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April 16, 2010 | #46 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Toronto, Canada
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I am trying to figure out how to build this system with what I have available to me. I have found where to get the majority of the materials but I am stuck on a few things.
My beds are approximately 12 feet in length, and will have 8 tomato plants each. I can get 12 or 14 gauge galvinized wire for the anchoring lines.
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April 18, 2010 | #47 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: WI, USA Zone4
Posts: 1,887
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Use a circular saw with a rip guide attachment. Clamp the 2x4 to the edge of a picnic table to secure it for cutting.
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April 19, 2010 | #48 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: OKC, OK
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I would use Mason's Twine. Unlike nylon, it won't stretch.
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1...atalogId=10053 |
May 7, 2011 | #49 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: northeastern Missouri
Posts: 94
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Anyone else end up trying this and have input?
We're in a new place this year and had to leave 90% of my CRW cages behind during the move. Hubby is getting ready to build this system for me when I give the final okay. It would sure be cheaper than replacing all of that CRW since we have all of the supplies on hand except for Quikrete.
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May 20, 2011 | #50 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: CT Zone 5
Posts: 186
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Very nice! Portable.
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July 15, 2011 | #51 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Littlerock, CA
Posts: 218
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on the lines used for this, I am finding on ebay searching as suggested, the closest seems to be paracord, is this right? the photos here look like a smooth cord, the paracord on ebay has a visible braid pattern. Could be identical, but the pictures here not showing the detail. I don'd want to get something that's going to deteriorate quickly in the UV and heat from the sun.
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July 16, 2011 | #52 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: northeastern Missouri
Posts: 94
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June 11, 2012 | #53 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Northeast
Posts: 260
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A few years ago, got tired of the untreated wood tomato stakes, which we'd used for several years.
They looked bad, and continuously the bottom in the ground kept rotting away. These green plastic-covered metal stakes last a LONG time, take up less space, and with ridges built into design, hold jute very well ! |
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