Okra and Melons4

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• bekkie hughes Posts: 5,294

  March 2015

  Hi Greg
  
  
  
  Im growing the same this year, have you seen hot beds? I wonder if that might be a good method on an allotment .
  
  
  
  In the past ive made wind breaks from pound shop tunnel cloches assembled with caned through the seams instead of the wire that comes with them, then push one end of the canes in the ground, you end up with what looks like a beach windbreak, but seethrough
  
  
  
  I will be using one of those cheap plastic greenhouses to grow mine, not sure if that would work on an allotment, it depends how exposed and blowy the site is.
  
  
  
  Another thing ive found that helps are those silver/reflective windscreen sheilds, either used as a ground sheet and planted through or behind the plants to reflect light and heat, again, i get them from the cheapo stores, they only last a season, so theres no messing around packing things away at the end of the season

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• Greg2 Posts: 12

  March 2015

  Hi Bekki,

  Thanks for the tips. The pound shop idea with the canes is a good one. I'm thinking that if get two for the sides and one for the top then bind them together it may do the trick. I'm also interested in something more permanent but its worth a go isn't it. I've just read that okra can grow from 2-6ft!

  Greg 

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• bekkie hughes Posts: 5,294

  March 2015

  Yes, im hoping its closer to 2 ft than 6! Im growing jeruselem artichokes too which get really tall, got a feeling my garden is going to look quite odd this year!
  
  
  
  You might be better making a tee pee out of the cloches while the plants are reletively small, ive even used clear storage boxes over things as a mini greenhouse before now, just make sure you put a couple of bricks on the top
  
  
  
  Why not have a look online for some polytunnel plastic? Im sure you could cobble something together

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