I am very new to gardening and have never trellised ANYTHING..so tell me..
1. Can you trellis ANYTHING viney (I am thinking beyond beans.. acorn squash, cucumbers, summer squash, Ambrosia canteloupe etc)
2. How would I go about doing this?
3. What materials do you suggest using?
THANK YOU! SOOO excited about this years growing season!
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Murphbersch
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Anything that has vines can be trellised.
It's all about principles.
The main idea is that vines want to grab and wrap around things that can support them. Giving them something to grab onto is all trellising takes.
You can use pre-made trellises from a garden store. You can grow against a fence but your neighbors might not like it.
I used tomato stakes and twine.
[img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/mrballsagt/garden2.jpg[/img]
Get creative. Look around the yard for anything old you can reuse (green friendly!:-)) and just make something for the vines to grab onto.
Also, depending on what you are growing will change what strength twine you'd use. The strength of the trellis should support the weight of the eventually grown fruit. So for bigger stuff maybe double up the twine.
Just make em do pull up!
It's all about principles.
The main idea is that vines want to grab and wrap around things that can support them. Giving them something to grab onto is all trellising takes.
You can use pre-made trellises from a garden store. You can grow against a fence but your neighbors might not like it.
I used tomato stakes and twine.
[img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/mrballsagt/garden2.jpg[/img]
Get creative. Look around the yard for anything old you can reuse (green friendly!:-)) and just make something for the vines to grab onto.
Also, depending on what you are growing will change what strength twine you'd use. The strength of the trellis should support the weight of the eventually grown fruit. So for bigger stuff maybe double up the twine.
Just make em do pull up!
JohnI grow all my vining plants on trellis. I even grow my tomatoes in tall cages. It allows my plants to grow larger, harvest is easier, pests are easier to control, the plants are kept off the ground reducing disease, and other reasons.
The photos below show my cucumber trellis shaped as a teepee. The cucumbers grow up the trellis from both sides and produce well. I also grow lettuce in the shade of the cucumbers. It allows the lettuce to grow about one month later into the summer without bolting from the heat.
The upright trellis is for my green beans, but it would also grow almost any vining crop.
Each bed cost about $25.00 in materials from Home Depot. The metal stakes are called T stakes and are simply driven into the ground and can be removed if you want to move the bed or trellis. The fencing wire on both trellis was free because it was old, and rusty and tossed out. It works good for me.
[img]https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll308/tedln/IMG_1453.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll308/tedln/IMG_1706.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll308/tedln/IMG_1704.jpg[/img]
The netting on my tomatoes was simply to stop the birds from pecking the fruit.
Ted
The photos below show my cucumber trellis shaped as a teepee. The cucumbers grow up the trellis from both sides and produce well. I also grow lettuce in the shade of the cucumbers. It allows the lettuce to grow about one month later into the summer without bolting from the heat.
The upright trellis is for my green beans, but it would also grow almost any vining crop.
Each bed cost about $25.00 in materials from Home Depot. The metal stakes are called T stakes and are simply driven into the ground and can be removed if you want to move the bed or trellis. The fencing wire on both trellis was free because it was old, and rusty and tossed out. It works good for me.
[img]https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll308/tedln/IMG_1453.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll308/tedln/IMG_1706.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll308/tedln/IMG_1704.jpg[/img]
The netting on my tomatoes was simply to stop the birds from pecking the fruit.
Ted
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I love your Cuke trellis Ted.
Yeah like they said anything can be used. I'm cheap and broke and last year was an afterthought so I used all kinds of things. If you have a smaller garden you can use tomato stakes and string, I even used those cheap foldable tomato cages, I just unfolded them so they were straight. Look around your house you will be amazed at what might work in a pinch.
Do a Google search people use all kind of things really ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
Yeah like they said anything can be used. I'm cheap and broke and last year was an afterthought so I used all kinds of things. If you have a smaller garden you can use tomato stakes and string, I even used those cheap foldable tomato cages, I just unfolded them so they were straight. Look around your house you will be amazed at what might work in a pinch.
Do a Google search people use all kind of things really ALL KINDS OF THINGS.