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We got tired of rotted posts so now we encase perforated galvanized square steel tubing with concrete. The tubing is the same one being used for street signs.
Where can you buy the perforated galvanized square steel tubing used for street signs?
Quote from: ricshaw on July 19, 2017, 05:00:57 PMWhere can you buy the perforated galvanized square steel tubing used for street signs?Search for "perforated square tubing". Industrial store should have it.I'm about to make another support tree with cheaper circular fence post. Only need a few holes drilled.
What will you do with the round tubing? Pour concrete or use as is? You might try using 3 or 4 rebars and bend them at the ends and let that hang out and concrete the lowere end. I thought out making some but figured its a lot of effort and they will require more than myself to install.
Just make sure however you make your posts, that its securely anchored to either the world, or a wall. Plants get top heavy fast and you don't want them falling over.And since we're starting to show off pictures of our collections, here's the first harvest from my plants. Its a mix of S8 Sugar Dragons (smaller ones) and my experimental crossbreed.
Quote from: spaugh on July 19, 2017, 06:22:07 PMWhat will you do with the round tubing? Pour concrete or use as is? You might try using 3 or 4 rebars and bend them at the ends and let that hang out and concrete the lowere end. I thought out making some but figured its a lot of effort and they will require more than myself to install.I put one end in a pot then encase that end in concrete. I box the tubing with wood for the DF to cling onto. I add the top, with wood. I dig a hole then put the whole thing in, including the pot.
I apologize if this is a silly question that has been answered many times...but what are the wide green ties that people are using the secure the stems of their dragon fruit cactus to their support system? and where can I possibly find them? I've looked around and haven't seen them yet
Quote from: coyote on July 25, 2017, 10:05:29 AMI apologize if this is a silly question that has been answered many times...but what are the wide green ties that people are using the secure the stems of their dragon fruit cactus to their support system? and where can I possibly find them? I've looked around and haven't seen them yet It is nursery tape. I found it just .99 cents at .99 cents store.
S8, Megalanthus and American Beauty?
Frank, awesome plants. Are some of those from the cuttings I gave you several years ago? Simon