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Post by ladymarmalade on Nov 2, 2017 10:13:27 GMT -5
What do you use to support climbing vegetation?
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Post by meandtk on Nov 2, 2017 10:17:58 GMT -5
Being in the country on a part of an old farm, there are posts and wire at hand.
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Post by spike on Nov 2, 2017 10:56:18 GMT -5
I do have some bamboo sticks I make towers with but lots of welded wire fencing and posts.
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Post by paulf on Nov 2, 2017 11:38:53 GMT -5
Fence posts, wire, and trellises.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Nov 2, 2017 13:47:35 GMT -5
Several years ago I had a garden that was south facing off the back of a big blank garage wall. In one of the raised beds I planted Blue Hubbard Squash, and then used two parts of an old rickety ladder and leaned them from the garden bed to the garage wall. The ladder was unusable as a ladder, so this was such a fun way to repurpose it. The plants sprouted and began to climb exactly as I'd hoped and it truly was a sight that made me cheer every time I walked through the garden.
Sadly, that was the year we discovered we were renting from a crazy lady and had to move very quickly and unexpectedly in early summer. When I tore those plants out of the ground I was so pleased to see dozens and dozens of baby squash forming. It is an idea that I've tucked back into my mind to save for another time. Don't ask me what we would have done with all that hubbard squash had it actually grown to maturity!
I've been thinking about looking for an old A-frame wooden ladder or two to use in my community garden as a climbing apparatus for some squash.
Mostly I use those tri-fold trellis cages reinforced with metal posts and wooden surveyor's stakes. Though, this year I had some casualties with the trellis cages as the tomatoes were abundant in size. I would love to use cattle panel, but I really don't have a place to store it in the off season.
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Post by paquebot on Nov 2, 2017 19:33:06 GMT -5
Used Christmas trees! They are free and in abundance. Strip off the boughs and the trunks make excellent tepee supports or made into a trellis. The boughs may then be shredded and composted or used for mulch. (Needles are very high in nitrogen.) Or, boughs left intact and laid down for paths.
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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