[new_2_veg]

im now in the prosess of starting to dig in the posts for my blackberry growing frame / wire system.

im still wondering if i would be better using trellis (6' x 6')  rather than wires.

i will post some pics of progress later today depending how i get on

all ideas are welcome

thanks

nathan

[muntjac]

you cant treat the trellis if its covered in brambles ,wires simpler and more airy .... trellis dont werk for me  

[new_2_veg]

i was a little unsure myself, i had to trellis pannels here spare thats what i was thinking, i was thinking of washing line rather than fencing wire because of the cost

nathan

[WG.]

cost

plain fencing wire is very cheap

[new_2_veg]

any ideas where from wg?

i could only find rolls about 60.00

thanks

n2v

[WG.]

Any industrial supplies or farmer's supplies depot.

I just Googled ... http://www.jacksons-fencing.co.uk/pages/products/timber_prod_det.aspx?tpc=AR&fmc=BO&fnc=BI has 5kg for £10.90 + VAT

[WG.]

Any industrial supplies or farmer's supplies depot.

I just Googled ... http://www.jacksons-fencing.co.uk/pages/products/timber_prod_det.aspx?tpc=AR&fmc=BO&fnc=BI has 5kg for £10.90 + VAT

I agree with munty BTW - a trellis would be a pain (and would block too much light)

[new_2_veg]

thanks wg

i was looking for hours and couldnt find anything :oops:

[new_2_veg]

well ive got 3 posts in and got it all wired up, ive just got to finnish off by putting 2 braces on top stop it folding up so to speak!

i used washing line in the end but only because im tight and it was going cheap at the wholesalers :oops:

i8ve spaced the wires out at 8" apart

as soon as i get my camera back from my good mate dave i will get some photos

nathan

[David.]

Rolls of galv. or plastic coated wire are cheapest at Wilkos (but they were all sold off at 75% off a week or so ago to make room for Christmas stock).

Fencing straining wire is really expensive and I only buy it a car boots to use cut and bent into "U" shapes to pin down polythene dpm sheeting.

For loganberry (blackberries are free from the hedges - picked nearly 200 lbs this year) supports I use Rylock mesh (obtained free) double height (2m) between posts.

[shaun]

For loganberry (blackberries are free from the hedges - picked nearly 200 lbs this year) supports I use Rylock mesh (obtained free) double height (2m) between posts.

agree there david,rylock(sheep netting) has a 100 uses around the plot

[David.]

agree there david,rylock(sheep netting) has a 100 uses around the plot

Also great used horizontally (and raised in increments up vertical posts as plants grow) to support tall plants grown through it, or even to allow cucumbers to scramble up though your sweetcorn.

[shaun]

great for over your peas and broad beans,you could use it for runner beans

[David.]

As I've got hundreds of metres of it, I'm devising a system of treated timber posts set in the ground and projecting 300mm, which have either 1.2m or 2m high removable vertical posts bolted to them (or nothing for crop rotation purposes), so the mesh can be used vertically either 1 or 2m high, or horizontally using parallel rows of 1.2m high vertical posts.

[new_2_veg]

been out there today and done a bit but my mum came round so stoped the work!

ive started to edge the growing area and in front of my raspberrys with some pallet slats, ive used the bearers for the posts/pegs into the ground.

it works realy well and has tidyed up a treat! i will soon be all finnished and have it just hoe i want it