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Plant Supports
Kieran Wood
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Hi all, I want to make some of the plant supports that Monty Don makes on Gardeners World. He claims they cost very little (under ??1) but I cannot find the steel to make them. Has anyone found an alternative or found cheap metal to make the supports?
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Not sure what 'expensive' is but B&Q sell steel rods 1m x 4mm
Billericay - Essex
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B&Q rods cost under £2
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I think they need to be about 2 metres.
I have seen people selling them cheap on eBay so the steel must exist somewhere but the postage puts the price right up.
I bought some of the reinforcing rod bar from B and Q. I made one with a 2 metre length and made 2 that were one metre. For smaller plants. I found the one metre ones were actually better and so I rebent the 2 metre one back out and turned it into two. Its cheaper to buy threaded bar in future though at ??1.25 a metre from toolstation.
The Metal Store list 6mm bar 3m long for under £2.
https://www.themetalstore.co.uk/products/mild-steel-round-bar-3m
Hi,
Contact your local steel stockholders, as in Worcestershire Steels. 01527 67777. They have 6mm dia ( and more ) 6mtr lengths for £2.00each and will cut them to length.
Last edited: 18 April 2017 14:14:51
I can't see those, only ones for £2.76.
I bought 30 of these but probably cheaper from a specialist merchant.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00E7P9SLG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Heres a link to Monty making them.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p035dmd5
Try these guys, cheaper than the ones you have mentioned on here so far.
www.worcestershiresteel.co.uk
Last edited: 18 April 2017 15:33:58
Just rang up my local steel stockholder and 2m lengths are 96 pence each!
Definitely solved the conundrum of buying plant supports as the ones in the garden center are so expensive!
I took delivery of some of these yesterday and am happy to report that they work really well. Look smart too imho