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"Taf":3210dvn3 wrote: I will definitely be getting one or two of these![/quote:3210dvn3]
If you had two an put a line between them you could grow 20 plants!

"Tube":3nawudqm wrote:

"Taf":3nawudqm wrote: I will definitely be getting one or two of these![/quote:3nawudqm]
If you had two an put a line between them you could grow 20 plants![/quote:3nawudqm]
Great idea, and I think I have just the spot for that!

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Seriously, that's a lovely design. I've been thinking how to best lay out a hop garden in our "field", and had been thinking of the traditional rows with big poles, as we'll be digging the crap out of the place in the next few months, so it'd be the ideal time to set some foundations. But the wigwam layout looks great, and being able to lower the wires/twine is really practical. Have to see if I can get a pair built so :/

Indeed a wonderful system!

Barry - If you set up two poles X metres apart then 2 or 3 of the wires would be used as strainers, You could then run a wire between the 2 poles and run up as many hops as X meteres allow.

Will

The two poles was my original thought. You mean basically merge the two techniques? I like that <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->

We've a fair bit of space, so could certainly play a bit. I should ask this in a different thread (sorry Ale Man), but how far apart should they be planted and, if in a row, should the row run east-west to make the most of the sun?

In England they're planted either in 8' wide corridors with 4' between plants (Kent), or 6'6" corridors and 6'6" between plants (West Midlands). (There are names on these traditional layouts but they escape me)

It's better if your poles have a T shape and you can run two horizontal lines between them, and then you run two vertical lines up to each horizontal, giving 4 lines per plant. On each line you'd have 3 to 4 climbers.

Sunlight all day long and orientation doesn't really matter that much.