I have just bought a cheap steel-rod arch to grow plants on.
However, the instructions I got with it do not say how I should install it in the ground - and particularly, how I can protect it from falling over in the wind.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,
Kranser.
How do I install an arch?
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Hi Kranser
I have a couple of wrought iron arches which I pushed into the ground. I pushed them down until they felt reasonably stable and I would guess the depth would depend on the soil structure. Mine are only in a couple of inches, have clematis and roses growing over them and have never moved in years.
I have a couple of wrought iron arches which I pushed into the ground. I pushed them down until they felt reasonably stable and I would guess the depth would depend on the soil structure. Mine are only in a couple of inches, have clematis and roses growing over them and have never moved in years.
Chantal
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Hi Kranser,
When I received a couple of cheap oblesks as a present I bought some gavanised tubing, into which the oblisk tubes would fit (as I considered that the cheap tubing would rust through very quickly when in the ground). I knocked these galvanised tubes into the ground until firm, inserted the thinner tube, drilled through both tubes and inserted a nail which I then bent over. I then painted the oblesks with Hammerite and they are now into their seventh year and looking good.
Hope you can understand this.
Regards, Gerry.
When I received a couple of cheap oblesks as a present I bought some gavanised tubing, into which the oblisk tubes would fit (as I considered that the cheap tubing would rust through very quickly when in the ground). I knocked these galvanised tubes into the ground until firm, inserted the thinner tube, drilled through both tubes and inserted a nail which I then bent over. I then painted the oblesks with Hammerite and they are now into their seventh year and looking good.
Hope you can understand this.
Regards, Gerry.