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Steel - Plastic Supports
In the past I bought "canes" which were steel covered in plastic with knurled surfaces. I know that they are quite expensive - but I wondered if anyone knows of a good supplier of them - I am thinking 2.4m long (for runner beans) - expecting they will outlast me !!!! |
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Steel - Plastic Supports
On 5/5/08 14:57, in article ,
"judith" wrote: In the past I bought "canes" which were steel covered in plastic with knurled surfaces. I know that they are quite expensive - but I wondered if anyone knows of a good supplier of them - I am thinking 2.4m long (for runner beans) - expecting they will outlast me !!!! If you're going to cut back your laurel hedge, couldn't you use the trimmings (if long enough) as supports? -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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Steel - Plastic Supports
On Mon, 05 May 2008 18:22:42 +0100, Sacha
wrote: On 5/5/08 14:57, in article , "judith" wrote: In the past I bought "canes" which were steel covered in plastic with knurled surfaces. I know that they are quite expensive - but I wondered if anyone knows of a good supplier of them - I am thinking 2.4m long (for runner beans) - expecting they will outlast me !!!! If you're going to cut back your laurel hedge, couldn't you use the trimmings (if long enough) as supports? Good point - but it is the width of the laurel hedge I am cutting back - it is only 4ft high - and about 3 ft wide - I am making it 4 ft high and 18 inches wide |
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Steel - Plastic Supports
Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
On Mon, 05 May 2008 14:57:32 +0100, judith wrote: In the past I bought "canes" which were steel covered in plastic with knurled surfaces. I know that they are quite expensive - but I wondered if anyone knows of a good supplier of them - I am thinking 2.4m long (for runner beans) - expecting they will outlast me !!!! I know the chap who owns a company that made those supports. They have given up on that product because they were only selling a few hundred a month. He doesn't know any other manufacturers. If they are not made ay more, could you find a company that will dip coat steel rods for you? - I am thinking of concrete re-inforcing bar - it usually has a spiral surface. You would however have to removethe surface rust first. AFAIK having seen it on a small scale in a school technology department, it involves putting the heated object in a fluid bed (container with air blown through it) of polythene beads Malcolm |
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