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elefant
PostPosted: Sep 19th, '08, 07:16 
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Saw a system for holding up tomatoes in hydro would be suitable for any climbing plant. You use the little figure eight push tab on the top of an aluminium can tie the string to the big end and loop it through as such it can be adjusted to length in the same way as you would the adjusters on a tent. they can also be cut with a pair of side cutters to loop around the plant. The best bit is drinking the cans :drunken:


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PostPosted: Jan 20th, '09, 10:56 
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I really like this idea!
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RupertofOZ
PostPosted: Jan 20th, '09, 15:45 
Tooo much hard work... although drinking the cans makes the idea worth the thought...
I use these self-tensioning hooks ... :wink:

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PostPosted: Jan 20th, '09, 16:11 
Seriously, this cant be healthy.
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urrgh that pic is evilly big...

Rupe, where do you get those hooks, they're pretty, and would suit well I think... How long is the string? I'd like to hang them from the roof. Although i think rope to twine the plant about would be easier, and cheaper.
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PostPosted: Jan 20th, '09, 18:18 
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I use the ones that you tie to the bottom of the plant. And as it grows you just wrap the plant around it. Or at least thats how I think your meant to use them. :mrgreen:
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PostPosted: Jan 20th, '09, 18:33 
Like these Duff ... viewtopic.php?p=138380#p138380
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Similar. But these are a wire hook with the string wrapped around it. I'll be able to use them once I can get the tomatoes to grow better. :cyclopsani:
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PostPosted: Jan 20th, '09, 18:54 
Ahh... OK.. you got the hydro tomato house ones.... that you move along and unwind...

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PostPosted: Jan 20th, '09, 19:26 
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My greenhouse has wire running the length to support the shade cloth. Notice someone else is doing the same thing now. Maybe I should of put a patent on it. :scratch:


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PostPosted: Jan 21st, '09, 12:07 
Seriously, this cant be healthy.
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Rope, where do you get those hooks


Bah humbug...this question was asked when Faye first got them and again now...silence is deafening :angryfire:


Now if I had found a supplier, I would have let the BYAP fraternity know :naughty:
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PostPosted: Jan 21st, '09, 19:01 
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Dufflight wrote:
My greenhouse has wire running the length to support the shade cloth. Notice someone else is doing the same thing now. Maybe I should of put a patent on it. :scratch:


Yep, they say "great minds think alike", or is that "fools fear to differ" :wink:

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PostPosted: Jan 21st, '09, 21:36 
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Rope, where do you get those hooks


Bah humbug...this question was asked when Faye first got them and again now...silence is deafening :angryfire:


Now if I had found a supplier, I would have let the BYAP fraternity know :naughty:


OK...OK.... the ones I have were obtained from a local hydroponic tomato grower in Sussex Inlet... a couple of years ago when his greenhouse melted due to a bush fire side swiping it.... at that stage he decided he wasn't going to rebuild...

They're brand new... and I do have a few (hundred) of them... :roll: .... I'll put them up on my website for anyone that's interested....

The other ones I pictured (hook/string)...are available from another aquaponics website @ about $0.55... from memory...

The self tensioning ones I use are obviously more expensive... I'll figure a price... qty may influence price.... :wink:
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EllKayBee
PostPosted: Jan 23rd, '09, 07:16 
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Thanks Rope :D

Like that idea FishFodder, might incorporate it in my new design :wink:
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PostPosted: Jan 23rd, '09, 15:37 
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Dufflight wrote:
My greenhouse has wire running the length to support the shade cloth. Notice someone else is doing the same thing now. Maybe I should of put a patent on it. :scratch:


lol you drongon...I mean....drongo
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