I experimented with an arched trellis made with concrete re mesh wire and metal fence posts for my tomatoes and pole beans last year.
Cattle panel arch trellis diy.
16 cattle panel don t forget i have two cattle panel trellises in my garden but these instructions are for building one.
Use cattle panels to build an arched trellis hoop house.
It was a great success despite the late tomato blight so this year i wanted a more.
4 u posts these are the stakes we drive into the ground to secure the trellis.
Wood hardware for garden beds optional instructions.
In the above video watch me effortlessly install and form a gracefully arched trellis without any help at all.
Secure in the same fashion.
Each arch is made from a single cattle panel that has been bent anchored and attached to four 4 foot pieces of rebar one on each corner.
I wanted something stronger that could also hold small winter squash.
Now a normal person would ask for help when installing a cattle panel trellis.
By bev walker sundownr june 18 2010.
Also has them here.
The trellis holds plants up to capture the sunlight while the gardener stands below to pick the produce.
Cattle panel arch supplies.
Place one end of the cattle panel on the ground inside of two of the t posts that are 36 apart and secure with 4 zip ties on each post.
Cattle panels 16 feet x 50 inches i used 2.
But i am not a normal person.
Arch the panel over to put the other end of the cattle panel along the other two t posts.
For the past couple of years i ve been thinking about replacing the trellis netting we d been using.
Create extra garden space putting this support over a garden path.
4 foot pieces of rebar 4 per panel.
Use t stakes or are they called t bars to brace the cattle panel.
I ve seen cattle panels used quite a bit and decided that s what i wanted.