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Re: Trellises

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Kitt,

We did something similar, using three 7 ft. T-posts spaced 7 ft apart. We
bought 15 ft. cattle panels for about $15 each that are available at most
farm stores, which are about 5 ft tall, and cut them in half lengthwise with
boltcutters. One of these half panels gives us a very sturdy framework which
we then wire across the top of the T-posts.  The same farm store sells nylon
trellises for about 5 bucks, which are 5 ft high and 15 ft long with 6 inch
openings, and a lifetime guarantee; we hang these from the panel and tie to
the posts on the ends, and weave the plants up thru the trellis and
eventually thru the panel at the top. The panels are stout enough that you
can let them project above the posts, making the trellis close to 7 ft tall
and very sturdy.

To me, this is the easiest  way to trellis almost anything. We'll place two
of these in a bed, one on each side, and plant our tomatoes about 1.5 feet
apart, giving room for 20 plants in a 15 ft bed. Typically we raise about 50
tomatoe (call me Dan *g*) plants this way. We've also got blackberries
trellised permanently, and we put our pole beans, cukes and peas up similar
structures.  You gotta prune the tomatoes religiously tho, or the resulting
jungle gets pretty ugly.

We started doing this 5 years ago, and I figure the posts and panels are
good for another 20 at least....the nylon trellises tend to get mangled
though after a couple of years.

Bill Huhman
central Ohio, originally from Lake of the Ozarks area in Missouri


----- Original Message -----
From: Kitt <kittt@geocities.com>
>
> I got two 7-foot, T-shaped metal fence posts at Home Depot for $2 apiece,
> and a 6-foot one. They have handy little knobs jutting out at regular
> intervals that make a good guide for hemp twine. I pounded them into my
> veggie bed two feet deep and lashed the crossbar to the top with more hemp
> twine for a very sturdy trellis.


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