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Hooped Row Covers
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Posted by UncleJohn z4 NH (My Page) on Wed, Jun 15, 05 at 21:26
| I purchased some lightweight floating row cover, and then decided that I wanted to put up hoops. I found some hoop wire at Home Depot: 170' of (I think) 9 gauge wire. I cut the wire into 10' lengths as my row cover is 10' wide, and spanned my 4' wide beds with them, giving me hoops that are about 3' high. My problem is that when it rains, the added weight of the water, plus the wind bends the hoops over.
What should I do about this? Are my hoops too large? Should I link them together with twine along the tops and sides? |
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RE: Hooped Row Covers
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| I used hoola hoops from a garage sale for my hoops,and stabilized for the rain weight by stapling 8 foot bamboo across the top. Hope this helps, Joelle |
RE: Hooped Row Covers
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| I make mine with 8 foot lengths of 1/4 inch rebar. It's cheap and bends relatively easily and can also take a fair bit of weight and wind |
RE: Hooped Row Covers
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| For what it's worth. This year I tried 1" poly water line. The stuff thats black and has a really think wall. I cut it in 8 ft lenghts then I pounded rebar in the ground on each side and left about 8" above the ground and slipped the poly line right over the rebar. We had alot of rain this spring and it never budged. Stout. |
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