Trellis Ideas

[sunnychooks]

Last year I used two stakes with twine strung 6" apart for my pea trellis. It worked "okay" but I'd like to try something a little more sturdy this year. What do you all use?

 

[unclejoe]

Last year I had 2 poles with wire strung between them. Here's how I did it this year. The peak is tied together with baling twine. I have peas planted at the base of each pole.

 

[bid]

I use a native bamboo that grows here. I harvest the dead ones and stick them in the ground at the end of my rows then tie or use twist ties to make the horizontal part. kinda like this: |======|
I can get about 3 years out of them before they get to brittle and start to fall apart. I did make teepees out of them a few times, but had a problem with them blowing over in thunderstorms after the beans got mature... they just caught to much wind. It didn't really hurt the beans but was a pain having to pick them up and try and get the ends back in the ground.

 

[vfem]

I wrapped some twine around my fence of the garden and I am just letting my peas grow up that. I figure my fence is pretty sturdy and save me having to build for those since I directly sowed those into the ground and not a raised bed.

My cukes however I did a trellis like Bid said. My neighbor got a bunch of bamboo stalks and gave me 2 we've had drying out since the fall. I'm going to attach some wire fencing to it and walla, instant trellis.

 

[setter4]

My peas are planted next to the chain link fence and ny beans will go along the front of that fence. Fences are great trellis. lol