Garden Planting Line

[MarkHackwell]

What do people use to mark out there rows on there allotment to sow/plant? I was looking at getting this: Moulton Mill Post and Line Set - Bents but unsure if it would be worth it, ideas please

[Guest]

No expense spared here

2 sticks and a ball of string.

Tie string to one stick but only wrap round the other to secure(so it stays on the ball of string)

[WendyC]

Looks nice, but to be honest two stout sticks and some string will do the job!

[Bren In Pots]

Mark I'd put that on your Christmas/birthday list and until then use something home-made but that's me being tight.

Edited to say here's an older thread from 09' to 2014 :-

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ine_29044.html

[roitelet]

I would go with the sticks and string and save my money for more seeds!

[TrysHard]

I use a garden can around the length of my beds make a dent - draw out to the depth a sow.

I tried string but being clumsy I end up getting tangled.

[Bigmallly]

A plank o' wood.....................

[lottie dolly]

same here,any 2 short canes,and a length of whatever,string/twine,washing line,easy and cheap to replace,

[Hans Mum]

Two bits of wood & some string here as well :0) Thats an awful lot of seed money

[Kristen]

I have a nice wind-up victorian style line-reel. I used to have a stick, but I found it a pain to reel back in; I used an orbital pattern to get more string per revolution, but then if one strand slipped the whole ball would become a mess. A decent reel is far more important if you have long lines to set - I use mine for over 100M of hedge, so reeling it back in is a proper sized job For something 10-20M then a more Boy's Own solution is probably fine.

Definitely wouldn't buy the one in your link because:

Reel very small diameter, far too many turns to reel in the string
No "locking peg" to stop it unreeling when stuck in the ground
Couldn't see a "winding back in" handle??

A description of mine is in the post referred to earlier, here's a direct link

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ml#post1302813

[Chippy Minton]

We have raised beds so only 3' wide and therefore not too difficult to line up against the edging by eye, so I just use a healthy dose of OCD....

[sparrow100]

My beds are all 4ft wide & I have 2 bits of wood with 4inch and 6inch spacings marked on them & allowing for some space at the bed's sides. Works for most things and I can figure out spacings for the few crops that need something slightly different.

[Jay-ell]

I use a length of red washing line wrapped onto two stakes or a straight piece of wood.

[Kristen]

My beds are all 4ft wide & I have 2 bits of wood with 4inch and 6inch spacings marked on them & allowing for some space at the bed's sides. Works for most things and I can figure out spacings for the few crops that need something slightly different.

I have a couple of bits of batten marked up like that too. I have one piece 4' long, for across-the-bed, and another the longest I could buy - 8' perhaps? maybe more? The long one gives me a good-enough line offset from the edge of the bed, just as you have described.

I used a saw to mark them, so I don't lose the marks - the batten is pretty muddy now!! - and I did a small second saw mark at the foot-intervals, so I could tell which was a foot and which was some-inches

[PyreneesPlot]

No expense spared here

2 sticks and a ball of string.

Two sticks and a ball of string?

One stick.

(And a bit of guess work)