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Building a Polytunnel (Part 2) || What I learned in its first year and what i'm changing!

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Part 2 of my Polytunnel Self-Build. Looking over it's first year and what i'm changing for next year.
Building a polytunnel is pretty easy, if you haven't seen Part 1 it is here -
• Building a Polytunnel ...
Polytunnels / polyhouses are so incredibly useful to extend the growing season and allow us to grow warm climate crops that wouldn't survive even in out best summers. I was asked so many times to put a video together of how i build mine but i think this video will be really useful to anyone who is thinking of building their own.
I look at how to put in supports for tomato plants and planting layouts to avoid blocking light. And how successful my crops were.
One thing i was surprised about was how different the climate was in the polyhouse vs the greenhouse, in terms of humidity and temperatures. Now i understand the differences i will be swapping around some crops for the 2021 season.
I have gone through a lot of the summer footage and I really hope this video is useful!
This season i will be growing more of everything and if you're interested in following along please think about subscribing. I release a new vlog every Tuesday afternoon and the odd Saturday special. Would be lovely to have you along.
Link to the Tomato Tasting video is here -
• Saturday Bonus: Tomato...
And the Tomato Seed Sowing and Planting Video -
• Sowing and potting on ...
Here are links to all the bits and bobs i used for the build-
Self adhesive foam strip -
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Self adhesive Velcro -
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The Polytunnel Repair Tape -
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The Polytunnel Plastic -
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And the Screw Plates I used -
Flat -
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T-Shaped -
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L-Shaped -
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Big L-Shaped -
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JESSIE MERYL -
Email - jessie.plot.37@gmail.com
Website - www.plot37.com
Instagram - / plot_37
FURTHER INFOMATION:
Green Manure - Why are we using so much green manure this year?
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Where to get Green Manure Seeds -
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WITH THANKS TO:
Chad Crouch, for the music 'Ginger'.
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@TexPR1 2 года назад

I can not belive someone did that to your polytunnel but, I am glad you were able to repair it. your tomatoes and peppers were beautiful.

@masterofgarden3472 2 года назад

Seeing mom just make the video entertaining.

@geofflowton4165 Год назад

im glad to see you got the vandalism sorted and rose above them sort of individuals keep making these videos i love watching these n thanks for some tips

@DiscusRussell 3 года назад

As the bed is not deep enough to put in canes for suport an easy fix as you have membrain over soil just get metal tubes and hammer them in and through the membrain into the ground underneath then put canes bambo etc into the metal tubes so easy and wont strain the structure i use this method all the time it works very well chicken crap is fab for growing fruit Best Regards

@jimdandy6396 3 года назад

Excellent videos. I would rate this along with Charles Dowding, and others here in the states. What I really like is, how you explain what you do, how you do it, and what you think about it.

@TOPtee34 3 года назад

Gutted when i saw the mindless vandalism to your polytunnel ,however your reply was not to dwell on it : at least i get to try the repair tape with a genuine hearty laugh . Good on you Jessie

@paulsoutherland1881 3 года назад

Jessie, You have made many comparisons between your poly house and your green house. Your greenhouse is colder and less humid and the poly tunnel warmer and more humid. For those of us trying to decide which to build what would you advise. I guess I don't understand how a single wall poly tunnel could be warmer then the greenhouse or why one is more humid then the other. I like your simple low cost creative solutions. Thank you.

@tassiegirl1991 3 года назад

My heart just stopped Jess and mum, I can imagine how you must have felt you had put so much time and effort into making the poly tunnel and it was looking great. Did they cause damage to others plots? The positive is you could repair it and your plants were ok. I hope you handed the knife to the police so they could get finger prints. It was great to see this update Jess and how well the plants did, tomato’s to die for, well done to you and mum. On a different topic. How big is your comfrey patch i.e number of plants in patch. I have recently planted some seeds in a grow bag as have a small garden. And well worth watching video always good to get to see how things progress. Stay safe Jess and mum.

@tealkerberus748 3 года назад

Your drill bits will get chipped and blunted, rattling around in that junk drawer. I recommend getting a block of soft timber and drilling a hole for each one. You can even put a couple of drops of rust-preventing oil in each hole before storing the bits in them.

@jontoasland6336 2 года назад

what an inspiration you are .

@fionadavies8800 2 года назад

Fantastic tomatoes 🍅!!!! U are an inspiration 👍👍👍🍅🍅🍅

@smithy4121 3 года назад

Your tomatoes did massively better in the polytunnel than mine did outside. It was just too cold outside last year and mine struggled ripening with the exception of the tumbling toms which I bought as plants and were further along. I'd love the space for a greenhouse or polytunnel but don't really have space unless I rethink things. The fact you nearly filled your polytunnel with raised beds has given me some ideas that it might not actually be wasted space. My biggest problem is the fact our garden is north facing so I'm limited for space to grow. My current thought was to put a frame tall enough for tomatoes around the raised bed and use that to both hold up the tomatoes and cover in plastic. Not sure now. The evil person that did that to your polytunnel is scum. Thanks for the videos I just found them and there so useful

@helenlatimer9601 2 года назад

Brilliant video thank you so much for sharing this. Many thanks.

@salward4119 3 года назад

Hi there. Love the vlog, hate what those mindless vandals did! Can I make 2 suggestions from my experience of growing tomatoes in the greenhouse..... You don't have to tie them in with string, just gently wind the main stem of the tomato around the string support as it grows. Really quick and easy and far less faffy. ( Leave the string a bit more baggy to allow for this.) Secondly.....use nylon string not hemp. Half way through the season my hemp string rotted where it entered the soil and the whole plant fell down when it was laden with fruits! Best of luck thus year! 😀

@johnrriggs22 3 года назад

Excellent couple of videos about your polytunnel. I only recently discovered your channel, but I am already a fan. In light of your extended nightshade growing season, perhaps a solution to help get your winter/early spring crops is to interplant/sow your greens between your established plants. When your tomatoes and peppers are ready to come out, the lettuces and chard will already have a good start. That's what I have to do here in Texas since my nightshades will keep on going outside until about January. Congrats on the success of your tunnel!

@Benji1337 3 года назад

That chard is totally gonna still be producing hard come spring summer

@TheWoogeroo 3 года назад

Have you ever tried the ‘twisting round the string’ method of tying tomato’s? I think Charles Dowding shows it.

@lynnrushton7458 3 года назад

Thanks for this Jessie 👍 still waiting for Mr R to build my ‘Jessie tunnel’ coz we still have snow! The day you showed the stab wounds was the first ever video I watched, & been hooked ever since 😍 I’ve always grown my cucumbers in a poly, & they do fantastically 👌 roll on spring eh! Stay safe x

@lettyashworth548 3 года назад

This is brilliant, thank you. I have loved all your other videos too, thank you for all this wonderful content, much appreciated. I have been gardening and growing veg for years, but this is like a breath of fresh air.

@duncanrobinson3200 3 года назад

I built my polytunnel from scratch in 2012 using scaffold bars, 48mm MDPE blue water pipe, timber. I originally had a fully polythene cover but in the first winter it got ripped of by high winds in a storm. I then put a 'mesh skirt' on the tunnel and just polythene from 3ft above the ground upwards; this doesn't lose me much heat retention and because I mostly use it as an 'orchard house' to grow fruit trees in it gives the winter wind chill blowing through the tunnel which is good for the dormant fruit trees in winter - I leave the doors open at both ends in winter to reduce the chances of wind damage. The tunnel keeps birds of my cherries and stops the rain from splitting the skins and with mesh over the doorways in summer I can keep wasps, etc out also.

@everythinglive 3 года назад

I'd love to know how your new polyhouse stood up to any storms like the one that destroyed your old green one.

@kategorham 3 года назад

You are a star, practical, informative, creative and an inspiration I will be following your advice from now on. Thank you. 😎🎈🍓

@pinknanum4308 3 года назад

Brilliant video

@elizabethrushton6141 3 года назад

Brilliant, thank you

@Whistlewalk 3 года назад

Interesting review....thanks! All the other videos I've seen on polytunnels haven't had this type of review so this was quite informative. Really enjoy your contributions for that.

@andrewwilkinson3766 3 года назад

Polytunnel ...... I'm thinking it's more of a polyshed. Made me smile with the mum walking backwards again. Guessing there was a few comments last time.

@tamararoberts9307 3 года назад

Glad you were able to have a good attitude and clever to improvise on vandal damage. Love watching your videos mostly because you're so clever and inspires me to try your ideaa

@joycehandersonfriends3225 Год назад

Fantastic video, thanks!! I now plan to build a pollytunnel exactly like yours! I'm saving both videos. Have you considered adding any type of heat in the winter to keep temps above freezing?

@josiegallegos7144 3 года назад

I am new to your channel. We will install a polytunnel this weekend and will be the first time for me. I have learn so much from you. Thank you,

@karenslater343 3 года назад

Just watching your videos over again. I have one 🌶 left so I will have to wait till later to sew them. Loved the video today ,keeps me happy watching spring and summer vids so bored on furlough again.

@humblemanor2376 3 года назад

Great 2 videos. I was surprised the roof didn't suffer from any problems with rain water pooling on it.

@jobrown7647 3 года назад

Hi Jessie - I came back to watch the poly build videos because I wanted to see how you built and filled the beds. I have a greenhouse (diy) and the beds are in ground. What I am finding is that the soil takes a very long time to warm up so I'm thinking to build raised beds in there to help push that along. Along the way I learned about your tomato plant spacing and feeding. Thanks!

@beverleywall3567 3 года назад

Thanx Jessie, the video was great. I too am very excited and looking forward to spring. It’s always a pleasure to watch your vlogs and inspirational. Take care and stay safe..

@gingercheftv7933 3 года назад

Great videos!! Thank you

@baronistheone 3 года назад

Great job with your gardening and video production! One suggestion I would have (from the Mittleider method) is instead of burying the bottom end of your trellis strings for the tomatoes just run a wire near the ground under and parallel to the wire at the top and tie off your strings to that wire. Also instead of tying the plant to the string just twist the top (new growth) of the plant around the string as the tomato plant grows. I've used this method for several years and it works great. For "string" we use bailing twine here in the US which is strong and inexpensive.

@jorgefonseca3208 3 года назад

Every year's a lesson learned 👏🙂

@markfrancis9106 3 года назад

Loved watching all the hard work producing a great harvest. Glad your happy with your poly tunnel. Looks great👍👍

@NitroAnna 3 года назад

Oh man, who even does that! Is your allotment open access? We have a locked gate in our area, so hopefully sabotage is less likely. Must have been gut-wrenching discovering that.

@rustysmith8784 3 года назад

Great video again Jess. I usually space my Tom’s at about 50-60cm, I will be cramming more in this year, by reducing the spacing.

@larryparsons1698 3 года назад

Great to see the leopard hat back !!! Another enjoyable vlog.

@annlyder8657 3 года назад

Really appreciate your blog very informative. Sorry to hear about the vandalism though. Brilliant tomatoes. Mine didnt do so well. Looking forward to working on the allotment this year. Keep up the good work.

@davidthescottishvegan 3 года назад

Excellent polytunnel building vlog Jessie and your video's are always informative and gives us the motivation to work on our allotments/gardens.

@TuftyMcTavish 3 года назад

Swapping Chilli for Aubergine makes a whole bunch of timing sense to me too, based on my own experiences here last year: my Aubergines started cropping and finished way sooner. I was still waiting on my Chilli to ripen (grown in pots outside). But I’ve started Chilli and Peppers off already - hope to see your seedlings soon too 😍Aubergine next and Tomato late February. Will you be doing outdoor Toms this year? You impart lots of valuable nuggets of knowledge in your VLOGs. I hope I remember the Red Spider Mite vs Humidity tip when I encounter that, but I fear I will forget. When you write your Allotment and Recipes book 😉please do some detailed chapters so I can find your knowledge bombs! I will pre-order!!!

@marieradatsz4126 3 года назад

I love how you share as I am new to Allottment gardening. This is my first year so I need all the help I can get . I have a lot of knowledge but it is timing for me. Thank you for sharing your knowledge I am so glad I have found your vlog and I think you are amazing xxx

@barbsdee3831 3 года назад

Awesome video and your mum has gorgeous legs I’m envious 🥰😂 x

@glennissalls4734 3 года назад

Such a positive attitude.

@rennythomas4118 3 года назад

Really enjoyed both videos. Now in the process of building one

@myrustygarden 3 года назад

Hello are you chomping at the bit for January to be over 😂😂 I am super excited about tomatoes this year I am trying a gajillion types this year, blue multi et etc. I can hardly wait to get them started. Peppers a min this year we don’t really eat many except sweet peppers. Looking forward to seeing your videos coming up. As always stay safe and stay gardening 🧑‍🌾🇨🇦✌️🥕👍💐🌶🥬

@grahamrdyer6322 3 года назад

When I clean my greenhouse in about march I use J's to get rid of any over wintering pests, that way I never have red spider or greenfly in it but I like the idea of your poly house it would be great for cucumbers I think ? Great video Jess as always, Have fun.

@4seasonswanderer716 3 года назад

This Is exactly what i planned. Loved watching and it has put my vision into perspective. Great job. Ive subbed and cant wait to follow some of your other ideas. Atvb Jay

@LiliansGardens 3 года назад

Great , my tomatoes and chillis also stop me from starting a winter garden at the right time. /I enjoyed your videos. thanks.

@andrewlee5237 3 года назад

Another great video Jessie. You come across very enthusiastic and I could see you having a career in Horticulture.🤔 Looking forward to your next video already. 👍

@artvanderhoff9100 3 года назад

keep up the great work and hope your harvest are better than previous.

@edwardgatter4610 3 года назад

Lovely video....... all them toms, for the red spider you may wish to consider Phytoseiulus persimilis and Amblyseius Californicus these are spidermite predators available from Amazon and work very well. I ran an integrated pest management system in a large propagation dept and nursery and used these and many others for years, seaweed fertiliser on the foliage can deter , but sometimes you need something a little more aggressive......being eaten fits the bill........somewhat.

@carlsmith7240 3 года назад

Loving the Vlogs Jessie, learning so much. Thank you

@bristolveggiebeds5310 3 года назад

Great looking back at how the growing season in the Polly house!

@tobywoodcock9053 2 года назад

sadly this is the sort of thing you have to put up with Jessie and the reason why I'm giving up my plot. We have had 5 or 6 breakings in two years and I lost most of my poultry when the numnuts let them out to see what was in the pens rather than look thru the windowns and so they became foxfood ... I'mm moving to the back garden to grow a few veggies now on about a 50th of the sapce I had but hopefully secure. regarding feeding the toms, I always feed at every watering but at 1/4 strength or there abouts

@rosewood513 3 года назад

I love this I would like to copy your idea. Might it be better if you covered the entire side with one sheet of plastic instead of using pieces of take? Thanks for the video it is perfect... Thank you.

@iainclarke6283 3 года назад

Another great video, really enjoy watching the content and look forward to a new vlog each week. You have inspired me to try and grow a few different varieties this year, Lemon Drop chillis and Friggitello peppers to name a few, keep up the great work you are doing! 👍🏻

@Missworld_266 3 года назад

Jess i think I’m going to use pallets to do the bottom of my hoop house 😘😘

@hilltopflowers9934 3 года назад

Thank you for the information. Enjoyed learning.

@Allotmentman62 3 года назад

Great video, polytunnel is great

@colewilborn 3 года назад

Spray the algae with some hydrogen peroxide where the polytape is. It will kill the algae and then you can put polytape on the inside as well.

@adrianfoulkes1784 3 года назад

That may help with the spider mites in the greenhouse as well, as I hear

@beesandseeds 3 года назад

Wow, thank you so much for sharing. Great info

@robbieg3014 3 года назад

Great vlog. Very informative. Great job.

@Alecmcq 3 года назад

Jess, its doesn’t have an apostrophe in this context... still watching the video, but sure it is great!

@Alecmcq 3 года назад

Thanks, Jess! You changed it! Cheers Alec

@Flippin_Crazy 3 года назад

That was heartbreaking honey. But you fixed it!

@janetissabelle 3 года назад

Thank you,just the info I needed.

@nicobass1966 3 года назад

Great work and well done

@phuoccuocsongduc 3 года назад

I need winter tunnel like this but I couldn't do it alone

@barryroberts6470 3 года назад

Glad to see the growing success of the Polytunnel, some nice Tomatoes you had growing in there Jessie. All the hard work that you and your Mum did on the Poly, to turn up one day and see that!!!!!!! prob bored kids but there's no excuse, says alot for the Parents. Did you ever find out who did the stabbing frenzy were they ever get caught? Stay Safe, Barry (Wirral)

@everseeking60 2 года назад

Hi Jessie, I was so inspired by this video to make a similar polytunnel. It looked great but im having terrible condensation. My plants seem to get moldy😪. I don't know what to do about it?

@Pipalopee 2 года назад

Great video thank you 😊. Do you close down the polytunnel door and window flaps at night?

@beverley1539 3 года назад

Thankyou Jess I jumped the gun with my comment last week in regards to vandals sorry for that blessings to all Ontario Canada 🐝

@rickwills4281 3 года назад

Really good info!!

@malsearle Год назад

Have you had a heavy snow fall on it yet ? Ive just finished my similar build yesterday and was gifted some clear rigid corrugated roof sheets , which will prevent snow pushing down on the polly roof

@muckhunter 3 года назад

I am soooooo jealous of that poly tunnel... I want to build one now. Ate you available for hire? 🤣

@yaddayadda....9080 7 месяцев назад

Aww the little barstools…. 😢… looks like they had a lighter to it also… i feel your pain id be so pissed off….

@overthenever4262 3 года назад

Found the what , No , no friggin way ! Dear God in heaven ! Woe!!! So , we are sayin some one did this ???!!??? Holy mary & joseph... I can believe what I just saw. I think I'm in shock! I'm so sorry this happened , No need to prevoke more ,but! I should stop.. so so sorry . GROW ON !!!!!!!!!! GROW BIG 🌹GROW EVERYTHING 🌹

@burtybasset4486 3 года назад

Little assholes stabbing your greenhouse! But hey, respect for turning lemons into lemonade with your repair tape lady. Good work!

@terrycrider9464 3 года назад

Do you think it was from heat that the tomatoes so well?

@Missworld_266 3 года назад

New subscriber here , thanks for this heads up Jess , I watched part 1 and was wondering if you could come to Se London and give us some help , take mum with you as well 🥰🥰🤩🤩

@JessieatPlot37 3 года назад

Hahahah! 😄

@Missworld_266 3 года назад

@@JessieatPlot37 😘😘

@losik01 2 года назад

❤

@florianaciobanu8371 3 года назад

Brill video!

@Flippin_Crazy 3 года назад

Do you have a comfrey recipe?

@jeanettemullins 3 года назад

Did you have any issues with the polytunnel plastic becoming very loose in hot weather? I'm building something similar but have been warned off plastic on my square greenhouse style structure because of possibly having to re-tension it at some point. The thinking being it would be harder than on a polytunnel. My planned structure is similar shape to yours though so maybe it's not such a massive problem, particularly in a British climate.

@TeaMany 3 года назад

Can you give us a recipe of what you feed your tomatoes please?

@JDHood 3 года назад

How is pollination accomplished if the poly & screens keep the flying critters out?

@MaLiArtworks186 3 года назад

That is the same question I have.

@JDHood 3 года назад

@@MaLiArtworks186 Someone (I can't find it) mentioned that for tomatoes, they can self-pollinate with air movement (so... leave a fan running?). So I am presuming that if it's truly shielded from pollinators, you have to go with self-pollinators, add fans and/or hand-pollinate.

@liamswan837 Год назад

Do you have the plan for this? I would love to make this instead of purchasing a cheap polytunnel

@2005chrissie 3 года назад

The mindless sods mucking up the tunnel, hope their legs drop off and they have to drag their dumb asses around, other than that your doing so great love your chanel could listen to you all day, can't wait to see how everything comes along now🤘👌👌