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flatcap

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« on: February 23, 2008, 17:42 »
the polytunnels finaly going up made of things we got free :D


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« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2008, 10:42 »
that looks great flatcap,what have you knocked in the deck are they scaffold tubes?
feed the soil not the plants
organicish
you learn gardening by making mistakes

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« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2008, 11:13 »
yes shaun they are scaffolding tubes,got a roll of scaffolding debris netting to go around the bottom of tunnel ,then plastic for the rest of it

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« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2008, 11:26 »
hey flatcap where have you got the free poly from and is there any more :wink:  :D
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not organic    but still a nice bloke

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« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2008, 11:41 »
hi jr,the pipe lying round is spare if uve got a van you can have it ,

  were in blyth northumberland. if your intersested il get oh to measure it up ,not sure what size polytunnel it would make

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« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2008, 12:01 »
thanks for the offer but my neighbour has some for me was just wondering about the polythene :D  :wink:

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« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2008, 20:41 »
lol jr ,we were at lottie this afternoon guy 2 plots up popped in
seen we were building polytunnel and off loaded 2 rolls of polythene and 4
cans of spraytack of his van  :D

so weve got 1 spare roll(we already had 1 roll) could possibly have some left off other rolls ,but wont no til weve done poly

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« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2008, 20:52 »
well thats a start eh :wink:  a thought in the back of the minds eye :lol: keep in touch wont you :D

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« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2008, 21:05 »
il keep you informed,oh reckons there will be some left off the 2 rolls

prob be attempting to cover it in the next 2 months weather depending

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« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2008, 12:29 »
Your photo of polytunnel so far looks impressive (particularly as all the bits were free) and similar to what will remain of mine when I strip the old polythene off.  Will await with interest for any tips for putting the cover on - the task looks fairly daunting.  Good Luck :!:

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« Reply #10 on: February 25, 2008, 12:51 »
hi pp

                   bottom half of tunnels gonna have scaffolding debris around
                   for ventilation,we are waiting for roofers lats to build a frame
                          inbetween the poles.

                    i have been told to do polythene cover on a warm wind free day(thatl be fun)
one of the old guys at the lottie has given us some fishing net to put over cover apparently it stops polythene flapping about in the wind .

we are hoping to have about 5 of us to put the the cover on il let you know how how it goes

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« Reply #11 on: February 25, 2008, 12:57 »
Brian and I did my 24ft polytunnel on our own, and it was a bit of a task!  Could have done with another pair of hands!!!!  But we got there in the end after a lot of swearing on MY part as certain people don't always say what they mean!!!!    :lol:  :lol:

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« Reply #12 on: February 25, 2008, 16:30 »
Flatcap, when you do put up that film, taking along someone to take pix for us so we can see how you managed it all and if the netting helped.

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« Reply #13 on: February 25, 2008, 19:00 »
trill, il try and get pics (prob have the guys swearing at me)

      the fishing net goes over the top of the polythene and stays there permanetly (i didnt make that very clear  :oops: )

the old guy has it on his and swears by it since im getting it free il try it :)

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« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2008, 19:17 »
Very impressed - mind you, your soil looks absolutely brilliant as well!



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