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Post by scrumpy on Feb 8, 2011 9:03:23 GMT
Everything at the allotment is grown under netting, using cloches made out of 25mm MDPE pipe. The beds are 4 foot wide, and the hoops are about 2 foot 6 inches apart. 18mm wooden dowells are drilled into the wood, leaving about 8 " for the pipe to fit onto. The hoops fit nicely over them, very secure, and easily removed at digging time. Bamboo canes pushed well into the soil will work too. The pipe comes in a big roll so just cut to the size you want. The ones shown are about 2 foot high in the middle. Some of them, for tall growing sprouts etc are about 3 foot. The netting is secured to the hoops with 51mm foldback clips.  |
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Post by Lou78W on Feb 8, 2011 11:29:17 GMT
A very professional looking job too Scrumpy ;D
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Post by grindle on Feb 8, 2011 11:59:27 GMT
 very useful idea scrumpy
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Post by sweetpea on Feb 8, 2011 12:53:59 GMT
good one. There are so many variations on the same theme.
I got a load of Chase cloches from a strawberry grower who was selling up. Unfortunately all the clips got left behind when we moved, so annoying.
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Post by ladybird on Feb 8, 2011 15:32:18 GMT
Very nice scrumpy, and it looks good and sturdy. Thanks for the instructions, I`m trying to get hold of some piping myself at the moment for a similar job, free of course, I`m nothing but cheap  . and preferably another colour like black or yellow so it won`t clash with my green greenhuse and yellow coldframes  I`d thought of just sticking the pipe in the soil but your dowel idea is much better . |
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Post by cowslip on Feb 8, 2011 16:57:05 GMT
It looks very professional. I first saw this done by Geoff Hamilton.
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Post by scrumpy on Feb 8, 2011 19:29:37 GMT
It looks very professional. I first saw this done by Geoff Hamilton. Missed his version but seen others on the net. The best bits are the dowells and the foldback clips...no need to use pegs to secure the netting in the soil. Heres the full 30 foot length  |
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Post by Cherry on Feb 8, 2011 20:06:58 GMT
That is really impressive Scrumpy.
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Post by steve on Feb 8, 2011 20:09:10 GMT
Superb!
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Post by sweetpea on Feb 8, 2011 20:35:36 GMT
What do you grow under them scrumpy?
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Post by scrumpy on Feb 8, 2011 20:52:39 GMT
carrots, onions,brassicas, lettuce etc under the nets....keeps off aphids and the dreaded root flies potatoes under fleece from end of march. Have to have netting of some sort because our allotment is next to woods, leading to the river, we have a large selection of birds and rabbits and foxes, even the occasioanal badger, all determined to have a free snack  |
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Post by ladybird on Feb 8, 2011 23:52:37 GMT
Very impresive Scrumpy. Do you think blue MDPE piping would take a coat of Paint?
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Post by scrumpy on Feb 8, 2011 23:58:52 GMT
am i thinking there are going to be 100's of pink and yellow with a dash of purple frames appearing all over the country |
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Post by ladybird on Feb 9, 2011 1:18:41 GMT
;D I was actually thinking of painting them green scrumpy, but now that you mention it .................... No pink though  that`s going a bit too far ;D |
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Post by Rosie on Feb 9, 2011 12:16:33 GMT
Thats fab scrumpy, there are alot of pigeons around here so i will need cloches once i get my raised beds. thanks for the great idea |
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very useful idea scrumpy
. and preferably another colour like black or yellow so it won`t clash with my green greenhuse and yellow coldframes 
that`s going a bit too far ;D
