Making a Super Sturdy, Easy, Inexpensive Trellis to Maximize Garden Space & Planting Cucumbers
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- I’m making a super sturdy, easy, inexpensive trellis from a cattle panel for a small garden space and planting cucumbers to grow vertically on the trellis. Let me know if you try it too!
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What types of trellises are you using in your garden? Thanks for watching!
I've been doing this for 12 years like this.
I have some 2' rebar that my son will hammer down by 1' for me so I can place some plastic conduit pipes over top of them. I'll have holes drilled offset at the base so as to peg them down also. I will have elbow and tee joins the join up the piping so in the end each trellis will have three 6' down lengths with two 3' pieces of piping joined by the elbow and tee joins. I have purchased 6' X 6' netting that will be hung and woven onto the piping. I hope it works. I'm planning on planting mini pumpkins, melons, cucs and what ever else I have space for. Lol. I have 4, 2X4 raised beds along with 2, 2X2 raised beds along with 4, 3X6 raised beds cut down from a leaky water tank. I plan on putting the 2X2 and the 2X4 beds up along the side length of my home that faces west with the trellises up against my home. In the 3X6 beds out back I have anchored stretched out arches for whatever to grow up and over. I know it's a bit late but I'm putting the scarlet beans on one of the arches to see how they go. My I've waffled on a lot. I'm not usually this chatty. Take care calikim and camera guy
Awesome, Ireen! Cattle panels are so sturdy, and last for years. What have you grown on your trellis? Thanks for watching!
Hello Helen, I can tell a LOT of loving care is going into your garden this year! The Scarlet Runner Beans grow so fast, as long as it doesn't get too hot for them, they should do well. Can't wait to hear about all your harvests! Thanks for watching!
@@CaliKim29 I'll have to get one of my adult offspring to take some pics to show you. It's only in the planning stage as yet with only three beds running. I hope to have rest rest up by spring. It's been nice conversing with a like minded person. Be Blessed
You’re planting veggies....I’m here because I need to block out my neighbour.....with vines....love this!! ❤️❤️
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I just did my cucumbers too, I used bamboo and twine for my trellis. 😍 it worked out awsome. Thank you for sharing 🙏
Hello Patty - it's always fun to hear all the different trellis ideas out there. Bet you can't wait for those cucumbers! Thanks for stopping by!
Gardening means a lot to me for a reason my grandad taught me before he passed and showed me I had this gift
Awww. So sad but so sweet. Great that he left a legacy for you to continue 🙂
so i’m grateful for this video. ima try my hand with trellis today.
Just planted my cucumber seedlings in my strawberry planter and got some more seeds planted. I love all of your trellises...I really need to either build some bigger ones or modify the little ones I have training my little seedlings. (I have some honeydew melons doing awesome on their little trellis....talk about easy training, they're growing right up it and it looks so pretty!)
Love this video: easy to see what you are doing, hear what you are saying, and full of good information and gardening inspiration. Thanks for what you do!
Hi. I use cattle panel to grow my veggies. I have one 4x8 square foot garden, and maximized my space by adding four panels for beans, cucs, peas, melons, sweet potato, zucchini, and squash. The panels leave plenty of room for my greens, herbs, peppers, tomatoes, and eggplant. Happy growing!🥬🥒🌶🥦🍆🍅🍈🍉
Oh Wow, I would love to see pictures of your garden! 🙂
I didn't know you could go that close, I have mine at 18" apart, I think I'll put some more since I'm growing vertically
Hi Hiltsy, yes, cukes will do well planted densely, pack them in there! Just make sure you fertilize regularly so they keep producing, especially when they start to flower and fruit. Vermisterra worm tea once a month or so really keeps them going. Thanks for watching!
I'm using old wire fencing. Got yo use what you got lol. Poor man's style 😁
Planted some radishes a few days ago and they're braking through already. Little guys are fast.
Hello DS - it's fun to get creative and re purpose what you already have - good job! The radishes are fun ones - you'll be harvesting before you know it. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Old wire fencing that we looted from the dumpster corner at the community garden! People have been throwing away their cattle panels but I think it is the BEST. We are hoarding them in our lot for future projects and expansions. For tomato cages and vine plants!
Hi Erica - gotta love it, one person's trash is another person's treasure! You have yourself a nice collection of garden arches and trellis for FREE - way to re-purpose! Thanks for stopping by!
so good and lots of love from India.
Lot's of love back, Ankit's!! Thank you!
Nice idea with the cattle panels! 👏
For posts though... I use T-posts for my grape vine (super strong spring-steel and also inexpensive)
T posts while more expensive probably will last longer than wood, but you can't harvest them off your woodlot...tradeoffs as usual i suppose.
Hi there, I'm a novice and just planted my first garden two days ago. I have 16ft long raised beds... was planning to do a trellis down the side of each of them; would tomatoes and beans climb this kind of trellis as well? Thank you!
I love the shot at about 4:30 when the camera pulls back to show a large part of the yard is the steep steps your planting in.
This was wonderful as it shows you don't have to have a huge yard to make a beautiful space and have a garden.
Bolt cutters are awesome for cutting cattle panels! V/r “TRACER”
Can you use a metal trellis when temperatures can get up to 110 degrees? Won't it burn the stems? My garden is in full sun. Some areas, I provide screen, so sun gets in but does not bake the plants. Thanks!
I live in Arizona. Our temps about a week ago was 113 degrees. My cucumbers are on a metal trellis that is black and they did fine. They are hanging on and beautiful.
Kim, thank you for this video!
I stopped at Tractor!Supply, but the panels are so long we couldn't fit it in our vehicle. And was not bendable. How did you get it home?
Hello Julie, glad you found one! It took some muscle, but we were able to bend it and fit it in the back of our suburban. Here's a video of how we did it when we picked one up a few years back, bit.ly/CaliKimCattlePanelTrellisWatermelon. Keep me posted!
You could cut them in smaller lengths in the parking lot, if done that before.
Thank you for the tip to use cattle panels I live in Phoenix AZ and can grow things year round.
Hi Calikim. I'll have to see if I can source out some wire mesh where I'm at because I want to grow a whole heap of stuff on trellises come my spring. Thank you for sharing. I always learn something new from you. Blessings
Hello Helen, small or big garden space - vertical is definitely the way to go! Even if you can't find wire mesh where you live, there are many other items you can up-cycle for vertical gardening, here's a few more ideas, bit.ly/calikimeasytrellisideas. Keep me posted!
Grat vid. Do you have a vid or tips for growing grapevines and trellis?
My cucumbers don't climb the trellis. I always have to fix them. 🙁
How far away are you planting them? I had the same issue my first couple years until someone that knew what they were doing told me I was planting to far away.
That's awesome. I use old cattle panel in my garden as well. I use old T Post to hold it up. They make for a great heavy duty trellis you only have to buy once.
i have a cucumber wall now. i planted around easter and they have grown so fast. but i only have male flowers:( is that normal?
Hey Jack, your cucumber wall sounds fun! Yes, the male flowers always pop out first, the females should be along shortly. Enjoy your cucumbers, can't wait to hear about your harvests. Have a great weekend!
Nice yard. I made my trellis out of a large dog kennel. Turned out very nice and unique. I just found your channel.
Thanks for this video.
Hi Mrs. CalliKim! I know this comment is not relative to your video but I have been watching gardening videos for a while and your chanel provides some of the best videos i have watched on gardening :) I would love for you to try planting potatoes on your garden since they produce a hefty amount per plant. supporting you always xoxo :)
Hello Black Butterfly, appreciate your kind words and I am so glad our videos are helpful! We are not big russet potato eaters, but do love sweet potatoes. I'd like to try growing those - will keep it on my radar! Thanks for your support!
LOVE these DIY garden projects, that you share..thank you again Kim. have a wonderful day .
I have a huge forest in my backyard..lol so I use saplings.
Hi Kanzee - fun to keep it simple with the DIY, don't you think? How fun that you have such a wonderful natural resource in your backyard, so beautiful too! Enjoy your Sunday!
I have peas growing on a cattle panel. It’s so much easier for harvesting than the teepee style I had in my raised bed last season. I have another cattle panel set up for melons.... but not sure if the brown spots on leaves is a sign of disease or just due to cool weather. 🧐
I will do the same, Kim, and sow cuke seeds every month! Thx for that crucial tip. From you, I’ve learned to keep sowing throughout the season for continuous harvest!!!
Hello RH, peas work great on cattle panels too! It's always fun to get a fresh new crop of seedlings going, knowing you won't run out of fresh veggies - glad your doing the same. Thanks for watching!
Hi Kim I was curious about your irrigation system that I saw with the copper pipes. D you have any tips on setting that up? Thanks you! Loved your video
Thats plastic tubing by DIG brands. You can find their complete line at Home Depot. Similar line at Lowes
Thanks I'm going to give this a try. Hope it's as easy as you make it look :)
My husband built a sturdy trellis for cucumbers. We have a small garden space and love the vertical gardening. We also are doing scarlet runner beans which will be growing up on poles and bringing in pollinators! We have tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, broccoli, beets, turnips, carrots. So our garden is filled up with enough space provided for growth. We are happy to have a garden and enjoy your videos!
Hello Pat, thanks so much for your encouraging comment! What a fabulous job you're doing growing vertically to grow lots of veggies in your small space garden. It's amazing how many veggies you can grow in a little space, isn't it? Have you seen my Small Space Garden Series? It might give you some more ideas, bit.ly/CaliKimSmallSpaceGardenSeries. Appreciate you stopping by!
Hi there, you have a wealth of gardening information.
I think you should buy Mr. Camera Man a nice bolt cutter. :o)
Enjoyed this video. I need to build a trellis for my cucumbers. Thanks., see you soon. Bertha in TEXAS
Hi,I have a problem planting vegetables in my backyard.bird or mouse,I can’t really tell ,but something is eating my vegetables.what should I do?
You said you were planting them in different stages so you can have cucumbers for longer. Do cucumbers stop producing after a certain point? I thought they just kept going until frost? (although I'm probably wrong)
Very interesting video, nice garden tip sharing , thank you so much .
It's probably inexpensive from where you're located but I've check at my local Lowes its $58 a panel. Thanks anyway
Hi Kim! I’m jealous see you gardening. I can’t enjoy my garden right now, I have severe skin allergy for staying in my garden . Anyway, I love the cattle panel for trellis. I installed 4 of them in my garden last fall. Thank you and love watching your videos.
Hi Connie, so sorry to hear about your skin allergy - hope it gets better soon so you can enjoy your garden again. Thanks for watching!
I use a doubled wrap around the posts with galvanized or stainless steel wire. Also, when using tools with metals WEAR safety glasses and a face shield. You risk a recoiling wire or shaing to your eye and face if you don't. I dont fancy you an eyepatch or blind gardener...
Do you think I can put my 5 gallon food bag with zucchini and one with beans on the ground beside my pergola and let it climb up that? :)
Zeny Brasil eu gosto de você 💋
I like the concept, but could it be done shorter. I have a wider space than you but would prefer the trellis to be shorter. Just wondering if that would do anything negative to my plants
What do you do when your cucumber plant grows taller than the trellis you put up? How do you control the height? Do you just cut it?
The galvanized metal can get very hot in some climates. Just an fyi. It candamage some veggies
I always use plastic poles to support cucumbers.
Great idea🙂 👍 thank you for sharing!
What are the ladder* panel called? Looks like ladder to make arch? Great trellis video.
This is really a superb idea! How to keep this safe from scottish winters and harsh winds?
I’m going to try growing butternut squash on this type of trellis.
Looks great! I can’t wait to see the results. Didn’t even think about staging the planting, so I’ll be planting some seeds this week.
We'll be bringing you along as the cukes grow up - stay tuned! Planting once a month or ever few weeks is a great way to keep the harvests coming - let me know how it goes for you. Thanks for watching!
What type of stake? Cedar or redwood correct is safe for the vegetables?
How many cuc plqnts can i have in a 3 qnd in a 5 gallon pot? Tks
Gonna build me one for my cucumbers
I think it would be a good idea to cement poles into the ground.
Awsome..hi this is sony I'm from India..
Gave me some great ideas for my garden.
Shes got her hands in the dirt. Happy Girl
Kim would this work for zucchini and squash plants as well?
Any trellis ideas for bucket planted veggies?
Thanks.
Great video. We got our hog panel (smaller in width but still 16' long) at a tractor and feed store. We had a hard time finding any at the local big box stores.
thanks for sharing Kim!
Hello Naked Gardener - glad you were able to find one - they have so many uses in the garden. Did you make an arch out of it, or a trellis similar to mine? Thanks for watching!
@@CaliKim29 yes we bought a cattle panel that we had to cut down from 50" to 32" to fit in the beds for an arch trellis. Then we bought a hog panel that was already to size. Saved me on cutting. We made a similar arch trellis from that as well.
Are the wood post not gonna rot easy? Thanks.
Great info, im in Riverside, Ca.
I am in Michigan and planting my cucumbers in 4’ X 8’ raised beds; I am using the farmers almanac garden planner to maximize space in my beds and it has my cucumber plants a minimum of 2 ft. Apart; Can I plant them closier if I am going to grow them vertically? I am growing Muncher and pickling varieties.....thanks so much in advance
If you put metal like that in direct sun in a very hot climate, will the metal heat up enough to harm the vegetation? We used to stake to our chain-length fence, but the crops tended to burn when the metal heated up on 90+ degree days, and we have about 100 of them per year, and about 10 days of 100-105. We have been using bamboo poles and heavy-duty string to encapsulate our veggies, and it works okay without heating up, but it is a lot of work and re-work.
As a former radio and tv reporter/announcer, my opinion is that your Q rating is near the perfect score, and it is a major miscarriage of justice that you have not been picked up to do home gardening on either HGTV or PBS. You are more enjoyable to watch then any of the garden shows on TV, and your voice and diction are basically perfect.
We have a row garden and have recently planted a variety of herbs, vegetables and flowers. My husband planted cucumber seeds this week and after seeing your video we are looking for the cattle panel so he can build the trellis. I was admiring your watering system. We are currently using soaker hose lines on our beds. Did you use a landscaper for your watering system? Any recommendations on how we can obtain a similar system as what's in your garden? I'm not pleased with the soaker hose set up. Thanks again for this great video. I subscribed to your page. Definitely looking forward to more post 🙂
Question regarding trellising, I want to trellis my cucurbits about 6"-8" away from a block wall. I live in the PHX area, do you think it would be too hot for the fruits?
I would like to make a sturdy trellis but am not sure about using materials like wire coz it gets hot where we are especially around noontime. But after watching this video, it looks like the plants would be okay with this. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. ❤
Thanks for this....What gauge is the bendable wire?
Also, at what size do the rectangular lattices in the panel become too small for cucumber plants, if any? Or, is it ok as long as the actual plant vine can fit through the holes?
Do you have a TV show? You totally should. Just getting into gardening and your videos are so informative. Thanks for the info!! Your videos make my life so much easier while trying to figure out gardening
Love the look of that cattle panel! Do you think that might work to get the longer branches of our raspberry bushes up vertically? They’re planted in front of a fence, so I’m wondering if the cattle panel would go right up to the fence or if I’d need to leave some room between the two. Thank you!
Is the mesh galvanized? If not are you seeing any rusting? How much was the cost please?
This is great information. Using cattle pannels to support vining veggies like cucumbers and spaghetti squash is one of my favorite ideas. This year, when we built two new raised beds, we put the beds about 3 feet apart and created an arch between the two using some cattle panels that we had laying around. The arch is large enough for us to walk under and the cucumbers are very easy to harvest since they grow down through the trellising. I shared this video in a post that I wrote: farminence.com/how-to-grow-cucumbers. Thanks again for sharing this!
Very impressive how you handled that short handle sledge hammer. And I'm sure the nit pickers will be commenting on your lack of safety glasses while cutting the wire. Thanks for posting.
I’m confused. It’s soilless because you used what? And it’s soilless even with compost?
Great idea thanks for sharing
Cool, great ideas and nice video!!!! Looking good, keep up the great work!!!
Hello! Nice video. I have been using cattle panels for a trellis for several years now. I can trellis my tomatoes and several other vegetables. I have a question regarding the wire you laid alone the garden bed. Is that copper wire?
This looks like just wanted I needed for my bougainvillea. I needed something tall and wide and not cost hundreds of dollars
Planning to make some this coming weekend. Can't wait. It's still little cold where I am co couldn't do it before.
Can you send a link for the trellis you got from Lowe’s please
I know this video is really old but I want to try this. Can you attach the panel to the posts with zip ties?
Boy, that's a lot of pressure on the zip ties +weather factors? You'll have to look at your situation and make the decision...industrial level (thickness) Zip ties, maybe, Arielle? Your thoughts, thus far?
Really admire your spirit, you are mighty and creative....
Hi again, I’m wondering, dust the rust from the panel hurt the veggies? I love your idea & plan to use it this year.
Great idea. I’m going to try this for my tomatoes and squash. Thank you.
I am definitely going to try this. My jasmine and long beans are going to love this!
Could you please let us know where do you get your drip irrigation kit from?
Nice, im going to buy on of those trellis for my cucumbers too they are growing bigger and need them to frow up and off the ground. Thanks foe the video
Great video, but you should use zip ties so you don't need a tetanus shot. :-)
Great job thank you
Hi Calikim, what a great video! Can’t wait to try it! Can you tell me the kind of wire that you used to tie around the poles and cattle panel and do you have a link for it? Thanks so much!
So nice! It is easy for planting tree, especially cucumber ,bean,and another tree.i like square piece.It very good to do
I will be building one too😊Thank you
Hiii you do a great job and it’s so helpful . One important question is how do you control animals eating plants . Thanks
Im using an old pool fence with a star picket at each end
In most soil you will need to bury your posts at least +12"
Great cattle pannel trellis. Thanks for the idea
Hello beautiful.
I will watch you on tv because my phone does not work well
Very nice idea.
I trellis using 1" x 1" hardware welded wire with vine clips larger yield