Garden Trellis for Cucumbers and Melons
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you don’t want pressure treated wood leaching out chemicals next to your plants. You were correct in using untreated wood. Nice design
Awharry36
April 22, 2012 at 3:55 pm
Nice video! I have been searching for a good A frame trellis for my cucumbers. And for the slugs leave a pie pan of beer for them….(they like the cheep brand) they drown in it.
mthuren1
April 22, 2012 at 4:54 pm
Thanks for the video. I just built some of these for cucumbers and squash for this season. My panels are rusty though Do you think it will hurt it?
webfootguideservice
April 22, 2012 at 5:36 pm
That wire is more than strong enough to hold vining veggies. I’d spray paint them to protect them from rust. And no, the paint won’t kill you.
JonFrumTheFirst
April 22, 2012 at 5:39 pm
Hi enjoyed your video.
I just put a stake at the end of each of my tomato rows and tied twine across the row. I spaced the twine about 10 inches all the way up the stake.
Do you think this will support my plants or should I do more?
Thanks
Chris
duke0090
April 22, 2012 at 5:57 pm
How did this work out for you Kainara? Also do you have pictures?
TroyboyQUE
April 22, 2012 at 6:10 pm
How did this work for you Kainara?
Troy
TroyboyQUE
April 22, 2012 at 6:40 pm
Modern pressure treated lumber using copper azole is actually safe for use in the garden. My 12’x12′ raised bed is fenced with 2×12 copper azole treated boards. It’s the older pressure treated lumbers containing chromated copper arsenate (CCA) that present chemical seepage and poisoning concerns. The lumber industry has essentially abandoned CCA in favor of copper azole since about 2004-2005. I did a lot of research prior to installing my bed to make sure I wasn’t going to poison my family.
digitalgt1
April 22, 2012 at 6:43 pm
You can’t grow veges on treated lumber, it’s poison.
jschristian44
April 22, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Feed your slugs used coffee gorunds, they seem to go crazy for it and eventully leave taking the gorounds with them.
MrPlatinumFarms
April 22, 2012 at 7:42 pm
Watermelon? Will that not pull down the trellis?
whittle4u
April 22, 2012 at 8:29 pm
for the rust problem try cooking spray it will keep the metal from oxidizing and wont hurt your plants
JosephEAguirre
April 22, 2012 at 8:48 pm
These were strong enough for pretty large cucumbers so I think the will work fine.
mustgetmuscles1
April 22, 2012 at 9:25 pm
Hi,
I like your design alot! It looks simple and inexpensive. This, year I am going to try and build trellis’s like yours for smaller pumpkins and winter squash. I have found 6/6 9/9 concrete reinforcing wire and wonder if it will be strong enough to hold them? Cattle Panels might be stronger (since they are 4 gauge), however, I am reluctant to use them since I will have difficulty transporting and working with them. Any suggestions you have would be appreciated!
ExplorerGirl321
April 22, 2012 at 10:00 pm
beer in a cup attracts slugs 😉
qin02
April 22, 2012 at 10:22 pm
Nice trellis set up. I especially like the A frame idea and imagine you’ll get several years of use out of them.
troutbum61
April 22, 2012 at 11:12 pm
Slugs and snails are NOT good for chickens and birds. They are primary hosts for too many parasites that deliberately infect birds from the molluscs. The birds are the true host and ultimate target for these insidious parasitic worms!
Automeris2
April 22, 2012 at 11:52 pm
Sunflower seeds are good for fat in your survival diet since it is rarely considered. If you figure how to press olive oil it will help meet your cooking needs for oil.
Awatcherofevents
April 23, 2012 at 12:21 am
Do not use pressure treated wood because the chemicals Leach into the soil poisoning it and potentially entering your food.
Awatcherofevents
April 23, 2012 at 12:33 am
I’ve heard slugs/snails don’t like crossing a rough sisal rope, might be worth a try to run a barricade of it. Awesome looking setup you got there!
AnnBearForFreedom
April 23, 2012 at 12:44 am
What a great idea.
Nice video and you explained it well
S 🙂
TheSimpleTruthShow
April 23, 2012 at 12:48 am
I really like the trellis’s too, I may try my hand at building some for my gardens
willkaren4ver
April 23, 2012 at 12:53 am
Very nice. I like the ability to fold and store. It’s a winner ! Bobby
mhpgardener
April 23, 2012 at 1:40 am
cool idea for trellis!
catfish222banjo
April 23, 2012 at 2:19 am
I like this idea, you might have soaked the ends of the 2×2’s in a pan with linseed oil or something to make em last.
I actually used these same panels to make tomoto cages, I’ll try to post a response vid of how I did it.
MisterSoul99
April 23, 2012 at 2:49 am