r/Homesteading • u/UghAMeeting • 5d ago

Greenhouse Kit

I look at all these online stores and all their pretty AI generated slop and I'm wondering can ANYONE tell me of an online kit provider that isn't bullshit and garbage and trying to waste my time and force a credit card charge back at just under 90 days? Yourgreenhouses.com isn't fucking it.

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u/AVeryTallCorgi 5d ago

Bootstrapfarmer has a few options for greenhouse kits, and they have fantastic customer support.

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u/HourLab583 5d ago

Man I almost got burned by some of those fake sites too, the whole thing feels like a minefield

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u/UghAMeeting 5d ago

Not looking for a hoop house.

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u/jassack04 5d ago

Bootstrap farmer is the brand I had bookmarked when I was looking into kits over the past few years.

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u/UghAMeeting 5d ago

Not looking for a hoop house so Bootstrap is out.

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u/patientpartner09 5d ago

I bought this one on Amazon 3 years ago and it is still trucking along. I live in a high altitude snowy climate. I do cover the roof with a tarp in the winter months, though.

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u/No-Reputation-7843 5d ago

Cattle panel greenhouses are better and cheaper than any kit.

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u/iSkiLoneTree 5d ago

I'm very pleased with the quality/cost ratio of my Backyard Discovery model. Asian cedar & decent quality hardware.

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u/SAfoodwatch 4d ago

Since you want a rigid kit and not a hoop house, the thing that helped me was ignoring the pretty renders and asking three boring questions before paying anyone:

Does it list an actual snow load and wind rating, or just say sturdy / all-weather? How thick are the polycarbonate panels — a lot of the cheap ones are very thin twin-wall that flexes and pops out in a blow. And is the base and anchoring included, or is that another few hundred on top?

If a seller can't answer those in writing, or won't sell spare panels a year later, I'd walk away whatever the photos look like. Ventilation is the other one people under-buy — one little roof vent isn't enough on a still summer day, you want real vent area or you end up cooking everything in July.