Springing Into Action With Haygrove Polytunnels!

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Many polytunnel owners seem to be starting on a Spring Clean! Its always a good idea to hose off your tunnel cover and clean with a mild detergent if needed to maximise light penetration at this time of year. Haygrove tunnels tend to reduce pest activity (as the venting system retains a pest free growing environment) however for those of you who are looking to kill pests do consider the effect of fumigants on your polytunnel cover. Sulphur based bombs for example are not advisable inside plastic tunnels as the sulphur can easily attack the UV light diffusing properties of covers.

It seems that many growers are busy digging in compost and well rotted farm yard manure into seed beds this month. A number of growers have been discussing what raised bed layouts to go for, so here are examples of ones we know are working well for growers.

Smaller Polytunnels

For our small Polytunnels growers are tending to put a raised bed along the back wall, still leaving room for a potting table, as shown in our show tunnel from last years Malvern Show.


Raised bed inside Haygrove 2m wide tunnel


Medium Sized (3m or 10 wide) Polytunnels

Most growers seem to put a path down the middle of our 3m wide tunnels allowing at least 1m wide raised beds to fit in either side of the path. With our tall sided design there is still plenty of height at the tunnel sides for taller crops such as beans


Inside 3m wide polytunnel Spring 2010)


Larger Tunnels

Many growers who have our larger tunnel width (4m / 13 wide) are putting a raised bed in the centre, up against the back wall. If you think of a U shape, the raised bed fills the centre of the U. Again our tall sided design still leaves plenty of space around the sides for access. Sorry I dont have a picture of this layout currently but our Sales Manager is planning this for his tunnel so will do soon!

There are a number of great raised bed kits on the market. For shows we use Link-a-bord which we find to be a great system and easy to move if needed. Check out their range at www.link-a-bord.com


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