[prakash_mib]

trying to find a good strong string to buy. dont know which one. can someone point me to find the string which they use to build the frame please?? 

[Trillium]

I'm not sure what string he originally used, but I've used the nylon twine that farmers use for baling hay and straw. I had a friend save some for me from item's that had been shipped to a shop, and I also got some at an auction. Most farm supply shops will carry it in smaller amounts.

I find it lasts about 3 years before it needs changing, unlike jute which barely lasted one season.

[Growster...]

I'm not sure what string he originally used, but I've used the nylon twine that farmers use for baling hay and straw. I had a friend save some for me from item's that had been shipped to a shop, and I also got some at an auction. Most farm supply shops will carry it in smaller amounts.

I find it lasts about 3 years before it needs changing, unlike jute which barely lasted one season.

I was given a huge bag of this by a farmer in spring 1988 (I did a job for him - remember the date well).

There are still about twenty lengths left, and as strong as it was back then!

Marvellous stuff, but will deteriorate if in the soil for any length of time!

[DD.]

If - and only if, you have to resort to buying it, check out  "polypropylene twine" on ebay.

Most of what I use to support my peas is that, but this was salvaged from newspaper bundles when Mrs Digger worked at a newsagent.

[allot2learn]

You can purchase a full bale of it from Staples for around £9.

[JayG]

My Munty frame is strung with galvanised wire (not plastic-coated, but the thinner of the two types usually available from garden centres - possibly 2mm rather than 3mm.  )

The sloping section is about 5' and permanently strung, the upright section is about 3' and I use lengths of wire pushed into the soil at one end, and looped over the horizontal rail at the top, which makes it quite easy to retrieve them at the end of the season to re-use the next year.

My frame is made from angle iron but I don't see why it wouldn't work with a wooden structure unless you didn't want semi-permanent stringing for some reason.

[DD.]

You can purchase a full bale of it from Staples for around £9.

I have a Staples account for a group that I'm treasurer of.

That "about £9" for a 2.25 kg bale becomes £17.12 with VAT and postage.

You can get a bale over twice that size for £13.25 all in on eBay.

[prakash_mib]

thanks all,
I found staples is expensive when ordering less than £30 exvat. I found this
http://www.macfarlanepackaging.com/polypropylene-twine-5260
they have a depot nearby and I am going to grab one
last night it took two hours in vain to search twine but I was putting in nylon with it (thats what they are called... arent they?) today I learned that they have changed the name of nylon to polypropelenenenene 
I am gonna have a stab at it this weekend for runners and for climbing french as well. is it a good idea to do climbing french in munty's?

what do people grow on the shade I am thinking of perpetual spinach. will that be a good idea?

[digalotty]

i do chard and rocket and also collies as they dont get burned and go pink

[digalotty]

just thought is it worth going the pound shop and buying a couple of clothes lines surely they will last a decent time and cheap as chips 

[Dopey113]

Use the search string and rope, i have a catalogue so i looked in that

http://www.screwfix.com/search.do?fh_search=rope

[Salmo]

So which way do you face a munty frame? Slope towards South or towards North or none of them?

[mumofstig]

have a look here
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=50801.msg402866#msg402866

the theory is that that way around you can still grow some crops in the space underneath 

[Dopey113]

I just saw what a munty frame is.... now if I had known that before I did this



I would have made one up, seems a lot more practical

[mattwragg94]

hmmm i may have a go at making one this year