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How To Build A T-Frame – And Extend
Your Growing Season
Place your T-frames on one side of your soil-beds with the outside edge of the 4 X 4 post lined up with the top of the ridge if you’re growing in the soil, or just inside the frame if you’re in Grow-Boxes. Place T-Frames equally distanced, every 10’, or closer for the length of the bed or box. If you want to extend the growing season, use 2 X 4's on edge, and make an arched canopy with 3/4" PVC and 45 degree Slip fittings every 2', then cover in early Spring and late Fall with 6 mil clear plastic. If putting T's in a 4'-wide box you place them inside the box but at the outside edges. That way there is 16" between the T's in the middle of the box, and with a 3 1/2' aisle (which is the minimum you need in this case) you end up with 14" between the T's in the middle of the aisle. Always place 4 T-s in a 30'-long bed or box - 10' apart. If you build the PVC arches and cover with plastic to extend your season, the plastic doesn't come straight down, but would be angled back in toward the box at the bottom, so a person can walk down the aisles.
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