Good point Lyn glad you pointed that out or I'll have bought the wrong size. I have to pass the building suppliers on my way back so might as well get them if they have then I've got the ready to use. Thanks again. Must go get ready as it about half hours drive to the dentist. Will come back later and let you know if I managed to to some rods.
How much are the metal rods for those who want to make their own supports? On eBay I can buy 5 supports for just over £20 inclusive of post and packing. Admittedly I have to take the size and style provided but I save time in not making them myself as well as time and money in not having to drive to the steel stockholders to buy the raw materials.
You need a builders' merchant, not a DIY store. The kind that sell roofing beams, tiles, electrical and plumbing stuff and have huge piles of aggregate and stuff plus the metal grid for reinforcing concrete which, by the way, makes indestructible, flexible and discreet trellis.
Check prices for rods there before ordering ready made supports or rods online.
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Thanks for the votes for HH, @Topbird and @pansyface, will definitly ask them for a shipping quote as well then.
Builders merchants don’t sell them either @Obelixx, (reinforcing mesh for concrete, yes) one needs a carpenteria metalica for that around here, but I have to travel quite a distance there and back to my nearest. Its not always about price, for me - and gawd knows, I have enough diy and construction jobs to be getting on with - if I can buy a product ready made and tailored to the job I will.
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Hi Lyn, back from the dentist. Went in to the building suppliers, they didn't know what I wanted so I thought they can't sell them. Build can in what do you want love, I told him and what they were for he had three pieces on his van which he was taking along with a load of wood to the tip. I now have a load of wood and three pieces of the thick wire which he kindly bent into shape for me. The wood I want to make a cloche, I already have 25 mts of 25mm blue water pipe. The remainder of the wood I should be able to make a collapsible cloche that can be folder up when not needed.
Am happy to report that two UK companies, Harrod Horti and plantsupports.co.uk were willing to ship to me and gave quotes. I went with the latter in the end, rapid response, very helpful, good range of sizes, shipping less than half the price of the former. Not plastic coated but a discreet olive green colour. Another item ticked off! I need to get the garden and borders in good shape and, as requested, ‘bursting with colour’ for OH’s 60th birthday garden party in June. Somehow the to-do list seems just seems to be getting longer...
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I'm glad you were able to find something suitable, I think it's fair to say we have a good choice in this country, but I'm past the stage of paying £200 for a fancy obelisk, as much as I like the look of them,... so I make my own too, but I prefer these green metal spikes which I get from various places cost about £3 each, smaller ones I use to support perennials or roses, and these larger sizes for a makeshift obelisk.... no, it won't win any landscape design prizes.. don't care about that... but it cost me about a tenner to put together with some wire...
Thanks Marlorena, thats a gorgeous clematis! I tried an artful arrangement of peasticks last year, but things grew taller than expected and flopped over, so I’m hoping these supports are sturdier and easier to push into my hard ground. My hazel wigwam worked better and will hopefully be smothered again in a re-trained rose warm welcome, although I got a bit chop happy with the rose...
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
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Check prices for rods there before ordering ready made supports or rods online.
Builders merchants don’t sell them either @Obelixx, (reinforcing mesh for concrete, yes) one needs a carpenteria metalica for that around here, but I have to travel quite a distance there and back to my nearest. Its not always about price, for me - and gawd knows, I have enough diy and construction jobs to be getting on with - if I can buy a product ready made and tailored to the job I will.
..have fun with your garden !...