Greenhouse - Walk in Greenhouse with 8 Sturdy Shelves and PVC Cover for Indoor or Outdoor Use - 56 x 56 x 76-Inch Green House by Pure Garden

This is the second portable green house that I have bought. The first one was O-grow brand and had the green cover. The O-grow one lasted 3 years in our Dallas TX winter seasons. This is my first year with this model. They are very similar in set up and materials. thin metal poles plastic joints flimsy shelves not built to last (but let's face it, if you are buying this type of greenhouse you are looking for a long lasting solution right?) I just winter my plants in them and as you can see from the photo i have it set up on concrete on my patio. The first thing to break on my last green house were the plastic joints. The winter freezes just cause them to crack at the stress points. We ductaped the few that broke and they ended up lasting 2 more winters. I expect these will do the same as they are of the same material. the poles and shelves hold up well with only minor rusting inside. That green cover finally gave out which led me to purchase this one. I will say I like the look of the clear cover better than the green one. It also seems a bit thicker/sturdier that the green one. The cover fit over the frame but it took a warm day or two, to stretch out a bit so your could really pull it down to the ground. I secure mine with rocks from my rock garden and it is protected from wind on two sides by my house. The "tie downs" that come on this model are a joke. Don't expect to secure it by that method. A couple of heavy plants on the lower shelves and bricks or rocks around the border of the cover should do the trick. I string a set of Christmas lights in mine to create heat on nights that get below freezing you will need that if you are to keep the plants from freeze damage. But so far my plants have done well in this model over the 7 or 8 freezes we have had this year. I would buy this one again.

I put it together late Monday afternoon and by Friday morning it was covered in holes, many of the ties were ripped off. It is completely unsalvageable.. because of the cheaper cost of this, I didn’t expect it to last me for years and years, but I did have hopes that it would get me through the spring/summer not just 3 days. Honestly it probably had holes in it before Friday, but I worked Tuesday through Thursday 13+ hour shifts at the hospital so I did not go out and check on it when I got home late each night. I’m very disappointed, I didn’t even get to put any starters in it yet.. Also, multiple PVC pipes were disconnected with the slight movement from the wind. The stakes and string supplied were not very sturdy so we even made heavier stakes and used a lightweight rope instead of the little strings trying to tether it and protect it from the wind. It didn’t encounter any extreme weather, just some mild wind in my backyard. We have a lot of trees, a privacy fence, and on the backside of it was my horse trailer to help protect it from any additional wind. Not sure what else I could have done to protect it besides for leaving it in my garage which would defeat the whole purpose. I would like a refund, but to be honest, I’m not sure the refund is worth my time taking apart the shelving and all of the zip ties and trying to ship it back. Plus I already got rid of the box so I don’t know what to do now. I have even more photos because there were so many holes but didn’t include all of them here, I figured 14 photos would get the point across. Pros: I liked that it was very easy to put together, I did it by myself besides putting the cover on because I had my husband help so I didn’t snag or rip it by doing it alone. Directions were pretty straightforward. This would be a fine little greenhouse if you were going to leave it inside your house or garage, but definitely not sturdy enough for anywhere that has even the slightest breeze.

For the money, it was an easy set-up and large enough for seed starting. Some of the other reviews have complained about the thinness of the shelving. Yeah, they are quite thin and not very sturdy, but they are find for seed starting or small plants. My biggest issue is the plastic is already tearing from the seams and zippers. I haven't even had it for a month. Do I unzip everyday? Yes, gotta water the little babies. But, knowing how...inexpensively this is made and from prior reviews, I knew to be careful when zipping and unzipping. Nonetheless, it's already tearing. It'd be a bigger labor sink to disassemble and ship back (vs. just using some clear Gorilla tape. So I will keep the thing, but I WOULD NOT buy another one of this particular brand. Oh, one other thing, the bottom of the sheathing is just short of touching the ground, so If you want a greenhouse which seals at the bottom, this is not the one. I know the price point on this item, so I'm not tripping too much, but it would be helpful to have two sets of zips so you can zip from the top down or bottom up - it would help with ventilation, since there are no built-in vents. Again, just a suggestion - not a complaint. Again, you get what you pay for, right?

I knew for the price that i should only expect about a year out of it, but i did not even get 3 months. The plastic is VERY flimsy and started tearing right away. I tried taping it to preserve it for the winter, but at this point it is nearly a total loss. The frame is not overly sturdy, but good enough design and strength for what i wanted. The size was perfect for small projects. It is in a fairly well protected wind/sun area, but the little wind we have had, has shredded the plactic. Every thing else seems in good shape. Instructions were pretty straightforward with pictures to follow. I plan on getting plastic shower curtains to hang/replace.

When I first got it and put it together I was pretty happy - we used a mallet to make sure all pieces were securely inside the connectors - doing it by hand they FELT all the way in but when we used the mallet they always went in further. The mesh shelves are pretty flimsy and we definitely used extra zip ties to secure them. I also used some pieces of cardboard to reinforce them and they held my seedling trays fairly well. We set it up against the house on a concrete paver patio so there was no staking it - I had heavy garden pavers and just sat them on the bottom part of the frame inside and on the outside, sitting on top of the plastic flap. At one point we were predicted to get heavy winds (we did) and I rolled out a piece of black landscaping cloth to go over it with a bit of a “flap” at the bottom mimicking the plastic cover flaps and then sat more pavers on the flap. It still moved with the wind but it stayed put and nothing fell off shelves inside. If you need a greenhouse that won't blow away in a storm you should probably just build one. For what this is, it is as sturdy as it can be and a great price. Update: early this spring I had emptied the greenhouse and had been meaning to take it down when a big wind storm snuck up on us. It was definitely picking up the empty, unsecured green house and starting to toss it around so my son and I ran out and took the cover off so it was just the frame and then we hurriedly pulled the frame apart as much as we could and just piled it so nothing would blow away. Admittedly, it got away from me to put it away properly, so it sat there – plastic cover and pile of metal poles and mesh shelves in the Arizona sun and heat the ENTIRE summer. It is January 2022 and we have just put it back together for the 2nd year. The paint is kinda coming off the frame on our hands a little like the sun and weather broke down the clear coat but nothing is bent, rusted (yes it is Arizona but we had pretty torrential monsoon season this year so, plenty of rain) or broken! We knocked all supports in with a mallet, zip tied the shelves on the frame, This time to reinforce the flimsy mesh shelves I had some large cooling racks from the dollar store and laid those on top and zip tied those in place as well- I HIGHLY recommend doing this and wish I had thought of it last year because it added lots of stability and strength to the shelves – just make sure they are large enough to sit over the bar of the main frame when placing them. The plastic cover totally shrunk – the bottom flaps that went on the ground now just barely reached the bottom of the frame so it shrunk shorter but still fits over the frame fine and I just used hose repair tape to pull the flap tight and secure it around the bottom support, I also used this tape to repair some small rips and holes that occurred from the plastic cover sitting in a pile in the yard all summer. I’m still using pavers to secure on the concrete patio. We will not be taking it apart this year, though we will be moving it to the other side of the house and securing it to the ground differently. I do not expect this to last forever, however, for the use I have gotten out of it and until we get the yard to a place that we can build a small permanent greenhouse, and for what I have put this thing through?! I'm still super happy with the money I spent on it – at this time the price is around $80 and I got it on sale for just under $70. Also, the zipper worked fine last year but this year one side doesn't want to go past 3/4 of the way down anymore since sitting all summer. (Pics 1&2 when first set up 11/20, pic 3&4 cardboard to reinforce shelves and landscaping cloth over the top 12/20, pics 5,6 & 7 current set up with pavers, taped bottom edge and reinforced shelves 1/22)

Bought this house as an attempt to protect my potted plants from my chickens and keep my plants from frost on the few nights of frost we experience in this Florida weather. Bzzzt, fail. During the day, there is no way to open up the enclosure to allow air to flow. Even on a 40 degree day the house heated to well over 115. Killed those plants. So, can't close the door. Forget to open it, it only takes one day and your plants are stemmed vegetables. Then, they include no anchoring system for the base of the house! You know that lightweight rating of the house? Not the blessing you think. The ties on the vinyl ties didn't line up well on the posts where they are supposed to be tied. The first day, it half degloved itself cause it didn't line up. Since I just hadn't tied it down. So, I tied it down, but it gets worse. Since I couldn't close the door because there are no vent windows. Chickens dug up the potted plants on the floor and knocked over the others. Had it anchored with the tent like straps it came with. First blustery day. This "lightweight is a positive" house was 50 yards into the woods. All of my plants are destroyed. Still searching for where the thermometer is gone to. Other than a cutesy children's indoor tent for plants. What's good is it? Absolutely zero warnings about it's impracticality for outdoor use. No instructions to securing it's base so it doesn't become a five foot kite, or hardware to even accomplish this. They need to alter the marketing pitch on this product, or include some u-stakes or such hardware to batten down the frame. Some metal eyelets to stake the vinyl cover down. This product falls severely short of expectations. The idea is great! Had me all reeled in. The reality was disappointing.

For the money it’s a great deal (@ $70), I put it up in a couple hours and I wasn’t rushing at all. The shelves are a little narrow, I have 10x20 flats and they only fit long way, if the shelves were a little deeper I could almost triple what I can keep in it. And still have enough room to get around. The shelves fit fine, no need for the zip ties except added strength, but you have to be sure the pipes are ALL the way into the plastic fittings or the shelves won’t fit, and you lose structural stability. the top shelf is a good height for potting and sturdy enough to hold a bucket of wet potting mix and a pitcher of water. I could carry the whole box alone, so people who are surprised when the wind blows it over are kidding them selves if they though a couple cheap tie downs was going to keep it secured in the middle of an open field 🙄 on a windy day. Mines protected on 3 sides and secured to cement and I still don’t trust it if it’s going to be super windy So far my only issue is it seems bugs can find their way into the green house but not out 😳 a couple vents on the top might solve that issue... but the bugs might not figure that out either. The cover fits better on the second day I will probably put a heat light inside if the weather gets cool to keep the frost output day 2 and I’m super happy with it

I bought this greenhouse in 2017. I just set it up for the second time this spring. Overall, for the price, you're getting a good greenhouse- this isn't a $1000 greenhouse. With that said, after using it for a year, keeping in the basement in storage for a couple years, and now setting it up again for it's second season, it's definitely seen wear and tear. My biggest and least surprising complaint is the door. The zipper died a couple months into use and the plastic door can be tough to get open/closed. There will be a lot of tearing on the plastic near the zipper over time. The plastic can handle most of a growing season without tearing if you're careful. But the plastic does yellow and harden and crack after exposure to sun and moisture over a season. Plan on buying a new plastic cover every year, maybe every two years if you're careful. Even with all the pieces fitting as snug as possible together, the plastic is hard to fit over the frame- it's very tight on some places. So be sure to have the greenhouse pieces pushed together all the way. The plastic connectors seem to have held up well, but I forsee some of them breaking after multiple uses- careful not to bend them too much when putting up/taking down your greenhouse. The metal poles do rust eventually- I have one pole that has a rust spot 4" long with a 1" hole, and some of the poles have rust on the ends where they connect to the plastic, but other than that it's in decent shape. This thing is a tent, so be sure to put it in a spot sheltered from wind that still gets sun. The stakes and line that come with this are pretty worthless so you'll have to do some additional metal stakes + zip ties to hold it down, even if it's in a sheltered spot. Like I said- not your $1000 greenhouse. But for it's price, and getting a couple years out of this thing- more years if you replace the plastic and take care of it, you'll get your money's worth. :)