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Blue water pipe cloches

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  • barry islandbarry island Posts: 1,847
    I found that 20mm plastic electricians conduit (£1.90 for 2M lengths) fits inside my 25mm blue mdpe water pipe so stick 300mm lengths of conduit into ground with 150mm sticking up and slide the blue water pipe over the top screw through if needed.
  • rowlandscastle444rowlandscastle444 Posts: 2,612
    Fairygirl said:
    That's what I'd use @nick615 if cane/dowel isn't suitable. 
    I wouldn't have any problem pushing a bit of dowel or cane into the soil here, but I suppose if it's hard and dry it would be more difficult. I've also used metal 'canes' which were the shelf supports from one of those cheapo plastic greenhouses. Hollow like a cane, but sturdy  :)
    Also useful for moving medium sized items of furniture around the house, or down the drive. I never throw anything away, just in case!!
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    @steephill - those bent rebar plant supports are another Geoff Hamilton tip from way back.   

    We use short lengths of rebar to hold the hollow hoops that support our brassicas netting.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • nick615nick615 Posts: 1,487
    It all goes to prove that the ancient art of 'That might come in useful one day' is alive and kicking.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    The rebar would be perfect, although you may need to add something round it if there's a big difference in diameter between it and the plastic pipe, and it's a windy site. 

    I've never used it though - does it come in different sizes/diameters? I expect it must.

    @nick615 -the problem with keeping everything 'just in case' is, you end up having to empty hordes of stuff out later. I find myself saying - 'do I really need that?'. Having had to empty my parent's house, I'm making sure I don't follow suit - for my children's sakes  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • nick615nick615 Posts: 1,487
    You're absolutely right, Fairygirl, but the day after you discard something, you need it.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Indeed @nick615. I'm a gold medallist at that  :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • SueAtooSueAtoo Posts: 380
    I seem to remember Geoff Hamilton also used blue water pipe to join bamboo (or other) canes to arch over paths for runner beans, worked well as the beans dangled and were easy to pick, and supports pushed into the soil at the side of the paths didn't take up planting room.
    East Dorset, new (to me) rather neglected garden.
  • DaveGreigDaveGreig Posts: 189
    I have raised beds constructed of 6’ x 2” boards. I’ve drilled 25 mm diameter holes at regular intervals along the top edge and the pipe pushes into them. I’ve used this method for many years and the hoops are easily removed or reassembled when required.
  • war garden 572war garden 572 Posts: 664
    try use section of wider pipe than one you are bending. 
    2 ft length. 1ft in ground and 1 ft above.
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