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Post by stone on Feb 6, 2018 16:47:19 GMT -5
Actually... I can only see them if I click the boxes... Going back to previous page and clicking refresh does not make them show up for me... That was why I posted one... To see if I could get any of them to show up....
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Feb 6, 2018 16:59:51 GMT -5
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Post by aftermidnight on Feb 6, 2018 17:04:26 GMT -5
Hmmm, a glitch in the system?
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Feb 6, 2018 17:16:16 GMT -5
I dunno
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Feb 6, 2018 17:42:24 GMT -5
Tomatoes: Rebar and I also have 3 heavy duty cages in pink and purple. For pole beans, we use tepees made of 2x2 spruce and last year, I wove jute on the sides of an old portable shed frame for lima beans.
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Post by paquebot on Feb 6, 2018 19:31:35 GMT -5
For pole beans, you are probably too late for this year. I use Christmas tree trunks to make tepees. I prefer white pine since they are somewhat smooth to handle versus balsam. Free and last for years. Will eventually rot where set into the soil but just shortens then a few inches every 4 or 5 years.
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Feb 6, 2018 19:48:44 GMT -5
paquebot, Great Idea! That's putting the ol' thinking cap on!
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Post by paquebot on Feb 6, 2018 21:59:28 GMT -5
hairymooseknuckles, started that around here about 12 years ago. Such a good idea that 52 were stolen that were stored at our community gardens. There were times when I had 25-30 trees stacked in the back yard awaiting a decent day to get out the electric chain saw and strip them down. That would leave a big pile of boughs. The boughs are chewed up with a mulching-bagging mower. About 3 times through, perfect mulch or compost material. Right now, there's either 14 or 15 white pine in the back lawn awaiting "processing". Also have almost the same equivalent in just white pine boughs. Garlic and strawberries are under at least 6" and the trail to the cold frames is covered with boughs. It is all that wasn't sold at Jung's Garden Center. They would have had to pay someone to haul it away. Martin The truth is more important than the facts.
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Post by spike on Feb 6, 2018 23:15:06 GMT -5
I have always seen the pictures! Dang you all have some awful pretty gardens! I have this patch of dirt that grows stuff. Nothing you want to write home about.
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Post by ahntjudy on Feb 7, 2018 1:44:41 GMT -5
hairymooseknuckles...I use jute a lot and re-use it from year to year...When it gets too weak it just becomes part of the mulch... I've found sisal twine to last considerably longer than the jute...It's nice and sturdy...
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Post by Laura_in_FL on May 10, 2018 14:38:34 GMT -5
Since bestofour was asking about plant supports again today, I thought I would add a picture of my tomato supports: Most of the tomatoes are supported by trellises as shown. The poles and top bars of the trellises are 1/2" diameter EMT conduit. The poles are pounded into the ground a couple feet. Galvanized elbows connect the top bars to the side poles. For the top bars, I cut the 10' conduit in half, so each trellis is about 5ft wide. The netting is nylon, this stuff or similar: www.homedepot.com/p/5-ft-x-30-ft-Dalen-Products-Nylon-Trellis-Netting-TP-30C/202801173, secured bycable ties. I bought this 1,000 count bag of ties for $20 several years ago, and still have I'd guess about 500-600 hundred left: www.homedepot.com/p/Commercial-Electric-8-in-UV-Cable-Tie-Black-1000-Pack-GT-200STB/203531924. Buying in bulk is no problem, since the ties last just about forever as long as you store them out of direct sunlight. The EMT and elbows will probably outlast me. The netting and wire ties have to be replaced when they get brittle, every 2-3 years. The tomatoes in the foreground are supported by two Texas Tomato Cages, medium size: www.tomatocage.com/index.html I got them on a Christmas sale years ago for much, much cheaper than the list price. The TT cages are pushed about a foot into the ground, and are cable-tied together. They aren't going anywhere in any storm short of a hurricane.
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Post by spike on May 10, 2018 17:31:52 GMT -5
It still breaks my heart that this "staking" thread isn't about vampires.
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Post by brownrexx on May 10, 2018 18:27:17 GMT -5
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Post by bestofour on May 10, 2018 19:42:27 GMT -5
spike, . Thanks everyone. I've used several different methods over the years and keep thinking there's gotta be something easier and better out there.
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Post by pepperhead212 on May 10, 2018 19:57:18 GMT -5
It still breaks my heart that this "staking" thread isn't about vampires. I don't really need stakes for vampires, spike, given all of that garlic I go through in this house.
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Post by guruofgardens on May 10, 2018 20:45:31 GMT -5
Tomatoes - we use CRW for cages that hubby removes part of the bottom to form spikes, therefore no stakes.
Peppers - cheap tomatoes cages.
Cucumbers and pole beans - 2" x 4" wire, about 20 feet. This year I downsized so will be using old CRW cages for the pole beans after the garlic is dug up.
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Post by brownrexx on May 11, 2018 7:57:53 GMT -5
hubby removes part of the bottom to form spikes, therefore no stakes. Peppers - cheap tomatoes cages. We do that too but still need some stakes because later in the summer the plants get really big and we get lots of really severe wind which can topple them.
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Post by guruofgardens on May 11, 2018 13:32:06 GMT -5
hubby removes part of the bottom to form spikes, therefore no stakes. Peppers - cheap tomatoes cages. We do that too but still need some stakes because later in the summer the plants get really big and we get lots of really severe wind which can topple them. We're lucky at the small home garden to have fences and therefore little wind.
At the community garden we get the winds like you probably get. Once the winds kick up, we will probably have to add some T-posts to the ones on the edge. So far the spikes have held up.
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Post by bestofour on May 11, 2018 21:56:22 GMT -5
We live in a wind tunnel so I have to have something sturdy.
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