EZ-store Cloche Plant Starter -- Easy Setup, Ventilation, Watering, and Storage

Starting plants in a cloche is perfect for plants that don't like to be transplanted. It's like a portable greenhouse. Other cloches are bulky to store. This one stores in a compact stack.

Note that the plant at the left was planted in a cloche at the same time the plant near the wooden marker was planted in the bed without a cloche.

Some means to cut plastic sheet -- CNC router, drill press and bandsaw, coping saw, etc.

4mm or 5/32 drill bit

Some 2mm clear sheet -- acrylic or polycarbonate

Large wire "U" shapes to fasten the panels to the ground if desired .

-- https://www.menards.com/main/doors-windows-millwork/acrylic-glass-sheets/amerilux-0-080-thick-clear-acrylic-sheets/cla20x32x080/p-1539107080757-c-7551.htm

or

-- https://www.menards.com/main/paint/ceilings/ceiling-tiles/plaskolite-2-x-4-micro-prism-glaze-light-panel/1a90001a/p-1475821230594-c-13612.htm

Use double-sided tape to attach the 2mm_top_dwg_1.pdf template to the plastic sheet.

Drill a 4mm or 5/32 hole at the four red circles.

Saw out the outline. The drilled holes provide relief for the portions sawed away.

Drill a hole near the bottom to allow for a wire or nail to pass through for wind resistance

Use double-sided tape to attach the 2mm_top_dwg_0.pdf template to the plastic sheet.

Drill a 4mm or 5/32 hole at the four red circles.

Saw out the black outline. The drilled holes provide relief for the portions sawed away. The blue lines are reference images of the way the sides fit into the top.