Was having a wee think about supports for my tomato and pepper plants plants that will be going into the greenhouse and my outdoor raspberries. For my raspberries I had put together a frame of Bamboo canes that had 2 canes stuck into the ground and then horizontal canes tied to these 2 upright canes using string. The wind and weather caused the string to loosen and the frame ended up not looking like a frame anymore.
With this in mind I created a simple little support system for the bamboo canes. I found a bit of PVC pipe in the house. It was a piece from a play tent that my son no longer uses.
I then cut 2 pieces of the pipe 4 inches in length and drilled a small hole in the centre of each piece. The small hole is to insert a small screw through to lock the bamboo in place.
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| 4" Pieces of PVC with holes drilled |
I then applied super glue onto the PVC pipe behind where the holes had been drilled, put the pieces together to form a "+" and clamped them in a vice to allow the glue to dry. You need to make sure that the holes are facing outwards so they can be seen when you form the "+"
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| Pieces glued and clamped together. |
I let the pieces dry for 24hrs and it seems to have formed a good bond. Will wait to see how the weather affects it.
I then inserted a bamboo cane in to create the vertical support and tightened a small wood screw so the support would be locked into place.
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| Bamboo cane locked with screw |
I then inserted a bamboo cane into the other piece to create the horizontal support and locked it in place with another wood screw.
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| Both pieces locked in place |
The process would be repeated for the other side of the support but can't show it here as I haven't got around to making another one yet as I wanted to see if this one would work first ! Will post other images of entire finished project when complete.
