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i did this with one long piece of wire and a few years later it snapped. bc it was all 1 the vines for all three rows fell apart. So i do recommend using separate wire for each row.
I’m not sure that’s going to hold the weight of grapes without boards connecting each post. You were moving the posts when setting the wire so they don’t seem like they will stand on their own with weight on the wire. Personally I’d add some cross boards now and be safe rather than finding out later you needed them when everything is more grown and mature
How do you keep the birds from eating the grapes? Once bought a house in Maryland with grape vines over a trellis in the backyard. One day I noticed the grapes that were not even close to being ripe were 90% gone. I saw a bird hanging upside down eating the remaining grapes. They were all gone within a few hours.
Unless you use On Center Spacing. Then only put them 3 ft off the ground and 10ft apart LOL
Next learn how to pronounce ferrule!
Quick Tip: If you choose to use untreated 4 x 4 posts then you should not drop them straight into the soil. The moisture + oxygen in the top few inches of soil will promote fungal breakdown of the wood and rot a ring around it until it collapses in a few years. You can buy some 4 x 4 vinyl or PVC sleeves to insert the bottom portion of the post into, which have weep holes to drain any collected water, but insulates the wood from the damp soil. This sleeve should rise a couple of inches above your soil line. Overall the post + sleeve should sit on top of a few inches of crushed gravel so that the post never sits in a pool of water after heavy rain. This will preserve your posts for the long haul.
I put posts in giving 10 ft on each side of the plant. Also, my top wire is about shoulder high, so I don't need a ladder to reach and gather, or prune. I use a heavy Guage wire…costs more, but won't be replacing it because of stretching or breaking.
🤣 Thanks so much for the giggle from the bloopers, I needed it! Also, thanks a ton for this idea! I have my grapes here that I just got from MIGardener and was looking for ideas!❤
And grapes don't just go everywhere, they take Trees down and do damage. My Dad's grapes weren't touched in 25 years or so. They took down a pear tree and a Gravenstine Apple Tree. I probably will never plant grapes ever again because of the damaged I have seen from them. But yes, staying up on the pruning is the only way to control that.
I fence the way the old timers did it. I use 6 foot 4×4 treated posts buried 2 feet deep. Then, run 8 guage doubled wire, attached to each post. Using a stick between the two wires, I turn the stick and it twists the two wires together creating a very sturdy wire. The stick can be removed and stored for future tightening. The vines are pruned/managed and never allowed to grow willy nilly. The vines are topped up with compost each fall, never get diseases or pests.
I fence the way the old timers did it. I use 6 foot 4×4 treated posts buried 2 feet deep. Then, run 8 guage doubled wire, attached to each post. Using a stick between the two wires, I turn the stick and it twists the two wires together creating a very sturdy wire. The stick can be removed and stored for future tightening. The vines are pruned/managed and never allowed to grow willy nilly. The vines are topped up with compost each fall, never get diseases or pests.
Treated lumber isn’t as bad as it used to be. But it is still bad. Wouldn’t use it in my garden. I work in a lumberyard.
Hey Luke! I just ordered bare root strawberries from your store .. will I get strawberries this year???
This video is right on time! I had posts installed (for sail shades which have yet to be hung) and am trying to grow passion fruit between them. Here comes a diy trellis.
The bloopers were great!
It was great meeting you this past Friday. Thankful my sister was not afraid to ask for photo (you & I) and signed pack. Me…. I never want to bother busy people.
It was great she moved to MI. That way I can stop into your stop and tell her I came to visit her all the way from IA😂😂😂
I always share your videos or send people to your channel.
Love that you are so transparent. No one is perfect, that's called being human 👍✌️🙏😀.
I planted grapes for my sister and niece then my sister who is blind in one eye and obviously can’t see out of the other weed whacked them of 😢.
I actually used old coaxial cables for my grapes. It was a great way to repurpose it. No coaxial in my rural life now.
I just finished building my grape trellis yesterday, and it’s almost similar to this one, but I used concrete and spaced the posts 8 feet apart. I’m using the Mid-wire Vertical Shoot Positioning training system. However, my soil was heavy clay, which made digging almost impossible. I couldn’t believe how easy your post hole digger went through your soil compared to mine. It looks like you didn’t even break a sweat! Dealing with that clay was a real challenge; I might need to invest in a post hole auger for my next project.
I watch all these videos and say, "I'm doing that!" Then it sets in…..I dont have the space 😂
Did you call MISS DIG this time? No gas leaks 😂 teasing. But it's good for people to know before they start digging post holes. 😊
He’s listening to The Crusaders 🙌
I saw a post hole digger that is a giant drill bit looking thing that you twist yourself instead of using that goofy clam pinching design… It looks way easier
You got it done. Great job
Hi Luke, I’m in zone 5b and am not sure which grapes I would like to try that will grow here in very clay soil. I have tried some vines a few years ago I purchased but it was a waste of time and money. Do you have any suggestions AND do you sell them? I’ve also tried blackberries and blueberries supposedly for this area last year. I got one blackberry from a very small twig. Basically they are still twigs, I see no growth on them at all. Since I’m new to growing fruits, I’m not sure if that’s normal at all. 😂😂thank you so much for your suggestions! Oh, I also tried Chicago hardy figs. Maybe I’m just purchasing them when they aren’t mature enough? Smh 🤦♀️ I just don’t know, but I do ok with other veggies like tomato’s and peppers!
In addition to using a single strand of wire (vice three), I would have also incorporated two stout eyehooks and two turnbuckles (I.e., One each at the beginning and the end). This would make it much easier for you to tension the line throughout its lifespan.
I realize it would negate the cheap part, but man it'd be so much easier with a power auger.
Came for the grape trellis, stayed for the bloopers. 😂 Love it Luke!
Great video. Loved the bloopers.