My blueberries look like they are actually going to produce berries this year. I bought the netting for them, but don't want to build and elaborate structure if I can avoid it. One house in my neighborhood has hoops over their's they hang the netting on...that would be an easy solution. I can't find them, however....searched online, but only hoop houses come up....I just want some reasonably priced supports...not an expensive kit...any ideas where I can get them? I don't know these people, but I can track them down someday, but knowing my neighborhood (where the people accross the street who moved in in 1990 are the "newcomers" I suspect they are from 1963 and that won't be much help.
Miles
Blueberry Hoops, where to get them?
Maybe they made them??? or are using those netting hoops that go over beds?
Never heard of it.
No idea, they just look like aluminum hoops about 6' high in the center.
Found this info on making them...
Go to the hardware store. Starting in the electrical supplies aisle, buy
some one inch diameter plastic conduit. This is gray pvc with one male end,
one female end and is very flexible. Next go to the cement/masonry aisle
and get some 3/8 or 1/2 inch rebar (hopefully they have some already cut to
2 foot lengths). Pound four two foot long rebar rods in the ground, evenly
spaced around the plant, with about 8 inches of rod above ground and about
one foot out from the branches. Insert the hollow end of the plastic
conduit on one rod, then bend it in an arch over the plant to the rod on the
opposite side. Do that again with the other two rods to create a second
arch over the plant. Use more than one piece of conduit joined together if
needed to keep the hoops off the branches. Do not worry about the two hoops
touching, being exactly centered or anything along those lines, each hoop
can stand on its own. You now have a smooth surface to easily pull a net
over without the net touching the branches. Modify as needed for long rows.
flowerjen....sounds like a great solution. I was trying to avoid plastic, but since they are grey and not white, it might not stand out so much...plus I realize with this solution I can just leave the stakes in but take down the hoops and store the pipes since they pop apart for the winter/spring....thanks!
Miles
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