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Allotment Stuff => The Basics => Topic started by: thomasb on February 25, 2007, 13:57:00
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Hi All,
I am looking for suppliers (prefer online) for the following.
(a) Tent pegs that I could use to pin down weed-suppressing netting.
(b) Rolls of clear plastic sheeting that I could use to make cloches. I am looking for sheeting about 1m wide and length of say 10m.
Thanking you in advance for your assistance.
Regards,
Thomas
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im not sure of the quality but they have all sorts of sizes of polythene at http://www.polytheneone.com i've never used them myself but seen them recommended elsewhere. For tent pegs i would probably buy lengths of metal rod from somewhere like wickes and cut and bend what i wanted. Also we got some 5m cloches for 4.99 at wilkinsons that i didn't think was bad and at the time thought they couldn't really be made much cheaper as they include strong plastic rods, ties and pegs :)
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I've used ground staples for pegging down netting; I've also bought a roll of thickish wire, cut it with wire cutters, and bent it into U shapes.
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And I've used those free wire coathangers you get your drycleaning on ;D
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I bought tent pegs off ebay, they were a good price and have proved invaluable at the allotment :)
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Do make sure the polythene sheeting is UV stabilised. Spent hours and hours recently picking up tiny fragments of polythene that had broken up from a temporary coldframe built last year, and like an idiot I used the plastic sheeting sold in Wickes for use when decorating - it just isn't suitable, would have been ok if I'd taken it off before winter I suppose, but left it and the lot broke down very quickly over winter and what with the winds, it scattered over quite a large area on my plot.