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Hi Kate
Glad the salad is growing well. 4mm wire is smooth for net to slide over, or alkathene pipe. I have bought netting from www.lbsbuyersguide.co.uk/ and find the 4m wide roll is good, to have enough for burying the edges and to go over taller crops – black "anti-bird net" is their description.
You do need a template if you want loops but they may work without. The LBS ones sound expensive.
I have a load of black water pipe you can have if that would be a help? Tent poles work well too, especially those from ‘pop up’ tents – you can cut it to size very easily.
Anyone know anywhere that sells 4mm wire? Can only find upto 2.5mm which is probably a bit too flimsy.
Woops you are right Darren, I could not find it online. Farming stores around here used to sell it but I have not looked for a while. Alkathene pipe is more expensive but would serve well.
We but 4m wide netting at 99′ per metre from Strikes garden centres. We’ve covered the fruit cage with it & will put it over the strawberry & brassica beds.
Sourcing 4mm wire.
I have just had a delivery of25kg of 4mm from samturner.co.uk
Enough for about 100 hoops £52
Alsohttp://www.newatlanticonline.co.uk/products/gates-and-fencing/wire-fencing/plain-galvanised-fencing-wire-fence/plain-wire-8g-4mm-x-25kg-254m-approx.html
Richard BamburyWondermesh is a high quality and much cheaper alternative to Enviromesh . Wondermesh .co.uk from Scotland do second hand mesh. Often have to buy in bulk for cheapest prices but ok to share on an allotment site.
Well worth a phone call to see what they have got for sale
Richard BamburyHi After reading the comments on hoops I thought you may want to look at the 20mm Blue MDPE poly pipe which is approx £0.58p or meter ( on eBay with next day delivery)and is a lot easier to cut and form the arc for various size plot cloches. I have used it a lot and found you can also make a decent fruit cage canopy from the cloche hoops by adding them to 5ft or 6ft bamboo canes which you push into the inner hole ( like a sleeve) and if you want to widen the arc add two cloche hoops together using a short cut bamboo and use as a joint.
I have used 20mm conduit from screwfix for our cloches. Available in black or white it costs £8.70 for 10 lengths of 2m. I screwed in metal bracket things to hold it in place but you could also use bits of bamboo inserted into the ends. If you cover it in plastic try and get the plastic inside the bed so that any water that evaporates goes back into the soil where it is needed . If you buy more than 10 it costs even less.
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