[adri]

I'm making up some mini poytunnels/v large cloches to go over my raised beds.  If anyone has a suggestion as to where to get decent inexpensive polythene it'd be appreciated.

Many thanks

Adri

[DD.]

It needs to be UV Inhibited and I've got stuff from here in the past:

http://www.allplas.co.uk/acatalog/Ultra_Violet_Inhibited_Polythene_Sheeting.html

[Tigerhair]

My husband works at a factory that has stuff delivered wrapped in polythene.  Or try vets/pet shops or other shops really coz big food bags come wrapped in lovely thick stuff.... Just try everywhere.  Don't ask, don't get.  Good luck.  If it isn't UV protected, it will still last a year or so.

[DD.]

It's not UV inhibited, why go to the extra bit of expense just for wrapping? I threw some over a manure heap one year & it just disintegrated in the sun, making a right mess.

It's worth paying a little extra for and making something that will last for years.

[Lardman]

I threw some over a manure heap one year & it just disintegrated in the sun, making a right mess.

Have to agree - Someone here has put down some DPM at some point which wasn't UV stable. Im still picking little bits of blue plastic out of the soil.  Horrible stuff - horrible mess.

[billathome65]

It needs to be UV Inhibited and I've got stuff from here in the past:

http://www.allplas.co.uk/acatalog/Ultra_Violet_Inhibited_Polythene_Sheeting.html

Saved that link thanks DD

[bigben]

I have just bought some 1.8m stuff from Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/HEAVY-DUTY-REINFORCED-POLYTHENE-SHEET/dp/B001H33RFY/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1299278471&sr=8-4

Will let you know what it is like. I bought some plastic pots and spud grow sacs from this place and found them to be good. Here is their range of plastic sheeting
http://www.plasticsbypost.co.uk/horticultural-polythene-13-c.asp

[markp76]

get a job at my place we have rolls of the stuff 10ft wide and as long as you want, uv stablised too im mulling over making a diy poly tunnel out of it if i can get a way to join it together properly, would the poly tunnel tape work??

[DD.]

I have just bought some 1.8m stuff from Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/HEAVY-DUTY-REINFORCED-POLYTHENE-SHEET/dp/B001H33RFY/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1299278471&sr=8-4

Will let you know what it is like. I bought some plastic pots and spud grow sacs from this place and found them to be good. Here is their range of plastic sheeting
http://www.plasticsbypost.co.uk/horticultural-polythene-13-c.asp

Having done a quick costing, including going through adding shipping, both are more expensive than the link I gave.

[fredhogg]

The tape for joining polythene can be purchased from allplas D.D.s link..they just so happen to be 200 yards from my lotty. (but don,t leave anything out at night).

[markp76]

But would it work as a suitable jointing material?

[arugula]

The polytunnel mending tape is very strong , but I can't help feeling you'd have quite a job trying to get huge sheets of plastic 10 foot x however long to lie nice and still and flat whilst you tape them together all neat and straight. 

[markp76]

amazing what a wharehouse shop floor at work will do for you lol

[DD.]

That's not a lot of help to anyone else.

[markp76]

Very true DD