has anyone bought a polytunnel or green house in italy?

i have seen both in gardens but not in shops, ok obi, castroama etc.. have small polyhouses. i know we have a good growing season here but i would like to extend it and maybe grow in winter.

does anyone know where i could look.

Might be worth having a word with your local agricultural merchant?

Also be careful if you are in a very windy place, I have seen many metal hoops with the tattered remains of the poly tunnel flapping around.

You can try on ebay.it

http://cgi.ebay.it/MINI-SERRA-.....;hash=item20b2074b69

We have a load of old windows (in frames) that could be used to russle something up, could easily be a temporary winter structure?

If you or anyone else is interested pm me

I looked into this a couple of years ago and the general view of local farmers/growers was that most people build their own. They buy the iron rods that come in a variety of sizes for reinforcing concrete etc. They build a jig (this could be as simple as a series of posts hammed into the ground) that gives the shape of the tunnel and then bend the bars round the jig. This could also be done by any of the metal work guys that are around. Several hoops are then pushed into the ground in a line and covered with any of the wide array of horticultural plastics that are on sale by the metre in all the feramentas. I have never looked to see how they attach the plastic but I guess you could sandwich the plastic between the hoops and another material such as cane or rope and then use cable ties.

I never got round to doing it but it would be a very simple project and much cheaper than buying a ready made item.

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I looked into this a couple of years ago and the general view of local farmers/growers was that most people build their own. They buy the iron rods that come in a variety of sizes for reinforcing concrete etc. They build a jig (this could be as simple as a series of posts hammed into the ground) that gives the shape of the tunnel and then bend the bars round the jig. This could also be done by any of the metal work guys that are around. Several hoops are then pushed into the ground in a line and covered with any of the wide array of horticultural plastics that are on sale by the metre in all the feramentas. I have never looked to see how they attach the plastic but I guess you could sandwich the plastic between the hoops and another material such as cane or rope and then use cable ties.

I never got round to doing it but it would be a very simple project and much cheaper than buying a ready made item.

Thanks all for the replies had some good ideas off of it, one i would like to try is building a green house from old windows, i saw some good pictures on the net, so if anyone out there has any windows, doors, sheet plastic / glass, bricks, mirrors they want to get rid of please let me know

Here in Cornwall we are in an area were lots of growers have polytunnels and every 3 years or so we have gales that rip them to pieces!

If you could find out the weak points you could probably work out how to strengthen that area.Of course putting the greenhouse or polytunnel in a more sheltered area would help!
Are there any planning regs? In the 'anob' of the Tamar Valley we are not allowed to have more polytunnels which is crazy as we need to grow more food locally and its too wet and cold to grow much through the winter never mind all the rabbits!

Good luck with it - let us know how you get on!

Whats interesting about buying plastic sheeting here in Italy is that you buy it by the weight! So once they have measured out the length you require, it goes onto some huge scales and you are charged by the Kilo!

Some of the places that make and fit new windows sell off old units and often glass doors too.