Will these trellis be strong enough to support my tomatoes
by Winter_Swordfish_505
Will these trellis be strong enough to support my tomatoes
by Winter_Swordfish_505
15 Comments
I just use netting. These are overkill if anything but they will look great. Bigger concern is the angle of sun and if one will block the other.
Not really. Cucumbers yes, tomatoes, not so much.
Wind would be an issue, as well as being fully unsupported on three sides. You can do stuff with overhead supports to do tomatoes without cages, but not with this setup.
Could you use strings to constantly tie and re-tie to anchor it to that? probably, but any fruit hanging on the other 3 sides will be a problem.
In future years, I’d do cukes there, and then find a system that works for tomatoes better, but that’s just my take.
I think if you connected the two upright across the top — a board on each end and one in the middle this would hold nicely.
Looks great – I’d be proud to eat a tomato from such a setup!
Yes. I hold tomatoes up with random branches I get from the ground.
It looks strong enough to hold me.
If you put them perpendicular to each other and strap the corner together you will have 10x the support from wind you currently have.
the bolts look fine to me for this year but it could use something for lateral forces like wind (either diagonal bracing on the sides or box it out more with like monkeybars ). quick test I would do, is if you try to bend the top and it doesn’t have any play, I wouldn’t worry too much. Though over time this wood will start to fall apart at which point the lateral bracing will make a big difference. And if you want this to last bracing will keep the bolts from deteriorating quickly. The tomato vines will turn these things into giant sails and the bolts will eventually bore themselves out from swaying
Depends on how thick the vegetation gets. It doesnt look like the posts are in the ground at all. If these are covered in plants, they’re basically giant wind sails.
Yep! Looks amazing too!
Did you make these?! These are super cool and incredible! If you did, how did you make the groves at the top of the trellis? I’ve been looking into making one of these myself but can’t seem to figure out the groves for fitting the cross beams.
They look strong and sturdy, but if you add a couple of crossbeams that connect the two trellises you’d get a much more weatherproof construction. Could be at each end/corners, then you’d be able to grow anything heavy like pumpkins, gourds, luffas etc. and it would be no problem with e.g. runner beans either (they can kinda create a wall that’s a problem with high winds). You could maximize the use by having several cross beams and use them to grow e.g. pumpkins in the ground and guide them up over the crossbeams. It would look like a magic archway with pumpkins hanging from the ceiling 😄
Does a fat dog fart? The answer is most definitely YES! 😜. Looks very solid and great strong work.
Needs more pylons!
I think those could hold up a house.
People be building works of art to grow tomatoes…. beautiful. The rest of us buy a $30 hog panel and arch it between beds or tie little strings to the plants from a clothes line above.