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Cane tops
Lulu The Lurcher
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What do you all use on the top of canes to stop you poking out your eyes?
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Sometimes I dab a bit of white paint on the top; you could try ping-pong balls
I stick a small pot on the end of the cane but a small coke bottle also does the trick, I dispensed with canes for the Tomato's and use strings from the green house roof, much safer where there are youngsters and better for support as you wrap the plant around the string as it grows.
Frank.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yuzet-Rubber-Garden-Bamboo-Protection/dp/B00D240MTK/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1401884452&sr=8-4&keywords=garden+cane+toppers
and for something a little prettier - and expensive
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Terracotta-Bird-cane-toppers-set/dp/B00503WRKI/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1401884452&sr=8-3&keywords=garden+cane+toppers
This is our first year of using string from GH ceiling for toms and cucumbers - Beechgrove has a lot to answer for!!
I use old wine corks - cava ( or champagne ) ones are better as they are fatter and easier to drill into to make the hole for the cane.
Actimel pots!
LuLu - I think you have posted this thread twice by accident
I may save a couple of dozen champagne corks, I think.
I use very small terracotta pots on mine, you can get coloured plastic cane caps from your garden centre.
I string my tomatoes in the greenhouse also, don't forget when planting your toms plant them sitting on the string as this weighs the string down and keeps it in place. This method has not failed me in 15 years of doing it this way.
I use dead snail shells. I like to think those still alive might take it as a warning!