Physical aids for plants to climb up on. Use this tag with questions about how to build, what materials to use, how to maintain and how to attach plants to such objects.
Questions tagged [trellis]
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How to control Kentucky Wonder beans and very tall-growing tomatoes
Last year, my Kentucky Wonder green beans outgrew a very tall tipi with string horizontals I had given it. The same thing happened with an indeterminate tomato plant with a very tall stake, I forget what it was called. In both cases, once the…
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Rose tip got brown burn quilted and dropped rose head
I bought this rose from David Austin last year
https://www.davidaustinroses.com/us/the-poet-s-wife-shrub-rose
Every since it was fine until I check it today in May 25 (I am in Pacific Northwest)
It was like burning on top and the rose head dropped…
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Should I cut concrete panel into strips, and rings with hooks, or leave it in long strips?
I've decided to build all of my trellises out of concrete panel, and was wondering if I should cut it into strips, and make easy to handle panels, and rings that hook together (at the support posts), or leave the panels grow flat to keep the various…
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How can I shape bougainvilleas on a trellis?
I have a trellis (Cairo Egypt) that I would like my bougainvilleas to completely cover. The trellis is 2 meters in width and 4 meters in height. I planted 4 bougainvilleas each apart by 0.5 meters. However I’m not sure now how it would cover the…
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Is there good way to train a clematis to a pyramidal trellis?
I would like train a clematis to grow on a pyramidal trellis.
The first year, I tried centering the trellis over the plant and having it grow through the center, but this seems to stifle the plant and tended to obscure the flowers.
This year, I have…
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How can I support Birdhouse Gourds without nailing anything to my fence?
I have birdhouse gourd vines growing up my fence. I started with a river cane trellis pushed into the soil in the tubs the gourds are growing in. This initial trellis can not support the new growth. I don't want to use any more river cane. What is…
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When trellising pumpkins, do I need to fertilise more heavily?
This year I decided to try trellising my pumpkins and am wondering about the impact this might have on the fruit, since the vines won't be putting down roots as they run. Does anyone have experience with this, or know how much fertiliser I should…
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How to attach things to cinder block walls? (For training wisteria plant)
I have a wisteria plant that I would like to train into long, horizontal branches. It's growing against a cinder block wall. I tried screwing some masonry screws into it, but those just ground a hole in the wall that was too big for the screw to…
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T-Post + Wire Trellis
I am contemplating using 10' T-Posts (driven in 2' for 8' of height) with a wire (7/7 or other) across the top which I'll use to hang hooks to trellis tomatoes, cucumbers, butternut squashes and the like. I have a 50' length and was going to put in…
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Advice on tangled clematis vine
I'd like some advice on a clematis vine plant that was left to grow without a trellis. Without anything to climb on, it has turned into a giant heap in just a couple of short weeks. As you can see from the photo, I installed some garden twine today…
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How far should wires be if nailed straight onto a brick wall?
When training climbing roses onto a wall without the use of an arbor, how much space do you leave in between from wall to wires?
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How many grape vines would i need for a pergola that's 18ft by 13ft?
The vines that I'm looking into produce black grapes.
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A knot to tighten for tension on a trellis
I have a square frame and wish to run twine from the top down and then repeat that across a number of times.
I would like a knot on at least one side where i can pull the tag end to make the line somewhat tight. What knot will allow me to achieve…
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