fruit cage v polytunnel

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hermon

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fruit cage v polytunnel
« on: January 27, 2014, 12:37 »
i have finally got a half plot and have 1 half of it filled fruit bushes, i don't want to buy protection for them new so was thinking of clever ways ie hubby to build a fruit cage or maybe a polytunnel but have netting over it instead of plastic i don't care what it looks like! any one done this before and where do people get those blue pippings from?  also is anyone on here from llangattock allotments? :D

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Re: fruit cage v polytunnel
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2014, 16:44 »
Blue water pipe from screwfix is about the cheapest I found last time I looked apart from the roll I got of freecycle

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Re: fruit cage v polytunnel
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2014, 21:18 »
If you look on my diary there are some photos of fruit cage I made this summer from 2 gazebo frames (£15 each, argos) and netting from ebay. Whole cage under £50. I will only have a roof on it when the bushes are fruiting. Despite the ultra soggy soil and gale force winds it is still standing firm. It isn't as square as it was do I will tweak this once the soil has dried out. At the moment it is so wet the plea were able to lift out more easily so the frame twisted slightly although no poles are twisted or bent

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Re: fruit cage v polytunnel
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2014, 12:25 »
i'll have a look on argos and thanks for the screwfix tip ;)



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