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RE: Trellis construction

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Great picture Tom! By the way, what do you use for netting, it looks very
sturdy in the picture?

Richard(zone6)
Brooklyn, NY

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Tom Scut [s*@teleport.com]
		Sent:	Thursday, March 30, 2000 12:45 AM
		To:	Square Foot Gardening List
		Subject:	Re: Trellis construction

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		I skip the threading of the conduit (which is very easy to
cut with a
		hacksaw,BTW) by using right angle conduit connectors, they
slide over the
		end and are held tight by screws included in the angled
piece. Very easy to
		assemble and disassemble using these. To make mine more
stable I do attach
		my trellises to the wooden bed frame by sliding them through
U brackets or
		where there aren't raised beds by bolting or cable tying
them to something
		sturdy. Otherwise they lean in my moist clay soil. My
trellises can be seen
		at: http://www.teleport.com/~scut/backyd12.jpg
		Tom
		Portland OR,  Zone 8
		http://www.teleport.com/~scut/garden.htm
		-----Original Message-----
		From: Swami <swami@brick.net>
		To: sqft@listbot.com <sqft@listbot.com>
		Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 8:48 PM
		Subject: Trellis construction


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		>
		>Hello all.  This will be my third year gardening by the
square foot
		>method. This year, I plan on building a trellis to try my
hand at some
		>vertical growing.  As of now, I'm planning on a single
four-square row for
		>the vertical stuff: 4 cucumber plants (in two squares), one
melon plant
		>(probably Burpee's Bartlett hybrid), and one Jack-Be-Little
pumpkin plant.
		>I'm looking for any advice from folks who have done some
vertical growing.
		>
		>I'm thinking I'll use 1/2" thick-walled electrical conduit,
get it cut to
		>length and threaded, and use plumbing fittings for assembly
as Mel
		>suggests.  But I'm not an electrician, so I'm wondering
about the strength
		>of this conduit.  My trellis will be 6' tall (with 12-18"
of conduit sunk
		>into the ground), and 5' wide.  Anyone think I'll have
problems with
		>weight from my planned crop on the 5' horizontal span?  Of
additional
		>concern is the wind here in St. Louis during tornado
season, but you can't
		>do anything about that. :)
		>
		>Mel talks about bending the crossbar so that you have
shorter legs to
		>drive into the ground.  I was thinking of having two pieces
for each leg:
		>a 4 or 4.5' piece and a 3' piece.  I'd drive the longer
piece into the
		>ground until 3' remained, and use splices to attach the
other 3' piece.
		>Then I'd use two elbows to attach the 5' crossbar.  Any
comments on this,
		>or better ideas you've implemented?  I'm just trying to
avoid driving
		>really long pieces, but I want to keep the structure as
strong as
		>possible.
		>
		>Thanks for any advice,
		>Steve DeLassus
		>
		>
	
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