Using Plastic Bottle tops on Bamboo

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cadalot

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Using Plastic Bottle tops on Bamboo
« on: April 03, 2013, 19:51 »
OK I know I can buy the real thing at 50 for around £6 but I'm making a Plastic Bottle Grow-house / cloche and All those bottle tops and some exterior grade hard as nails from the 99p shop were just asking to be used on the bamboo I have just purchased.
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yaxley

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Re: Using Plastic Bottle tops on Bamboo
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2013, 20:23 »
well great use of the tops after using the bottles and at 99p for the hard as nails better than buying 50 for £ 6 you will be able to do at least triple the amount of cane toppers for less than a pound  :happy:... I love to recycle items for the allotment cheap and cheerful it all works well ..
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Re: Using Plastic Bottle tops on Bamboo
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2013, 20:51 »
I put the bottles over the canes to rattle and in theory scare the pigeons (NOT!) but have been chucking the tops in the recycling...  I'm having a rethink here .... :blink:
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Re: Using Plastic Bottle tops on Bamboo
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2013, 23:04 »
I use the little probiotic type yoghourt pots when empty on shorter canes where danger of kiddies falling and poking selves in eye or in polytunnel where pulling up a longer cane might cause end to go thro roof or side of tunnel
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Re: Using Plastic Bottle tops on Bamboo
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2013, 09:12 »
Great idea, thanks for posting.  :)

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cadalot

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Re: Using Plastic Bottle tops on Bamboo
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2013, 12:30 »
Surbie - No problem - once I have made the Plastic Bottle Grow house I will upload phorographs.

The idea is to grow the frames one at a time and start with two playing cards type structure as a plastic bottle cloche then grow it as I make more frames to a 1.2m cube then a 2.4 x 1.2 x 2.3 rectangle.

I'm also making 1.2x1.2 netting frames up on the same principal using timber battens that my roofer neighbour brings me home at the end of jobs and plastic bird netting     

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Re: Using Plastic Bottle tops on Bamboo
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2013, 07:04 »
I put the bottles over the canes to rattle and in theory scare the pigeons

The plot next to me did this and I didn't notice.....until the wind got up and the only one who was scared was me rofl. very eerie noise    :blush:
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pdblake

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Re: Using Plastic Bottle tops on Bamboo
« Reply #7 on: April 10, 2013, 10:45 »
I just put the whole bottle on the cane.



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