Re: trellis

Chris,
Any fence will do.  We have some rebar left from pouring a pad for our
steel barn that we use for peas.  We use T-poles (get them at the local
farm store or Lowes or Home Depot.  I also have some old tent poles that I
use.  I wire the fence to the poles.  I also have some 39 inch high fencing
that we use for our sheep (odd pieces left over from the 330 foot rolls). 
You could make the fencing into a cylinder and use it for peas and if the
holes are big enough, plant tomatoes the inside and tie the plants to the
fencing with cloth strips.  last year, I also tied tomatoes to straight
runs of fencing after the peas since the fences were already there.

With peas, it doesn't matter about the fencing as they will grab it.  If
you are growing larger fruits such as pumpkins, tomatoes, etc, you need a
strong type of fencing or rebar.  If you grow pumpkins, you will need to
make slings or hammocks to support them.  Commercial greenhouse cukes are
allow to hang as it make for a straight product.

Rich

Purrfleece Farms
purflece@alltel.net

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> From: Debby Mullaney and Chris Hobbs <DebbynChris@earthlink.net>
> To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: trellis
> Date: Monday, February 22, 1999 5:11 AM
> 
>  Hi
>  Thanks for the info, hwoever,
>  I`m still in the dark here, if you could , can you guys do a little
better on
> the description, I have no idea what "farm fencing" is, and I`m not sure
about
> "garden twine", want that rot?? and  I still don`t know how tall to make
it.
> this is my second year planting , and I have not had a sucessful garden
yet. So
> I would like to make sure i get good instructions. I have not had any
luck with
> my own ideas.
>  thanks,
>   awaiting in eagerness,
>  Chris  (central Fla.  zone 9 )
> 
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