Hula hoops for putting net/fleece over

jacnal · « **on:** June 13, 2007, 09:26 »

Hi all,

I was looking for netting yesterday - found some. Been using it with bamboo sticks though, which ripped the skin off my bottom yesterday :oops: and I wondered if I could buy hula hoops from the £1 shop to use instead. I've seen people use similar, only I don't know what they're called (the sort used for little protective tunnels) and their price ranges.

Do you think it's worth a try, or would I be better off getting the real thing?

wellingtons · « **Reply #1 on:** June 13, 2007, 09:44 »

... from diy shops that is used for mains water. It's bright blue and comes in inch or inch and a half diameter. It's about 80p a metre, works a treat for small tunnels with fleece and I've even used it to make a fruit cage for raspberries.

milkman · « **Reply #2 on:** June 13, 2007, 09:47 »

ditto me - you can get it from places like Jewsons and other builders merchants - get the blue piping with a 20mm bore, and just use a stumpy bamboo cane to anchor each section into the ground. Lasts for years so is very good value for money.

milkman · « **Reply #3 on:** June 13, 2007, 09:49 »

ps I also use bamboo sticks but with an empty water / fizzy drinks bottle on the top to prevent tears and eye accidents!

jacnal · « **Reply #4 on:** June 13, 2007, 10:03 »

Thanks all!

I've seen the blue pipe in other gardens, just thought it was a proper gardening prop and would be dear. I'll visit Wickes - hope they have some. At 80p/metre it's way better than hula hoops, I think, especially if it lasts years. Glad I didn't buy yesterday. Thanks again guys.

Motivator · « **Reply #5 on:** June 13, 2007, 10:08 »

Yes the blue pipe is good stuff . Screwfix do a good deal on it ,About £20
for 50 metres.

ytyynycefn · « **Reply #6 on:** June 13, 2007, 11:02 »

Quote from: "Motivator"

Yes the blue pipe is good stuff . Screwfix do a good deal on it ,About £20
for 50 metres.

That's cheap - I paid £15 for 20m in B&Q. Working well at keeping butterflies off my brassicas, though!

little sweetpeas · « **Reply #7 on:** June 13, 2007, 11:09 »

I also use the blue pipes, ask builders/plumbers as they often let you have the odd bits that they have left or look in skips.

g1ggles · « **Reply #8 on:** June 13, 2007, 17:39 »

I use hula hoops thay look very good. I will takea picture next time i am up the allotment to show you. If you use hula hoops you will need a piece of bamboo each side to fix it onto like milkman said

jacnal · « **Reply #9 on:** June 13, 2007, 21:47 »

Quote from: "little sweetpeas"

I also use the blue pipes, ask builders/plumbers as they often let you have the odd bits that they have left or look in skips.

I'll be keeping an eye out on skips,sweetpea. Thanks.

So, pallets for a composter, and piping for protection.

jacnal · « **Reply #10 on:** June 13, 2007, 22:02 »

Quote from: "g1ggles"

I use hula hoops thay look very good. I will takea picture next time i am up the allotment to show you. If you use hula hoops you will need a piece of bamboo each side to fix it onto like milkman said

Hi Karen. How long have you had your hoops for? Hoops certainly look pretty and neat and personalised, pipes look neat, but everyone uses the same - blue or white. I'd choose hoops as I like pretty things

- but I need them to last years for me. Where did you buy yours from? How much? My local £1 shop actually sells 2 for a pound but I doubt they'll last. Oh decisions!

g1ggles · « **Reply #11 on:** June 14, 2007, 06:45 »

Hi jacnal i like pretty things as well and also i like to be different to everyone else thats why i used hoops.I got mine from Tesco thay where £1.69 i think but thay are covered in foil so some are strippey and some are yellow with flowers on

. i have only had my allotment this year so i dont know how long thay would last. Next time i go up to the allotment i will try to take some photos to show you, if i remember the camera i have got a sieve for a head

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Hula hoops for putting net/fleece over

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wellingtons

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Hula hoops for putting net/fleece over

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