If you are a plant lover, want to have a beautiful small garden in your house, especially for those who want to grow tomatoes, cucumbers, or vines, the grow tunnel is a necessary item. Instead of buying tunnels, you can make your own at home with simple operations using arch stakes. DIY grow tunnel will also help you save a great amount of money.
1. Prepare the necessary materials
With the arch stakes, you can easily make and design the tunnels to suit your garden area. If you plant trees in a well-ventilated and large area, you can make big grow tunnels so that the plants can grow on a large scale. If you are taking advantage of a small area to plant trees, then design the tunnels with smaller sizes, it will shape the growth of the tree, helping the tree to fit the space.
After determining the size, prepare the materials to make the tunnels. Materials will include arch stakes with the quantity corresponding to the number of frames you want to make, plastic-coated steel piles with a length suitable for the size of the tunnels (1m, 1.5m, 2m...), steel wire to fix the steel piles and arch stakes together.
Arch stakes with different sizes
2. Steps to make a grow tunnel
Step 1: Connect the arch stakes with plastic coated steel piles and then fix them with steel wire to create the arch frames. Although there are joints on the arch stakes and steel piles, to ensure the stability of the grow tunnel, you should fix the joints with steel wire.
The steel stakes will determine the height of the grow tunnel so please pay attention to the height of frames with the planting space to see whether it is fit.
The steel stakes will determine the height of the grow tunnel so please pay attention to the height of frames with the planting space to see whether it is fit.
Step 2: Fix the arch frames together and complete the grow tunnel. In this step, use steel stakes to attach the newly-made frames to create frames with wires. Also, pay attention to fixing the joint with steel wire to increase the certainty.
The grow tunnel is made from arch stakes and plastic-coated steel piles
At this step, if necessary, you can add a net to the grow tunnel to shield the plants from pests. Once completed, attach the grow tunnel to the ground or fix it to the pot so that the tunnel is fixed. This will prevent the grow tunnel from falling or wobbling in wind or storm.
3. Where to buy quality arch stakes?
If you are wondering where to buy garden materials and tools, please refer to products from Daim. Daim is a brand specializing in providing garden materials and tools from Japan. With a wide variety of products, many designs, and sizes, you will be able to find the product you want here. Daim is also the place for agricultural materials in Binh Duong, Ho Chi Minh City trusted by many customers.
Arch stakes have a wide range of applications
Please visit the website daim-vn.com or contact Daim's hotline for advice and quotations on agricultural materials today.
