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Re: Rebar/Jeff Ball's Hoop Greenhouse Cover

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> margaret L said
> You guys have some great ideas, but let me throw this one out (maybe not
> great, but I like it). If you leave the rebar sticking above the boards a
> few inches, you can put the ends of PVC pipe over the rebar to make hoops.
> When not in use for that, the projecting rebar would be dangerous, and
> should be covered by short lengths of PVC pipe.

I have seen people use stakes to support the end of their PVC
hoops quite successfully.  But if I left the rebar sticking out I would
either bump into it myself or my three year old son would.
However this Jeff Ball guy has the idea that you mount the
PVC securely to your raised beds, (or sunk in the ground in
concrete if you don't have raised beds) and use it for multiple
purposes, not just hoop houses.  Jeff suggests making the
PVC supports strong enough so that once you pull the plastic
off the hoops, you actually mount your trellis inside the PVC
pipes.  An 18inch hole (the PVC pipe securely fastened)
should be adequite support for trellisses (Jeff thinks it is).

In this way Jeff is acting like Mel.  When mel suggested making
one foot square cages, covered with plastic to act as tiny
green houses in the early days, and perhaps to be reused
mid season with shade cloth over your lettuce plants.  Using
each garden toy (tool, whatever) for more than one use.

So I think using the rebar to support PVC hoops maybe
a good idea, I think just using the rebar to keep my beds
together and using short lengths of PVC as support for
my hoops and later trellies may be a better idea for my
particular circumstances.

Of course if you will not be trellissing and only want hoops
for season extention and shade (mid summer).  Perhaps
you could take wooden balls with a hole cut to the same
size as the rebar and just use that to cover the rebar for
the few months you want them covered.  If one was
artistically minded one could turn them or perhaps carve
the wood into garden gnomes or gargoyles.  Oops
I am wandering Off Topic now...   Ron Souliere


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