Topic: length of hoops

[davejg]

 :) I want to put some water piping hoops over my 1.2 metre wide beds for netting etc. anyone know how long each piece of tubin will be? or a formula for working it out.

[rugbypost]

Try long thin bambo taped together they should give you the arch and the amount of pipe you need ;D

[Chrispy]

1.9 m will give you a 1.2m semi-circle, but you will want a bit more as they will not form a perfect semi-circle, especialy if you have some poles stuck up the ends.
You can also stick the ends into the ground, so you will want to add another 0.6 m for that.

[davejg]

thanks chrispy, had'nt realised they woud be that long, gonna go down to  toolstation one night to buy another roll of pipe :)

[saddad]

We use 2.4M or 8' as we find a good vertical leg allows you to grow more in the bed before it rubs up against the nettting..  :-\

[Tee Gee]

A useful  formula is;

Multiply the width of your beds by 1.6 and add 2ft and you should be OK

Example; 5ft wide bed  x 1.6 = 8 ft add 2 ft =10 ft. ( this allows up to 1 ft to be stuck into the soil.)

If you want the sides to be a bit higher add twice the extra height you want!

[Digeroo]

I use canes or wittled down pieces of wood branch.   in the ends of the plastic to got into the soil, we have too many stones to get the plastic in easily.

[gavinjconway]

Draw it out on the ground and get a tape measure out!! simples