Editorial Product Review:Item Description:This portable greenhouse has a hunter green interlocking tubular steel frame with 4-tier shelves. The clear PVC plastic slip-on covering has a roll-up zippered door. Assembles in minutes. No tools required. Dimensions: 63'H x 20'D x 28'W
Amazon.com Review:With unpredictable spring snowstorms, growing cilantro starters can be risky. One unexpected frost can wipe out a month’s growth of delicate, new sprouts. Likewise, autumn weather often turns harsh before busy gardeners have finished harvesting. Rumford Gardener gives green thumbs respite from Mother Nature’s precarious weather, and extends the growing season with its lightweight, portable greenhouse.
The sturdy, tubular, steel frame assembles quickly with interlocking pieces. A protective, powder-coated finish helps resist weather-related damage. The clear PVC cover wraps around the greenhouse to insulate plants, while providing plenty of light exposure. The cover’s front panel unzips from both sides--so gardeners can roll up the front panel on warmer days and seal it at night. Four, wire grid shelves support trays of seeds, starts, and potted plants. Each shelf measures 27 by 18 inches, and holds plants up to 13 inches tall. A top shelf supports plants up to 19 inches high.
The greenhouse’s lightweight structure makes transport easy. During early spring and late fall, gardeners may opt to carry it outside for daylight hours--allowing plants the benefits of sun and fresh air--and return it indoors at night to avoid frost damage. In windy climates, it’s best to weigh the greenhouse down to keep it from toppling over. Putting the greenhouse together is simple with included instructions. No additional tools are required. Assembled, the greenhouse measures 63 by 27 by 18 inches. Unassembled, it measures 13-1/2 by 3 by 16 inches and weighs 12-1/5 pounds. Rumford Gardener covers this product with a lifetime warranty.
--Jessica Reuling
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Buyer Reviews
Average Buyer Rating:
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Rumford greenhouse issues
Product is overall very good. A few issues I ran into were:
Its very light - wind will easily affect it. It sat on my deck with a rope around it and the rail to remain upright. I also placed some weight on the bottom shelf to keep it from rocking and throwing off my plant trays.
I also had to wire the sides together. It came apart too easily with the wind. I simple ran a wire from the right to the left side and tightened it so it wouldnt come apart. This was done at the top and bottom shelves.
After those issues the only thing I would add, night be a vent hole at the top - it can get quite warm in it!
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Mini Green House
Nice stater green house. Easy assembly too! My plants are happy, getting well established from seed started in the green house. I only wish it had wheels to move around. Each shelf holds 2 starter seed trays. The hight is more than ample for your flowers or other larger plants. Does need weight if you have it out in a windy area. I tied filled water bottles to each leg ..... a keeper!
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A nice little greenhouse for the price
Assembly was very easy, and my greenhouse held together just fine during moving it from inside the house to its current home next to the deck. I took others' advice and weighted the bottom shelf with a couple of gallon-sized milk jugs full of water (and heating the water before our 25-degree temp last night kept my plants toasty enough to survive the night just fine). I also stuck a couple of metal stakes through the bottom bars and staked it to the ground, so mine shouldn't tip over even in our often heavy gusts.
My only complaint about this greenhouse is the cover: While the plastic material seems durable, the zippers are of very poor quality. One was already missing its pull tab when I received the greenhouse; the other zipper's tab broke off the first time I used it. Also, there are ties sewn into a few interior seams to tie the cover to the frame as well as a tie sewn in near the top of the front flap for tying up the flap while accessing the interior. These ties are very flimsy and far too short to tie properly. Frankly, I doubt they will hold if enough of a wind gust whips under the cover. I may just sew my own longer, stronger ties into the cover one of these days.
Overall, though, this is a nice, adequate greenhouse for my season-extending needs.
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Very convenient
Frankly, I did not expect so good a product for the price.
I used plastic ties to secure wire shelves to pipes and placed an old
dishpan on bottom shelf. Blew over and broke one zipper so I used
4 tent stakes to secure it in ground.
The plastic covering is very clear and permits ample sunlight to reach
plants and heat dishpan water. I've added a thermometer and add a 1/2
gallon of boiling water to dishpan when nighttime temperature is projected to be below 30.
