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euronerd
Acre
Posts: 487
West Yorks
Zero cost plant support
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August 06, 2009, 23:10:48 »
... well almost zero
Don't know if this idea might be useful to anybody. I'm using them for determinate toms and aubergines at the moment. I was concentrating on the zero cost option as much as anything. For experimental purposes I didn't use measurements of any kind, balancing the timber on a cane see-saw fashion, to find the centres.
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compothefirst
Not So New ...
Posts: 34
Re: Zero cost plant support
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Reply #1 on:
August 08, 2009, 19:46:37 »
Just what I need. I put the canes in the pots this year and they all kept toppling over in the windy weather, even with stones on the pots.
Thanks for the idea.
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nilly71
Hectare
Posts: 1,305
Romford,Essex
Re: Zero cost plant support
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Reply #2 on:
August 09, 2009, 09:48:44 »
Great idea ;)
Neil
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euronerd
Acre
Posts: 487
West Yorks
Re: Zero cost plant support
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Reply #3 on:
August 09, 2009, 11:21:55 »
I've been troubled with wind too compo. :-\ It's easy to further stabilise them with a few more canes:
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Wilder
Quarter Acre
Posts: 91
Re: Zero cost plant support
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Reply #4 on:
February 25, 2010, 14:48:07 »
this is brilliant! as with the best ideas, thanks
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saddad
Hectare
Posts: 17,900
Derby, Derbyshire (Strange, but true!)
Re: Zero cost plant support
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Reply #5 on:
February 25, 2010, 14:51:16 »
Welcome to A4A Wilder :)
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1066
Hectare
Posts: 4,390
And all that ..... in Hastings
Re: Zero cost plant support
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February 25, 2010, 15:00:23 »
you know I must be a blonde!! I'd never thought of doing plant support like this - every year I have a battle with tall plants in pots (Toms, aubergines & cucs) and every year I say right that's it I'm not growing them in pots again.... So thanks Euronerd. And thanks to Wilder for spotting this thread :) Oh, and welcome to A4A ;D
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Wilder
Quarter Acre
Posts: 91
Re: Zero cost plant support
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Reply #7 on:
February 25, 2010, 15:13:27 »
Thank you guys! I've had a quick poke around to see if there is somewhere for new members to briefly introduce themselves but couldn't find one.
(I'm also feeling a bit of a fraud as my thing isn't strictly speaking an allotment, can I still be a member? I've built some raised beds in my backgarden??)
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1066
Hectare
Posts: 4,390
And all that ..... in Hastings
Re: Zero cost plant support
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Reply #8 on:
February 25, 2010, 15:17:41 »
plenty of people on here who don't have allotments - besides the more the merrier :)
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saddad
Hectare
Posts: 17,900
Derby, Derbyshire (Strange, but true!)
Re: Zero cost plant support
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Reply #9 on:
February 25, 2010, 15:36:05 »
I think the lack of an "Hello and Welcome" section could be addressed...
but no, you don't even need to be on the waiting list for an allotment... :)
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lottiedolly
Acre
Posts: 483
Re: Zero cost plant support
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Reply #10 on:
February 25, 2010, 15:49:51 »
Hi Wilder, welcome to the nut house ;)
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Jayb
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Hectare
Posts: 7,616
Re: Zero cost plant support
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Reply #11 on:
February 25, 2010, 16:08:39 »
Hello and welcome Wilder, I'm a garden plottie gardener too ;D
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Hyacinth
Hectare
Posts: 8,276
I love Allotments 4 All
Re: Zero cost plant support
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Reply #12 on:
February 25, 2010, 18:02:07 »
Me too! I'm Hyacynth, THE bukkit lady.... black bukkit freebies from the Co-op which supplement my veggie plotties in my garden. 8)
Hello and welcome; Im pleased you've found us just at the beginning of a Season. You need seeds? Give us a holler in Seed Swap.
You're right tho - not a designated meeting&greeting place here....was voted against, but still really dunno why :-\
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Mortality
Hectare
Posts: 819
A Sandbloom from, A Tale in the Desert online game
Re: Zero cost plant support
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Reply #13 on:
February 25, 2010, 18:04:59 »
Welcome ;D I too am a fraud with only raised beds in the back garden ;)
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tricia
Hectare
Posts: 2,230
Torbay, Devon
Re: Zero cost plant support
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Reply #14 on:
February 25, 2010, 23:07:52 »
Me - I'm only an ol' lady - so I find it easier to half bury the pots for my tomatoes etc. and use canes pretty much the same way as pictured by euronerd.
Tricia
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Wilder
Quarter Acre
Posts: 91
Re: Zero cost plant support
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Reply #15 on:
February 26, 2010, 16:38:31 »
Excellent! Not feeling so much of a fraud now! Thanks for the warm welcome all, really glad I stumbled upon the site yesterday. I can see where some of my rainy days are going to be spent from now on!!!
;D ;D ;D
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St Leonard's on Sea
Kea
Hectare
Posts: 2,609
Re: Zero cost plant support
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Reply #16 on:
February 26, 2010, 17:03:31 »
Welcome Wilder. There is a section in the locations bit where you can find people who are in your area as well you might want to take a look at it, you'll have to look through to find your local area e.g. East; north west etc
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Wilder
Quarter Acre
Posts: 91
Re: Zero cost plant support
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Reply #17 on:
February 26, 2010, 18:47:16 »
thanks Kea, have just updated my profile to put my location in.
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cornykev
Hectare
Posts: 9,893
Sunny Cheshunt just outside North London
Re: Zero cost plant support
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Reply #18 on:
February 26, 2010, 19:22:42 »
Hi Wilder and welcome, stick with me I'm probably the only sensible one on here. :P :P :P :P :P
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james1
Half Acre
Posts: 129
Huyton
Re: Zero cost plant support
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Reply #19 on:
February 27, 2010, 05:52:33 »
Clever........... ;)
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