Mark the spot on each end of the panel and in the middle of your frame. Measure where you want the trellis to be.They grow clear up to that nine foot ceiling and hang over! He had to raise the trellis up this year to support the top of those vines. Our greenhouse is his answerīuilding the raised beds in there and using his Double Hog Wire tomato trellis is his version of tomato growers bliss! He built this system in 2014. Crawling around in that cramped area with closely packed, sprawling staked plants convinced him he needed a better growing system for his tomatoes. A high level of flexibility, patience and grubbing around in the dirt was required to get in to harvest the tomatoes. By summer’s end tomatoes grew up to the 6 foot ceiling, went sideways and formed into a maze of twine, vines and hard to find tomatoes. The tomato vines grew together into a complex maze of intertwined branches and willy nilly trails of twine. He covered it with 6 mil plastic that disintegrated due to sun and wind damage and needed replacing every year. It was built of cobbled together framing materials he upcycled from our old barn. It is much easier for us to work around those sprawling vines when the branches are tied up on that trellis!įor Years and years Dave grew tomatoes outside in his 14′ x 12′ ‘tomato house’ in the garden. With this trellis the tomato plants are contained easily within the bed. Dave loves being able to tie off his tomatoes so easily and the vines are well supported.
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