Re: salvia indigo spires
- To: r*@unm.edu, s*@hotmail.com
- Subject: Re: salvia indigo spires
- From: S* G*
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 00:07:05 PDT
>Susan, Sounds like you've described tomato hoops. Here Inexpensive, long
>lasting and quite versatile. I use them for staking everything from
>snapdragons and sweetpeas to morning glories, etc. Anything, in fact,
>that grows floppy. Come to think of it, however, I guess they would not be
>particularly sightly if you grow a "designer" garden. Mine isn't so
>anything goes (including old plumbing fixtures).
>
Hi
Not sure - the tomato supports that you can buy in Melbourne are like an
inverted cone shape (smaller in diameter at the bottom), made of wire only a
bit thicker than a metal coat hanger, are a series of rings or hoops
(perhaps 5 or 6)spaced about 30cm apart, max diameter about 40-50cm at the
top and they stand about 1.5m in height.
The hoops that I have seen used are about 1m high inthe ground, made of
quite heavy metal (maybe 5-8mm in diameter), only one or two hoops towards
the top of the legs and vary in diameter from about 60cm to about a meter.
But you have made me think - and I might buy a couple and cut them in half
and use them for some of the medium sized perennials - worth a go anyway -
and so long as the plants grow to cover them it could work!
Thanks for the idea
Susan George
McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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