[AmandaLouise]

Hi there

Where is the cheapest place to get long ones for my runners?  can anyone advise?  I am in Manchester area.  Thanks Amanda

[simonwatson]

I know Wilkinsons sells them pretty cheap where I live and I think they're national.

[Thephoenix572]

Wilkos sell 5 for £1.98 I think

[m1ckz]

our allotment shop sells them @20p each,,,,very cheap
pop over an get some

[steved]

SCATS Countrystores were 19p each for the 8foot ones last year-havent bought any this year but wouldnt have thought theyd have gone up that much.
I think theyre national.
Steve

[mattwragg94]

hi amanda - the price varies depending on the size of the cane - for example at wilkos 5 -6ft canes are £1.26 whereas 5 - 8ft ones are £1.98  - idealy you want the 8ft ones.

@ steved - cant believe you can get them for 20p each - hmmm i dont think theres a store in sheffield - i will have a look in abit

[savbo]

amanalouise, i seem to remember you're on a Tameside site? Ask around but our allotment shop sells 6' and 8' pretty cheap - we're a Manchester site. Worst comes to the worst PM me and we'll get some for you

sav

[Plot74]

Check to see if you have an allotment association
You can usually buy items very cheap I paid 30 p each for mine  the allotment shop also sell all the stuff you will need throughout the year.
John

[Shieldsy]

On E-Bay the canes are around £22 including the delivery cost for 50 canes or if you wanted 100 canes it's around £35 including delivery which works out around 35p a cane

I ordered 100 couple of years back and they are keeping me going strong

Shieldsy

[Willow_Warren]

I am in much the same situation, trying to work out the cheapest way to support my runner beans!  Spend quite a bit on gardning this year as it's my first on this scale, I know things will last many years but it's still quite a shock initially!

Hannah

[A Reyt Tayty]

If there's a B&M near you, they do 5ft canes at £1.69 for 20. Yes, 20! And they are good strong ones, not these weedy little things you see knocking about in supermarkets. Tie 2 together.

[mumofstig]

5ft canes are nowhere near long enough for runner beans, by the time you've pushed the end into the soil, I'm afraid. You need 8ft canes..... the e-bay ones are a reasonable price given they last a good few years.

25 for £13.40 - free p&p There is a smaller pack as well.

[A Reyt Tayty]

5ft canes are nowhere near long enough for runner beans, by the time you've pushed the end into the soil, I'm afraid. You need 8ft canes..... the e-bay ones are a reasonable price given they last a good few years.

25 for £13.40 - free p&p There is a smaller pack as well.

2 5ft canes securely bound together (at least a foot overlap) gives 1 8ft cane.
this gives 10 8ft canes for £1.69p (plus cost of whatever you use to bind them together with). Thats 25 8ft canes for about £3.75. Nearly £10 difference. I love a bargain I do?

[yorkiegal]

I've got one 8ft pole and am going to use string to make a maypole for my beans. Cheaper than buying new canes. For me, it's not the cost so much as getting them to the site. I don't have a car and probably wouldn't be allowed on the bus home from the shops with 8ft canes lol.

[morbidia]

I've got one 8ft pole and am going to use string to make a maypole for my beans. Cheaper than buying new canes. For me, it's not the cost so much as getting them to the site. I don't have a car and probably wouldn't be allowed on the bus home from the shops with 8ft canes lol.

I came home with a wheel barrow on the bus last week, admittedly it was a bucket style one andthe driver did raise his eyebrows a bit

I have seen the canes in Wilkinsons and was going to get some from there but I will check out our allotment shop now, its not on our site but we are allowed to use it