The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Growing => Vegetables => Topic started by: Orinoco on February 28, 2013, 06:26:38 pm
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Hi
I am looking at ordering a Polytunnel from Premier Polytunnels (any experineces of this company) and I am unsure what size to get.
I would like to grow plants on a table down the middle and have at least one ground bed, and be able to walk around the table (possibly).
The aim is to grow to sell but as a newbie I don't want to get one and then wish I had got a bigger one.
The space for the veg/fruit plot is 30x40 metres but don't want the polytunnel to dominate.
Currently considering 14ft x 36ft but would love to hear what everyone else has and experiences.
Ta
K
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Mine's 21 x 42 feet and nice and high at the sides as well as in the middle (10 or 12' high, can't remember). It's a Northern Polytunnels. If you have a table down the middle then the plants on the northern side will be even more shaded than they are by other plants. Or are you intending to orient it N-S? W-E allows for better air flow.
I have an 8' greenhouse inside mine as it's very cold here. I am growing most of my crops indoors this year and the tunnel should be just about big enough. If you are going to be growing commercially I would think you would need a bigger tunnel.
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Ours is 14' wide. If I put a table down the middle there would be very little room to walk around it and the beds at the side would be pretty narrow too. Ours has a path down the middle about 2 feet wide.
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I suspect whatever size you get you will wish it was bigger so I'd go for the biggest you can accommodate/afford.
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Agree TOTALLY MGWM. Get the biggest one you can afford or have space for.