Have a great invention to help with gardening? Are you the self-reliant type that prefers Building It Yourself vs. buying it? Share and discuss your ideas and projects with other members.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Toronto 'Burbs
Posts: 25
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This was for my cabbage, but the idea applies if you need a cheap and easy shade cage. Collapsible mesh laundry baskets from the dollar store. Get decent wire cutters, cut the tops off and put them over the plant upside-down. Shove some of the bare wire into the ground to keep it in place.
![]() ![]() Ta-da! The idea falls apart when the plant gets larger, but hey, it works for a while.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: AL
Posts: 1,993
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Very clever! What a great idea. Thanks for sharing!
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7
Posts: 3,207
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Awesome idea!
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Wichita Falls, Texas
Posts: 4,832
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I use those to harvest greens- easy to do a first rinse right in the basket.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 206
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What a great idea you had :clap: I am going to try this, only I think that I will use garden staples or tent spikes to hold the laundry basket down, and maybe not cut a few of the baskets.
There are large sized laundry bags too. They would keep the thrip butterflys off my broccoli, ect! . If I cut a bag and draped the fabric over a dwarf cucumber plant-do you think it would protect the plant from the dreaded cucumber beetle? . :clap: for your super idea ![]() |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Toronto 'Burbs
Posts: 25
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Probably, but maybe find some other type of mesh that will let in enough sunlight for the cukes. The bottoms of my laundry baskets are solid fabric.
Best of luck!
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 206
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