🌱 Grow Your Green Thumb with Confidence!
The Quictent 20x10x6.6 FT Portable Walk-in Greenhouse is designed for easy assembly and optimal plant care. Featuring 2 mesh zipper doors and 10 vents for ventilation, a durable waterproof PE cover that allows 85% sunlight, and a robust steel frame, this greenhouse is perfect for outdoor gardening. It comes with a comprehensive warranty, ensuring your investment is protected.
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I am well experienced with these types of greenhouse structures, I have and have had several versions over my lifetime. Some are better than others. I chose this one in particular over competitors because of the zipper-closing screen door. Here's my comprehensive list of pros and cons after assembling and starting to use...*CONS*It was absolutely riddled with manufacturing issues!!(1) Two of the roof support "+" were completely flat while the other 3 had a nice curve to create a slopping roof. This created an issue with the roof sections having different shapes/angles. Which made a big issue with attaching it to the side framing. Two of the tubes bent on their own in the process and I was not using any unreasonable or excessive force(2) one of my "#1" pieces did not have the compressed end required to slide into the bracket it was supposed to go in. I checked several times that it was the right piece and even built the rest of the greenhouse without it to verify. So now I'm missing one of the horizontal side supports.(3) several on the intersection brackets that other tubes slide into were manufactured crushed (you can tell because of the paint that they were that way prior to being painted and packaged) and the smaller tube couldn't fit inside. A lot of hammering/pliering/cursing happened over that.(4) the velcro staps are not on the correct places for pretty much anywhere but the arches over the doorways. It also really needed velcro straps down the length of the center to secure to the roof beam but it doesn't have any.(5) no matter how I reposition this thing, it's pulling on the cover SOMEWHERE(6) the sides are very short (38") so plants put along the edges will have limited vertical space for growing(7) there is zero support on the door ends or across the short length of the house. This makes it easy to throw out of square and causes wonky tension on the frame and cover.(8) the "feet" are plastic. If secured by the feet and the plastic dry rots or breaks, you no longer have a secure point.*PROS*(1) this thing is massive and was cheap compared to other same-size options(2) the instructions were easy to decipher and, sans some of my connections being crushed out of shape, went together very easily(3) ventilation everywhere! I'm in a very hot climate so this is a great perk. I didn't realize that even the plastic door has a window on it!(4) plenty of extra plastic skirting at the bottom. Listing shows spreading it outside the greenhouse and placing rocks but I prefer to tuck mine in and under. It is sewn with an extra square of fabric on the corners(5) all the metal pieces have a way for water to get out (weird thing to comment on I know, but I've had a few where if water got inside the metal tubes it sat there and rusted the metal out prematurely)*THINGS I'M CHANGING & TIPS*(1) I will be running string across the short length from leg to leg (and duct taping down to my tarp floor to remove the tripping hazzard)(2) I am also going to run parachord every foot or two down the length of the roof to help support the top of the tarp and will probably also serve as an anchor point for plant support(3) use screw-end ground anchors and tether the greenhouse to them on at least the 4 corners. These things become oversized umbrellas in even considerably low winds(4) I may buy pipe from home improvement store that I can put over the weakened/bent part of the greenhouse pipes (disconnect, side bigger pipe over, reconnect, and secure pipe over damaged area.Happy gardening 🌱👩🌾
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Easy to assemble but.....
Instructions were easy to follow and for the most part the whole thing went up in less than 1 hr. However, 1 pole was missing the snap tab & when moving a section one of the joint weld simply snapped. Thats when I noticed that many of the welds were either partial or just a starter tack weld. VERY WEAK welds all around so I advise be careful when moving the frame. I also had a few fit up problems as some of the poles were dented at the joints, which made connection difficult. I had to bend out a several openings to get the inside pole to fit.I am also disappointed that the greenhouse height at center roof pole to ground is only 6 ft 2 in, not the 7 ft it is advertised to be.Otherwise it is a decent simply to assemble greenhouse for a starter like me.3-8-22 UPDATE -I was contacted by the greenhouse maker within 48 hrs of my original rvw. They immediately offered to replace the entire unit or send replacement parts if needed. Since I already had the greenhouse up and in middle of modification, I declined replacement at this time. I did have to put a 1 ft lift on the unit legs to get it to the 7 ft mark from roof midline height. I sent many pictures of the problem areas/issues, as requested by the company. Very friendly to work with and they even issued me a 10% refund off my purchase. There are still a few issues with some of the velcro tie down tabs being sewn too far off to be usable and I sent this info to the company. I am still working on the square up of the unit so the doors at either end zip up more easily, its a work in progress......BUT KUDOS TO THIS MAKER. Their immediate response and willingness to listen to input from me about the problems I have is OUTSTANDING. Very pleasantly surprised and pleased. I will provide more updates if needed.
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Buy longer stakes
This is a temporary greenhouse solution for us, and we knew that it wasn't going to be the best quality we could get. Unfortunately, it's even less sturdy than I imagined it would be. If you can, you really should set it up where it won't get hit with a lot of wind. We don't have a great spot like that on our property, and it nearly blew away as I was strapping the cover onto the frame. The stakes are only about 6" long, so I ordered some bigger landscaping staples (12"), and that has helped with the unusually windy spring we're having. The 6" stakes started pulling up when we got some bigger gusts the other day.It was easy to assemble, which is nice, but it does take 2 people to put together if you don't want to risk bending the frame.As for warmth, it seems to retain heat pretty well, but it has been unusually warm here, and it hasn't gotten that cold at night, so I don't know how that will go. I may move most of my seed flats inside at night when the temps drop at night again, because I don't want to risk losing everything if it won't be warm enough in there.My biggest complaint is really the stakes for now. I don't know why they are only 6" long. Even if we had a yard less prone to wind, one good gust could pull it right up out of the ground, and even if the cover is weighted, it can pull loose from the weights. (I buried the overhang, and it still pulled loose.)I'll hold off judgement on the whole thing until we've had it a little longer, but if you are hoping for something durable, I would keep shopping around.
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