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Re: brassicas
« Reply #15 on: December 29, 2009, 20:32 »
A lot of people use bent water pipe if you can find it :), or drape it over roofing battens, banged in where you need them...easy peasy

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« Reply #16 on: December 29, 2009, 20:34 »
A lot of people use bent water pipe if you can find it :), or drape it over roofing battens, banged in where you need them...easy peasy

I like the idea of the bent water-pipe (blue?). I saw some on sale the other day but avoided looking at the price!
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Re: brassicas
« Reply #17 on: December 29, 2009, 20:37 »
Learner, check out www.gardening-naturally.com

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Re: brassicas
« Reply #18 on: December 29, 2009, 20:39 »
Learner, check out www.gardening-naturally.com

Thanks for that - looks interesting - I will investigate!  ;)

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Re: brassicas
« Reply #19 on: December 29, 2009, 20:48 »

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Re: brassicas
« Reply #20 on: December 29, 2009, 20:57 »
I use lengths of rough cut, pressure treated timber, cut to length according to the crop. Just bang 'em in & drape the netting over as a previous poster said.
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?

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« Reply #21 on: January 01, 2010, 19:12 »
DD: I think yours may be more susceptible to "Snow collapse", under the weight of snow, than water pipe?  My water pipe just bent out of the way under heavy snow load - although of course it would have been better if I had un-draped the netting before the snow came :(

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Re: brassicas
« Reply #22 on: January 01, 2010, 20:00 »
It's survived thus far.

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« Reply #23 on: January 01, 2010, 20:07 »
Hmmm ... maybe I'll throw away my blue pipe then!



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