All I have in the ground right now is onions, but I’m glad to have these little hoops to support my “freeze protection” cloth. I suspect these one-piece hoops are sturdier than the ones you have to clip together, and I’m sure they were much easier to put into place. I do think the price is high for something so simple.UPDATE: I got these just in time for the freeze here in mid January. Several nights of temperatures in the mid to low 20s. I was able to get my “frost protection“ cloth in place over the small group of plants I have already growing in my garden. It seems to have worked. They are green and still (mostly) standing up. I’m glad I bought these.

These are much smaller than I had hoped. I do not have much hand strength so I cannot bend them to make them bigger and wider. I had a bit of a struggle to get them connected. I can still use them on my raised smaller bed and they seem to be sturdy, time will tell.

You can use these for anything, but they work terrific to make a chicken tunnel from my chicken coop to my chicken Enclosed Yard. I used fabric wire of a 1/2” opening coated wire and anchored it to the poops. Works terrific very sturdy doesn’t move and has definitely serve the purpose of making a tunnel. I used the big hoops with the extensions, and when I got closer to the ground, I use the smaller hoops without the Extensions attached. Very pleased made making this tunnel so much easier and it won’t rot like wood would!

I am using more and more hoops each year. Mostly to support shade cloth. Our Springs are cold and then they flip right into the 80's-90's ... I need a strategy for all of the cool season crops and shade cloth is it. I included a few pictures:- I'm using 3 hoops in the red raised bed - that bed is 24" wide and 4' long - I've got netting on that one to protect the carrots in there.- I'm using I'm using 4 hoops in the white raised bed - that bed is 24" wide and 8' long - I've got shade cloth on that one to keep the lettuce cooler in there and also for protection.The protection part is from insects, rabbits, and deer. The deer think that my raised beds are feeding stations just for them, so that they don't have to bend down as far! ;-)I like that these hoops are one piece - nothing to come apart or break at a joint. The plastic coated metal should make these rust free.I am using these when I set out plants, so I don't need anything very high or wide. As the plants get larger, I remove these and go with a larger set and a larger piece of shade cloth. I am also using these for lettuce, arugula, carrots, etc. in 24" wide raised beds.If you need something bigger, these are not for you! ;-) But if you are looking for something this size, you can't go wrong. I bought a set of 6 and liked them so much that I got another set.And since these come in different sets and sizes - here's what I have:Style: 6PCS M-23.6"x25.6"

These were easy to put together and they seemed strong and stable. I was able to spread a few to make a taller and wider arch for a stout blackberry bush that I’m trying to keep birds away from. I was surprised, actually, by how easy it was to shape them. I’m not sure I’ll ever been able to get the two I widened back to their original arch, but I needed the height and distance, so I’ll deal with that when I come to it. After being able to bend it so easily, I was a little worried about how well the arches would support the netting across my strawberry plants, but I’ve had them up for almost two weeks and so far, the netting tunnel is as tight as I originally hung it, despite the rainstorms and my dogwood dropping leaves on to them, so they appear to be holding their required shape. Additionally, because of the same blackberry bush, I needed more height, so I decided to try to attach two of my 11mm diameter, 4ft tall, plastic stakes to the hoop and to my surprise, they actually fit! I had to use the generic poll connectors, not the ones that came here, but it felt almost as secure, so for a “hack”, it’s pretty great. I was all set to give them a solid 5/5, with the caveat of the easy bending that’s as much as positive as a potential negative, until I had to move one, and this is where it lost the two stars.I took one of them out of the ground and I was about to just stick it in it’s new place when I thought to check the connector. It was screwed on tight, but I was curious, so I unscrewed it, and I’m so glad I did because I found rust. See the picture attached. Just a little, admittedly, but it had been outside for only slightly less than two weeks! Sure, we’ve had a lot of rain these last couple of weeks, but I was still expecting the seal to be strong enough to stop any leakage to the metal core, especially because it was definitely sealed as tight as I could do it. I checked a few more and of the eight connectors (I bought two packs) I checked at random, four of them, not including the first one, showed signs of the rust! As you can see in the other attached picture, I’m using them as intended, with one arch to two legs, so there’s nothing I can see to explain the rust. I didn’t check the arches and connectors attached to my other, 4ft stakes because I didn’t want to have to deal with all the netting and setup again, so I don’t know if that rusted too, but I wouldn’t be surprised if I saw some in there too. I’d return them, but honestly, I don’t want to take them all, re-curve the two I had to straighten, and shove them back in the two boxes. They’re working and they’re covered in plastic anyway. When I need to use them for wintering, which was the biggest reason I chose these over some of the others, I expect them to be covered with a plastic tarp anyway. I’ve made a note to be sure to use some rust-off when I pull them out at the end of the summer and reset them of my winter plants in the fall. Hopefully that’ll slow the deterioration enough to last a few seasons.TLDR: strong enough and stable, but be aware that they may rust at the connectors faster than expected.

I need bigger hoops! And will look to buy bigger ones on Amazon.

Utilizzato con rete metallica leggera per realizzare un passaggio obbligato alle galline, prodotto comodo e robusto.

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Réalisation d’un petit tunnel de semi. Très facile d’utilisation et apparemment bonne qualité.