  ;D

[ninnyscrops]

Had a word in chat about this too - but the other way round - debris netting under poly - bring them on under the warmth, them whip the poly off, and protection is in place.

[star]

mmmmmmm..........very clever ninnyscrops.  :D

[star]

Hahaha thanks for pointing out my fruedian slip Suzanne (tho I cant spell froyd ::))

We're too good for this place ;D ;D ;D