by Noel | Aug 26, 2025 | CobraHead, Gardening
How many different tomato trellises and other growing systems are there? The answer is lots and lots. As we like indeterminate heirlooms, trellising is imperative. I tried something different this year. I did almost no pruning. Mostly, I pruned leaves that could make ground contact and straggler stems that got outside the tied-down stems. I tied most of the stems to the bamboo poles and T-posts I use for the trellis. There were some negatives to this approach, but...
by Noel | Apr 29, 2025 | CobraHead, Gardening, Growing Peas, Vegetable Growing
The peas were planted three weeks ago on April 12th. Spring peas are an important and reliable crop in our garden. I try to plant them early, when the chance of another killer freeze is minimal. I make ten trellises using T-posts and landscape fence. The trellises are windproof. The peas get plenty of sunshine and they are easy to harvest between the rows. This trellis is made with 7 ½ foot T-posts and 3-foot-wide landscape fence cut to five-foot lengths. The...
by Noel | Aug 22, 2020 | CobraHead, Gardening, Vegetable Growing
This small bed has 5 wire grate trellises. It’s planted with cucumbers, smaller squashes, small melons, and tomatillos. The wire mesh is a concrete reinforcing insert which is readily available and not expensive. Like the T-posts to which they are attached, they last indefinitely. Jute Connection Everything is tied together with jute twine which I much prefer over plastic twine or plastic wire ties. Jute twine is inexpensive and biodegradable so there is no...
by Noel | Aug 13, 2015 | CobraHead, Gardening
I posted on June 28th just after I set up a trellis system using concrete reinforcing grids and T-posts. Here is the post. I’m happy to report that the trellis has so far exceeded my expectations. The plants have climbed well over the top of the 7 foot high trellis. They remain healthy and have set good looking fruit much of which is almost full size. Barring a catastrophic collapse due to disease or insects (always a possibility, but hopefully unlikely), we are...
by Noel | Jun 28, 2015 | CobraHead, Gardening
I planted smaller squash and melons without a firm idea on how I was going to trellis them. Going online, I found several references to using metal concrete reinforcing grids as trellis material. I knew immediately this was a good solution that would easily integrate with my T-posts, which I use for most of my trellis frames. I found the grids at Home Depot where they are referred to as Remesh Sheets. They are less than $8.00 each for a 42 inch by 84 inch grid...
