Building Your Own Cage has never be easier as our large selection of Aluminium Tubing - available in lengths ranging from 0.6m (2ft) to 2.75m (9ft) - opens up a vast amount of vegetable protection cage permutations. The tubing is supplied in two diameter sizes; the 12.7mm version is ideal for the top horizontal sections of a frame, whilst the 16mm tubes are recommended for use as vertical uprights and all lengths and diameters are compatible for use with the Build-a-Ball or Swivel Clip connectors. You'll have a simple, cost-effective solution to crop protection and won't have to spend valuable gardening time hunting round for bamboo canes ever again!
• Aluminium tubing used for the horizontal sections of structures is 12.7mm in diameter
• 12.7mm diameter tubing available in lengths ranging from 0.6m (2ft) to 2.75m (9ft)
• 1.2mm wall thickness on all 12.7mm diameter tubing
• Tubing for uprights is 16mm in diameter to provide extra support
• 16mm tubing available in 0.65m (2ft), 1.2m (4ft) and 1.5m (5ft) lengths
• Designed to be pushed 30cm (1ft) into ground and provide a cage with a growing height of 1.2m (4ft)
• 16mm tubing is made from 2mm gauge aluminium
• Can be used to construct a wide range of frames including pea, bean, sweet pea and climbing supports
• Compatible for use with the Swivel Clips
(GDN-950) or Build-a-Balls
(GDN-925)• Used in our own Kitchen Garden (see image below) along with insect mesh protection netting to construct a barrier against carrot fly
• Choose from the extensive range of
netting we stock to cover your cage
The wall thickness of the aluminium tubing we use (1.2mm on 12.7mm tubes, 2mm on the 16mm version) is to the best of our knowledge the strongest available, unlike some inferior products offered by our competitors - and as a result our build-a-ball constructions are, in our opinion, the most robust on the market.
Tubing supplied as single sections or in Extra Value Sets of 4 - hit 'view all options and prices' below for details "Lyn should look at Harrod Horticultural (0845 402 5300; www.harrodhorticultural.co.uk), which has a simple and versatile "build-it-yourself" system involving aluminium tubing linked by plastic balls."
Helen Yemm, Thorny Problems, Telegraph, 4 September 2008
