Protecting Your Polytunnel from Severe Storms

During severe storms and bad weather protecting your commercial polytunnels or garden tunnels is very important. It is best to make sure that you are prepared for bad weather, by ensuring you always have some polytunnel supplies ready for any repairs or refurbishment.

 


Our climate is changing - there is no doubt about that. Gardeners all around the world are finding that they are having to change the way they grow and produce plants. Even if you do most of your gardening in a polytunnel, you will probably find the climate is affecting you in one way or another.

 

Polytunnel Supplies for Stormy Weather

 

Whether you have commercial polytunnels or garden polytunnels, it is probably fair to say that you have a fair amount of money invested in your polytunnels. Therefore, you are probably going to want to protect your tunnels.

 

One of the polytunnel supplies you should have handy is extra plastic sheeting. If a severe wind or storm sweeps through your garden, your polytunnel sheeting or polytunnel covers can easily become damaged or torn. When that happens, you need to make sure that you can recover your polytunnel as soon as possible to protect vulnerable plants.

 

Should I Insure My Garden Polytunnel?

 

Unfortunately, insurance is something that many private polytunnel gardeners overlook. Owners of commercial polytunnels know how important it is to have the right insurance.

 

You can have all of the polytunnel supplies on standby, but if the damage is so severe you need a complete refurbishment, having insurance cover is preferable.

 

The cost of insurance cover for both private and commercial polytunnels varies a great deal. Before you go ahead and sign your name on the dotted line, it is best to get a couple of quotes for insurance cover.

 

One of the best insurance companies in the UK to offer cover for both private and commercial polytunnels is NFU.

 

When Do I Check on My Polytunnel?

 

If a severe storm blows up during the night, checking on your polytunnel is not going to be easy. In the dark, it is very hard to spot torn or damaged polytunnel covers unless they are already flapping about in the wind. It is best to wait until the morning.


What can I do if the storm takes place during the day? When the storm takes place during the daytime, there are more things that you can do. But, at all times, it is important that you stay out of harm’s way. Watch out for flying debris.

 

It is only understandable that you want to protect both your tunnel and plants, but neither are worth getting injured over. Keep that in mind during bad weather. Far too many gardeners have in the past been injured trying to rescue their plants.

 

In Conclusion

 

By all means, face facts and take onboard that the climate is changing. Have some polytunnel supplies on standby, but remember to stay safe. Your plants and crops are replaceable but you are not.

Location: London, UK

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