Overview
Make your own cloches to use as handy home-made devices to keep your seeds. Made using hanging baskets and secondary glazing film, they resemble traditional Victorian bell cloches but cost a fraction of the price. The film will be strong enough to last a few months and is easily replaced if it does break.
Do it:
autumn - spring
Takes just:
10 minutes
How to do it
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Cover the hanging basket with a piece of the glazing film, attaching it to the rim with double-sided tape. Leave about 5cm excess at the edges. -
Use a hairdryer to blow the film until all the wrinkles disappear and it goes tight. Snip off the surplus film with a pair of scissors.
"Use garden wire and pegs to anchor your cloche to the soil."
Comments and rating
Overall rating (from 9 ratings):
5 out of 5
where can i get filmglaze. liked the feature
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Great idea, could you use ordinary cling film?
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1 out of 5
THIS IS A REALLY GREAT IDEA, THANK YOU! I AM GOING TO GIVE IT A GO AS wE LIVE IN A VERY COLD PART OF THE COUNTRY.
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5 out of 5
great tip!
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4 out of 5
great idea and so simple! Where can you get the filmglaze though? Cling film could work...
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4 out of 5
Good idea to use old baskets on the hunt now for filmglaze
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Very useful, especially since even plastic cloches are vastly over priced. Would be nice if the article had included sources for filmglaze though.
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5 out of 5
Great idea as the real thing is so expensive. I found the filmglaze at Homebase and have made cloches to protect my alpines this winter - looks a bit like a mini 'Eden Project'!
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5 out of 5
Simple, easy and effective, filmglaze can be bought in most Hardware shops and DIY stores.
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Very good idea, easy and effective. Filmglaze can be got from hardware shops or DIY stores.
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grimmer commented on this article
28 January 2009
Can you buy Filmglaze online?
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