Questions tagged [trellis]
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.
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Grow light recommendations for money-plant on 5ft high trellis in a shaded window
Context: My money plant is not growing too well on this trellis. The leaves are yellowing and falling-off too often and the growth is very slow (compared to other money plants which are lying in a ...
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Can I train new grapevines to be vertical, sturdy and self supporting?
I have 3 new vines, trellissed up in a makeshift, admittedly low-quality, trellis system. I could do a better job with it but my time is better spent elsewhere at the moment. I had these three grapes ...
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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 ...
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Trumpet vine is not growing after 4 months
I purchased 4 Violet Trumpet Vine plants and planted them in a raised bed that I have built on the side of our garden shed.
The problem is that none of them have grown at all within 4 months (since ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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What's the difference between stacked and trellis when supporting tomatoes?
I was reading some article that said that stacked tomatoes yield less than those supported with trellis.
I tried searching for images for stacked and trellis tomatoes, but I see the same type of ...
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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 ...
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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), ...
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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. ...
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Can I use a horizontal 2x4 to brace a 3 wire trellis?
In brief - I want to use a 2x4 to resist the tension put on trellis posts ~16ft apart, rather than the other two options.
I'm building a grape trellis with upright 4x4s connected by high tensile wire....
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