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  • From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] roll up sides on greenhouse
  • Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 08:27:46 -0500

>I did think about doing this but didn't. What I tried was 1" PVC pipe and
>taping the plastic to the pipe but dampness loosened the tape. No good!!!

We used duct tape on 1.5" pvc for the roll-up sides. It lasted as long as we
needed it too. We just made sure the pipe was dry when we put it together.
And the larger the diameter of the pipe, the qicker and easier it will roll
up, if it isn't too heavy. The 1.5" pvc works fine.

Bill Shoemaker
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
Univ of Illinois - St Charles Hort Research Center





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