Hello all, does anyone know of an online supplier of Bamboo canes?
Garden center prices seem a bit steep and I shall soon be needing at
least fifty for my runner beans.

Thanks
Kevin.

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"Kevin Farrows" wrote in message
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Hello all, does anyone know of an online supplier of Bamboo canes?
Garden center prices seem a bit steep and I shall soon be needing at
least fifty for my runner beans.

I found it was cheaper to buy a load of green 2x1 inch lengths of wood,
screw them together in an A-frame then add string.


A local garden centre near here was £1.99 for 5 1.5M canes so we said "stuff
that" and my wife went to our local independent hardware store and got "she
reckons" 10 6 foot canes for £1.40. So support your local hardware store -
if you still have one.

Sam

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Hello all, does anyone know of an online supplier of Bamboo canes?
Garden center prices seem a bit steep and I shall soon be needing at
least fifty for my runner beans.

NA Kays are probably cheap for a decent quantity, though last time I
looked the website was pretty unusable - just a list of the products
basically, and no sensible navigation.

Probably easier to ring.

http://www.kayshorticulture.com/
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Chris French and Helen Johnson, Leeds
urg Suppliers and References FAQ:
http://www.familyfrench.co.uk/garden/urgfaq/index.html

"Kevin Farrows" wrote in message
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Hello all, does anyone know of an online supplier of Bamboo canes?
Garden center prices seem a bit steep and I shall soon be needing at
least fifty for my runner beans.

Thanks
Kevin.


Dont use bamboo canes instead

Make a framework 2 posts and a top bar and either attach bean netting or add
a wire at the bottom and run strings up from the wire to the top rail

"Chris French and Helen Johnson" wrote in message after Kevin Farrows asked

Hello all, does anyone know of an online supplier of Bamboo canes?
Garden center prices seem a bit steep and I shall soon be needing at
least fifty for my runner beans.

NA Kays are probably cheap for a decent quantity, though last time I
looked the website was pretty unusable - just a list of the products
basically, and no sensible navigation.

Probably easier to ring.

http://www.kayshorticulture.com/
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Totally agree, good quality and cheap but their online catalogue is as
unfathomable as their ordinary catalogue. I'm sure it must make sense to
someone, I just don't know anyone that has figured out the logic of it.
If you ring them they seem to know exactly what you want which in itself is
a pleasant change from most call centres.

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Regards
Bob

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