Cheaper alternative to cattle panel trellis your tomatoes or cucumbers
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2020
- This is my Cheaper alternative to cattle panel for trellising tomatoes and cucumbers. Cattle panel is 60-70$ per panel here so I had to find a different solution.
CORRECTION: the Remesh panels were 6$. I just found my receipt. Check out the update video I made here: • How did this Cheap tom...
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Cheaper alternative to cattle panel trellis your tomatoes
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CORRECTION: the Remesh panels were 6$. I just found my receipt. Check out the update video I made here: ruclips.net/video/SRrQaUyL4Yg/видео.html
Many places will cut the 20 ft rebar free if you ask.
@@mountainman3602 Oh yeah usually they do. I bought it right during the first big covid wave. So the staff was pretty busy at that time.
I think you just saved me some money. I was going to forgo tomatoes, but I can't resist now that you've defeated inflation. It was nice of you to credit one of your followers for the idea; not many folks would bother. Thank you. Sometimes the supplier will cut the rebar to the length you want. Ask them. Another idea is Estate Sales. If it's a farm, big, or small, they may have wire and rebar out back, or in the barn.
7 footlong remesh has $24 where I live.
84x42 inch panels at my local Home Depot at currently listed at $24 for remesh sheets
If I’m looking at the same thing, and they were $6 two years ago and are now $24- that’s massively criminal and crazy price gouging
We bought “damaged” cow panels from tractor supply for 50% off. Only thing wrong with them is they weren’t perfectly flat. Worked great as arch. Spent $13.49 panel.
Oh wow great price. 50% here would still be like 40 dollars with tax
Tractor supply charged me $28 dollars 💸 for 4x16 wire panels they were $20 before the pandemic 😷 now they are just robbing people on everything.
@@mogeking56 I agree! Last year remesh was cheap. Now its almost as expensive as cattle panel.
Yeah SOME tractor supplies will do this.
But the ones by me won't.
Years back when I lived in another state they did there.
When they have the monopoly its much different. They will sell you messed up panels at full price.
I also noticed panels are more expensive here. They tack on a few more dollars.
lucky
I came across this idea a few years back and bought a roll for around 150 dollars for 5x150 feet. I made round cages, flat panels and for one very productive cherry tomato, I made a V shape with 6 feet and stood it on it's end.
I covered my 10x20 foot greenhouse and ran butternut up and over. I had no idea the fruit would hang on the stem 7 feet off the ground, but they did and I had perfect fruit with no spots from laying on the ground.
Great video, thanks. Have a great season
It's even cheaper if you buy the rolls of remesh. You can cut it to length with a bolt cutter or hacksaw. It also works for arches to grow any vining plants up and over your paths. I bought a roll about ten years ago and am still using it.
I would add that beginners must be VERY careful with rolled remesh. I put down many rolls in younger years. It will attack you if you turn your back to it.
@@TUKByV I consider myself lucky to have survived cutting the 150' roll into 10' sections with angle grinder by myself. Still using it 5 years later.
@@LIMABN it knows no mercy. But once you've worked with it, you can be safe with it every time.
A good pair of safety glasses will protect your eyes from getting a ricocheting hot metal sliver from going in your eye. I used to think that it wouldn't happen to me, but one day while doing a kitchen rebuild one hot ember from my dremel got in my eye. It was definitely one of the most painful experiences I've ever had. I had to go to emergency to get it removed with tweezers. It was an hour of pain I will never forget. Mind you I was wearing glasses but I was working over head and it managed to get in through the sides. Hoping that never happens to you. Wishing I had your address to send you a pair. You'll never regret it. Thanks for sharing...
Oh gosh sorry you had to experience that. I actually saw my dad first hand get some in his eye too growing up on the homestead. I do have several pair of them. I just forget them sometimes. Will def try to remember more often.
when i was younger i did dumb things like running a grinder without safety glasses. i am now 64 and try always to remember them. it is a good habit to get into.
i never had anything get in my eye from cutting or grinding but did have a bug hit me in the eye while riding my motorcycle. man that was painful and i had to stay in the dark for a week as my eye could not tolerate light.
OMG, you poor thing. 😟
Wow, I can't believe the price! I use to use those panels till I switched to string. I mounted them on U-posts, they hung on the metal tabs that holds fencing. I used 2 U-posts per 1. 7 3/4 foot high panel. They were under $1.50 20 years ago. They were a nuisance cleaning the trellising vines off. for tomatoes, I tied them with twine when I couldn't weave them. Since I rotated plots, amended soil in fall, I built a U-post puller to get the posts out. A couple years ago I decided to go string trellis for everything. It's Fantastic! So clean/easy to harvest, cleanup is a breeze, I designed a trellis system that has 2 types of string trellises, 9 foot high (yes, I have a nice lightweight aluminum ladder to get to the top!. 1 for tomatoes, spaced 20 inches apart. the top has 2 pices of 10 foot EMT (galvanized 3/4 inch conduit) that can easily hold 100 lbs tomatoes. The 2nd type is for vining crops. In March (Z: 7A, Lower NY), after sowing greens (lettuce, braccias) I plant the Peas. That's 28 ft. of peas, 3 " spacing. I'm still experimenting with freezing vs. blanching, freezing. Blanching absolutely preserves the color and the optimum flavor. Thats perfect for a bowl of peas anytime. Not blanching works for any dish that uses peas as additional ingredient. - I always look for the lazy way! When the peas start getting tired, I plant beans (3" sp), Cucumbers (6" sp) 2-3" from the peas. When the peas are on their last leg, the beans & cucs are about to climb. Enjoy! Pete.
We need a picture sounds ideal
I'm feeling very grateful that we built our grow boxes and T frames when we did starting in 2016. I'm 66 yrs old now and very hampered by arthritis. I did a lot of begging and harassing to get my grown sons and hubby on board. But NOW, they all love the beauty and harvests we enjoy. SE Idaho only has 108 days on average, from last frost to first frost. We HAVE to strategize and fertilize to get mature, healthy crops. Mittleider Method works really well here. Harvest time is crazy busy. So, regarding tomato plants. I train them to climb up baling twine that is slip knotted from a thick wire on top and tethered to a smaller gauge wire on the bottom. Each week, I prune suckers (feed them to the chickens) and wind a few more times clockwise around the main stem. We can really cram the plants in tightly at 8 inches apart. They look beautiful as they form a large V shape tethered alternately on the 4 supports running across the top. T frame holds 4 lines on top. 2x4s on the outsides, 2 wires on the insides. 157 qts of bottled tomatoes from one 16'x4' bed (about 34 plants) and also we ate plenty of fresh ones as well. Many garden plants can be trained and supported with basic baling twine.
Grow boxes are next on my list for sure. Thank you for sharing.
@@HerEcolife** So look up Mittleider Method. The book is very well described with lots of beautiful pictures. If I can do it, anyone can. 💕 🍃
Nightshade plants like tomatoes can cause arthritis
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Great shout-out to Jacob Mittleider. It was his book, "More From Your Garden" that got me started back in 1979 !! We just used free sawdust, earth, and styrofoam balls because we didn't have enough money to do it right, but it worked! We had produce overflowing. We had twelve 35' long boxes and 4 boxes arched with PVC. It started out as my Dad's post-heart attack therapy. He needed some help, and I was the helper. Most fun we ever had. The only downer was the Okra being invaded by pests. The Guinea Hens kept most of the acre bug free, but not in the covered beds. P.S. The styrofoam balls were a big mistake. When the Santana winds came up, they blew all over the world. The present owner must still be finding styrofoam balls 40 years later. This year, lumber is too expensive, my present grounds bumpy (no tiller), so I just line the bed with cement block, or rocks.
I use re-mesh as well. The panels are 4X8 which is perfect for use in my raised beds. I zip-tie them to T-posts. One on each end almost works, but last year my tomatoes were so heavy with fruit that I decided to use one more T-post in the middle this season. I also make large tomato cages out of these panels by bending each of 2 panels 90 degrees and zip tying those together to for a square cage. To create spikes to anchor them in the ground, I just cut away a couple rows of horizontal bars. 🍅
i use one panel curved into a c-shape and shoved into a decorative Tire Planter. It is the full 8 feet tall Then I put my container tomatoes next to it in the curve of the C. The stems naturally snake through because of proximity and I tie up the straglers( or the deer chomp them off if they reach beyond the neting) . Because it is open C, I can easily reach in for maintenance and harvest.
That works out really good. You have a lot of tomatoes. I tried to find remesh but I couldn’t find what I wanted close so I bought cattle panels for 16 dollars for 16 foot pieces. I had the t posts already. I use zip ties to tie the panels to the posts. Cheap and easy. Just snip them off and remove the posts and panels to plow. Great idea and nice garden.
Love it! and I looked up rust and no health concerns to tomatoes or peoples. Great idea!
I use remesh for my blackberries and squash, as well. You can grow a lot more squash vertically than if you let it sprawl on the ground. I actually like the look of the rust.
If you start your remesh about 18" to 2' off the ground, your plants will have that much more height to grow up. My tomatoes like to grow 8' tall. Of course, you will have to use some tie wire to fasten them this way. The plants generally wont fall over before reaching the bottom of the remesh.
Yes! I have 7 plants that are 14 ft tall right now in my east /south / west facing floor to ceiling (big vaulted ceiling) living room windows.
@@MK-ti2oo Variety? Thx!
@@Danceswithelves 2 are early girls, one sun gold, one super sweet 100, 1 moskovich, 1 San marzano and the last one is an heirloom of some variety that I lost track of the tag for lol.
So just fasten the remesh higher up the rebar/t-post with wire?
If you want your trellis to be taller you can stand it up to have more height as well. It of course will not be wide, but it will be 8 ft tall. I use them the long way and only 4 feet high off the ground about a foot. I use dollar tree broom handle at my posts. The garden handles are more sturdy actually than the broom handles but they work just fine for me going on year two. I use zip ties through the hole at the top of the broom handle and then zip ties about every foot down. The tomatoes and cucumbers did great. No issues at all.
For a full time mom full time wife you are doing a super good job with your garden . Please keep it up I learn a lot from you love your smile
Awww thank you so much :)
I use this concrete mesh and cattle panels. My lesson learned was, don’t buy the mesh in a roll, it’s a nightmare to work with and it’s almost impossible to straighten for your rows !! 🥺 It would be ok if using for round cages but not straight down a row ! I made several trellises with it, one was pretty tall and it collapsed under the weight of vines and veggies, needed more support. Whether buying the mesh in a roll or panels it’s quite a bit cheaper than cattle or hog panels. They both are economical, will last forever and have many uses !!!
Oh I can’t wait to dig in the dirt 😍
Gosh I can't wait either but I am embracing the rest on my hands.
If you have the inclination, you can make a frame out of 3/4" EMT conduit. It comes in 10' lengths and you can connect them with connectors. They have all this in the electrical department. They make different kind of elbows. If you buy the threaded end EMT, they have threaded elbows, etc.
OMG yes!! Unless you really need the heavy gauge of cattle panels, remesh is the way to go. I just attached mine to some wooden stakes with fencing nails and it works perfectly. And it's only like ⅓ the cost.
I have been using these for many years. You can use longer poles and move the panel higher for taller varieties of tomatoes. The panels are also great for buiding a walk through support with roof for growing squashes and beans upright.
Yes. We did that last year and it makes for convenient harvesting of green beans.
Just found your channel, I grew up in rural Alberta, I really enjoy your Canadian/Canadien attitude! You work with what you can afford and are not embarrassed to tell the truth
I got involved in the O+G business my wife and I live in Alabama , we moved 13 times lived on 3 continents, I did Engineering on 5 , we gardened everywhere we lived , including a Citrus orchard in South Texas, we have espalier fruit orchard here in Alabama , we have a landscape Architect who we know ask to bring people by to see the orchard and the herb gardens. We are on an acre lot and are able to grow a lot of produce , in three seasonal plantings , we are blessed to be able to support the free kitchens with fresh produce and herbs , fruits when they are in season.
What a great alternative!! I think this is what hidden blessings homestead used in their green house as well! Such a great alternative! Thanks for sharing!
I finally did this. Lowe’s was selling precut, concrete reinforcement panels. Waiting for the peas & cucumbers to reach them. WAY better than the strong & stake method I used last year. Thanks for the vision.
Yayyy you won't regret it
Great vlog! Use what you have access to. A lot of homesteaders may not have access to cow or hog panels but I’m sure can get ahold of these.
Your baywatch moment was hilarious 😆 you nail it, your trellis for you tomatoes is a real good idea 👍🏾 my tomatoes is approaching 5feet and they starting to tilt abit I have support around them but they just keep growing 😄🙏🏾.
Hey There. Glad you got a kick out of it ;) I just got you there to help you get to 200. See you around.
5 feet? You look taller 😂I can’t use that stuff here. I roll all plastic. Too much salt here. It’d be gone in 3 weeks. I got a hurricane coming to see me on Sunday. Should be fun. I’m battoning down 😂I like to use those tomato braces upside down, I just tuck the vines as they grow. Great to see you mousey! 😃🍺
@@johnnyharperscoutstable5386 oh boy. Stay safe out there my friend.
Johnny Harper 😁😁 my tomatoes 🍅 plants is about 5 feet tall 👍🏾, smart idea tucking away the vines I do that too sometimes 👏🏾👏🏾
Quebec Homestead thanks you 😍😊 really means the world to me ❤️
A one handed grab will balance showing you the middle. Rebar is great stuff! Our tomato problems all come from being on the ground. We put our cukes on the south side of a table garden, then push them over the edge. The leaves and vines reach out to the south. The cukes hang straight down. VERY visible fruit from looking under the table from the north. Always gardeners from the North! Michigan's Eastern UP here, We grow mostly hot peppers... Because we love to EAT them!!! GOD is GOOD!!!!
Yes Indeed God IS Good. I did the same thing - Initially I made a 12' long table looking structure, ran 2x4's across it, then put 1/2" aviary netting on it. I was very pleased with it. However, I live in the desert and ants are a big problem so what I am doing now is saving that table for something else, some kind of crop that ants are not attracted to. I took 30 gallon food grade barrels and cut a hole in center of the bottom, then I placed a 24" water heater drain pan, also with a hole in it, underneath it.. I then cemented four steel poles in the ground, in a rectangular shape. I slid the drain pan, then the barrel down the poles and siliconed around the pipe inside the barrel. I then put four steel pipes horizontally going around the four pipes and put 2x4's on them, with the aviary netting. I keep the drain pans filled with water and now the ants and all climbing bugs can't get to the melons. Victory is mine sayeth the Lord (laughs)
Great Bay watch moment. I wouldn't have thought to use regarding. Looks great and very rewarding growing your own food. Thanks for sharing little lady
Your very welcome! Thank you!
I've done the same thing in my greenhouse! Get some tomato clips from your local grow store or amazon; SOOOO fast to get them clipped on and you can easily support all of the branches!
Where can you get them affordable? I’ve found 10 clip packs but they’re outrageous.
I just bought good sized clips at Dollar Tree in their garden section 👍
I don't trellis anymore, I did at one time. But, I found that my yields increased by 40% by letting them run on the ground. I use landscape fabric so I don't have to contend with weeds. I also have the space to let them sprawl. If I had to garden in a smaller space I would trellis. Our home garden is currently 5000 square feet.
That's pretty much what I always do for cherry tomatoes lol They grow wild lol I do however get more yield if I remove the suckers and top them off at around 6 feet. Season is just too short.
Clever idea, & a better alternative for green bean trellising, and maybe even an archway or two. Kudos!!!
I actually made an arched trellis I showed a little of it in my never before seen footage in my 2020 Recap video. I tied two together and it is actually still in the garden getting dumped on with snow lol I planted vines. I hope it works
Thank you for the info! I used remesh last year for horizontal pepper trellis' instead of staking. It worked great - will take your advice and trellis my tomatoes this year.
Awesome :) So glad I could help! See for peppers I used the stick and string method and it works great! I'd be curious if you could share a picture with my via Facebook.
I'm in Ontario and had the same issues finding cattle panels and the cost was prohibitive. I've been using concrete mesh for a while and it works very well. Mine are in raised bed boxes and they haven't moved much in 2 years. Even though we live on the river which is a big wind tunnel, but they're still standing. I also use it in my chicken run as fencing and just wrap some hardware cloth along the bottom.
This is exactly what I do but I stand it off of my cedar fence and it works so well. The "remesh" I buy in 50 ft. rolls. I like the rust look that it acquires after a couple seasons and it is of no consequence to the crop. I also use this method for cucumbers.
Thanks again for the shout out Mallorie!! I appreciate it. 🥰 I think they look fantastic as do the tomatoes. I don’t think the rust is a big deal. As I said before Maritime gardener uses the remesh for cold frame covers too,he builds them right over his garden beds. Love the dress!
I was subbed to him but haven't been Inna while. I'll go check those out. :)
ALSO love the dress it fit me well
Safety glasses for the chop saw work"please"
Great idea and I already do that for years and still like it.
I was thinking the exact same thing. A little protection can go a very long way. Eyes are not replaceable.
I use a string loosely tied around the bottom of the tomato plant and then tied at the top to a horizontal bamboo pole. As the plant grows taller I wrap the string around the plant for vertical support. I hold the horizontal pole up by taking three bamboo poles lining them up and drill a hole three inches down from the top. Now I put a black zip tie through the holes and zip it up loosely. I spread the three poles apart to make a tripod that you can set the horizontal pole on the top at each end and repeat down the row as many times as needed. I space the tripods approx 8 ft apart. The bamboo poles are approximately 8ft long and cost $1 each at the lumber store in Ontario. It works great and has never fallen over and very easy to remove and store.
We used those panels with metal conduit and rebar to hold them straight up and grew our cucumbers and winter squash on it! Our heirloom tomatoes grow 8-10 feet tall so we used 2x1 8’ wooden trim boards and tied up the plants. Had to prune plants to keep them from falling over. We had so many tomatoes this year!!
Amazing!! They don't grow more that 6 feet here before I have to top them off in the garden. I will get more to grow cucumbers and also make another arched trellis next summer. Can't wait to start up again :P
I'm officially obsessed with your garden! cherry tomatoes gone wild, lol!!
Appreciate the video. I ordered mesh netting for trellising. I have used remesh toake cages for 30 years and the last that I bought was so rusty that I painted it green with a paint brush. Spray wasn't working as well. It has lasted many years.
Has the paint come off? I was warned it might chip off onto the garden soil
holy crap, greatest hint i have heard of in years. Im off to Lowes! They are 20$ but cattle panels are about 50. and smaller.
thanks!
Well done nice to see a lady doing her own thing . Love it
Thanks for sharing! This afternoon's project is to scrounge up some cattle panel and re-bar - My wooden stakes aren't cutting it for the indeterminates and they are out of control! lucky we have a lot of this available on the farm! Happy Gardening!
Test I'm over wooden stakes lol I was ready for a change. Have fun :)
Sounds like a good problem to have😃
Greetings from BC! I found you through Roots & Refuge. Off to watch the update now!
Oh cool. Thanks for coming and welcome to my channel.
I bought remesh panels seven years ago and they are still in great working condition. But I use them mostly for bowing over the raised beds to make an arch. I cover that with plastic for frost protection. Cattle panels may be more expensive but I like them much better as trellises. They last for ever and can be cut into other useful tools.
Perfect Baywatch moment 🌴🤠🌴
Beautiful property .
My dad built bridges and used that same wire paneling to build huge tomato cages since he always had tons of those panels available. Found 3 of his big tomato cages this winter ... all taller than me.
They is a fantastic design and love the positive energy in your vids! We may borrow this method.
Take care and stay safe,
Rob
Yeah sure, Go for it! :)
Best Bay Watch moment I’ve ever scene : ) - God Bless you and your Channel
I've used the 6x6 concrete mesh to make 24 inch diameter tomato cages. I planted the tomatoes 24 inches apart in 2 rows with the rows 42 inches apart. I cut the wire off one edge to allow the cages to stick into the ground so they don't move. The cages but up against each other to help hold each other up if it gets windy
Please wear eye protection when cutting rebar. I've known people that have had serious injuries from that. It's cheap insurance.
And when pounding the stakes into the ground. Metal on metal contact (at eye level) can cause chips to fly off.
@@woodman4581 That's what the 'safety squint is for' /s
@@dennyofthepines1457 😂😂😂🤭😉
Sometimes you risk things an then all the sudden you wish you hadn’t skipped the safety steps usually to late though. My husband skipped once saw dust in the eye (wood chips) not fun at all nor was the insurance bills
To find the centers of two sticks of equal length; put them side by side, mark both at guesstimate middle, flip one end for end the centers will be between the two marks.. Repeat for more accuracy.
Or just find the balance point.
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since it's only a tomato steak you could just hold it up against your head and if you're 5 ft tall probably make it close enough
I just came across your channel and really enjoyed this episode. I live in Boulder, CO. and use concrete wire also. I grow tomatoes, cucumbers, pole beans, and melons on it. Who cares if it rusts? If you have kids running around your garden, you just have to warn them not to cut themselves on the sharp edges.
You look like you have a great place there with lots of room for a huge garden. Soil looks excellent as well.
Thanks yeah I have a few gardens lol 5 (50x50) plus an orchard I think I have an addiction to growing stuff lol
This is ABSOLUTELY GREAT! Looks twice as big as a hog panel at half the cost each....4 for less than the cost of one! Nice! Love the slow mo!!😍😍😍
I’ve used that mesh for making tomato cages (not something I would recommend however). But I did cut the bottom horizontal wire and that allowed me to push those exposed wires into the ground helping with stability.
Those cages seem just too bulky for me. I really enjoy the convivence of the remesh this way. Lightweight and fast and easy to set up and take down.
I’ve built cages out of mesh it’s a one time build mine are about 30 inches wide and put one stake in the middle for the tomato to grow on and run a string from one side of the cage around the post to the other side of the cage as support mine are above 7years old and if I need more I just unroll more of the big roll and make more and they work for pepper plants. I cut1 cage in half and has 2 about 3 feet high
I love me some tomatoes!
Especially hot from sunshine fresh off the vine.
Yessss. Can't wait to have a greenhouse to eat more red ones right off the vine for longer in the season.
Woman this is too smart!!!! MY HERO 🤣🥰🥰🥰 Brilliant! Loved the baywatch start 😁 Sorry I've been MIA!
lol Its all good! Thought you might like this one. I remember you saying that Cattle panel is way inaccessible in your area too.
I was watching another gardener video just a bit ago, and he recommended not pinching off the suckers on your cherry indeterminant varieties as they will produce more fruit if left on.Thanks for your video, love the idea of using those other panels.
In a warmer climate with a longer growing Seasons you could just let them go wild and yes they will produce more fruit. Here with my short season I will leave 2 stalks on my indeterminate tomatoes but not more that that. The fruit from the suckers especially late inseason stay green then it freezes over.
I’m going to check out those panels they are definitely cheaper than cattle panels. Thanks for sharing.
Awsome :) Yes do it they are worth it! I think I even saw The Citystead do some arched trellises with his and they look great.
If I get some and use them I’ll make sure to give you a shoutout 😊😊
@@SouthernBlessedHomestead ;)
Here, T-posts go for between $5-6 and cattle panels $19-20. I'm not sure where I would get the re-mesh, but its worth looking in to! There is also a fencing product called 'Hog wire' that is lighter gauge like the re-mesh, but as long as the posts that it is fastened to are sturdy enough, it would work as well.
Yeah that hog wire is expensive here too. The Ramesh held up so good though. I'm so happy with it! I'm going to go get more next year.
Call some concrete contractors, they often have ends of rolls and bits and pieces. You may be able to help each other out.
Hog panels went from 25.00 last year to 30.00 in nm 4 x 16.
Cattle panels are 90$, 4’x8’ remesh panels are $19, and 6’ t-posts are $11 where I live
Hello from Prince Edward Island. So glad to some Canadian gardening content. Most stores where you purchase your rebar or lumber will cut it for you. They may charge a small milling fee of a dollar or two.
I cut it the same way as you. Clamp the rebar, no goggles just close my eyes tight turn my head until it gets through cutting. I then usually forget and grab the hot ends without gloves. Great video
Just wear the goggles. Your eyes are worth it
This may be a good option for me in my garden I have 192 tomato plants, I will check the pricing and see if it is cheaper than the cattle panels in my area. Thanks for the idea.
Yeah def check it out. It is way more cheap than cattle panel. Cattle Panel here are from 60-70$ per panel as for these ones are 12$ per 8feet. Not too bad.
@@HerEcolife If you were to use the cattle panels, where would you buy cattle panel in Quebec at $60 to $70!
You may want to know that those "trellis métalique" are only $7 at Canac. I started with two and ended up buying at least 20. Very practical and multipurpose!
Great video and wonderful idea!
@@cmmaik I found real Cattle pannel on a farm supplier online so far. My local hardware store wasn't even able to order some I know in the big cities might have some in the hardware stores but I just went with the cheap option and supported my local economy. Seriously I won't need any cattle pannel these ones held their own super well all summer. I'm going to buy more next year.
Soooo love the smell of tomato plants (not potato..lol) when touching them.
Another fun vid.
Thanks.
We use the same wire but we hang up the opposite way which makes it taller especially for cherry tomatoes. What I do is I use either panty hose or bailing hay rope, to tie my tomatoes plants, since I put down straw as my mulch., We have been using this technique for many years. I use zip ties to attach my wire to the post.i always keep tomatoes leaves off the bottom of my plants to keep bugs away. I like to ties the tomatoes so it makes it easier to harvest and I can walk down the rows and check for any problems with pest. I think you did the right decision use the construction wire and ribbar because they will last many years. I grow green beans, tomatoes, baby watermelons and butternut squash and other squash on this wire. You need to tie or run the plant through the wire but it makes your harvesting easier and more productive. Good luck we have been using constructive wire in our garden for about 37 years and no issues with wire and still going strong.😊🥰👩🌾👩🌾
Nice Mallorie, although when you were running towards the Camera, I had the 'Chariots of Fire' theme song running through my head LOL
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Ask and you shall receive my friend :)
@@HerEcolife LMAO
New sub here, yall had a fine looking garden. Rebar works great for that👍✌
Wear protection - had an Uncle lost an eye doing exact same thing cutting steel. Tks for great idea to shore up my tomatoes.
Hi from saskatchewan.
Nice garden can hardly wait until we can plant. out here
I recently saw a Josh Sattin video called “A Trellis to Make You Jealous” demonstrating a trellis system for his climbing plants. I haven’t tried it yet, but hope to try it this spring. You might find it useful..
Found Josh's video. Thank you for posting the info.
Ive never wanted to trellis tomatoes so badly after that Baywatch moment 😍.
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Makes life worth living..😊
You and me both!!! If this is Quebec sign me up!!!!
LOL!
Awww I am 5ft too! Just a lot older! My day job I work in a factory, going to retire this June and be a full time flower farmer. (Factories are all about safety) Just for next time please wear some safety glasses when you are cutting that rebar. My husband learned the hard way when it comes to safety glasses. Wouldn't want you to get a metal chip in your eye! 🌻 Thanks for sharing! 🌞
Enfin un channel avec notre climat et réalités d'ici!
It seems like things being sold out was the theme of 2020 (and nothing else lol) Great idea!
Right?? And we are in for a treat in 2021 i'm afraid!
@@HerEcolife I keep telling my husband to buy a sawmill. Lumber gonna be $$$$. Everything is expensive and not available!!
Great idea, we did the old stick and string last year, yup cattle panels were too expensive. Going to go with your idea this year 👍💝
Sweet! I think I will paint my new ones next year to prevent rust but they did amazing.
You fine Azzaro hell
Need man help
I have used remesh to trellis my butternut squash plants for several seasons. Rust has never been an issue for my plants, nor has scorching. You should have a lovely, well-supported garden.
Awesome thanks for sharing your experience with us.
I have to confess,I watched the intro over about a dozen times,thanks for the beautiful visual and info👍🎸😘🎶
Lol My d'amour Baywatch moment. Had to get one in before I cut my hair. Your welcome :)
Love the bay watch intro! $60-$70 per panel? Thats so crazy! we were paying around $26 per 16ft panel when they were still available. They're all out of stock now so thats another matter.
Oh yeah highly inaccessible here. No fencing no nothing when I was shopping. Things are now starting to get restocked.
Great work! I've heard of using these bit never seen it. I think it works out great!.
I also use fencing (on sale) 😂 and love just threading them all.
Keep up the great work and enjoy every min you can of this time outside and with family 🥰 catch ya soon!
At the time I was shopping around there was not even any fencing available in a 60km radius. I was sort of bummed lol We have been taking advantage of this time for sure. Hope you are well. Talk soon :)
Those wire panels are also great for making round cages for growing things. Stronger that your typical tomato cage and cheaper than other panels 👩🌾
Awesome video! Love the idea of using those panels for the tomato plants. 🍅
A lot of times if you can't fit in your vehicle most hardware stores will cut whatever you're trying to take with you as long as you know your measurements or a roundabout. At least that's the way it is here in the United States hopefully you have the same luck there in Canada!
yeah for the most part they do. With all the covid business going around they were sooo swamped and the guy that cuts the stuff wasn't there that day. I didn't want to come back another day so I grabbed what I could.
This is my first time enjoying your RUclips channel. Great work! I’m looking forward to more great content from you. Thank you so much for this informative video! I got so much out of it.
Awesome! Thanks for the comment. RUclips must be pleased with me a couple of my videos are finally getting pushed out! Glad you found me :)
Thank you for sharing the money saving tip on trellis. Bless you and your family and I hope you have a beautiful day!! Thank you for growing your own food!!!❤️🦋😍🥰😘
Nice! Mother of invention ! The need for necessities !
tomato queen... 🤯🤯🤯🤯 incredible for zone 3
Tomatoes we used to run one line over the center 6 or 7 feet high then dropped strings down to each plant.
i use emt pipe for my frame and run a grid of twine to support my tomatoes. super cheap and the pipe lasts for years. you do have to replace the twine each year but it is cheap anyway.
man i can't wait till garden season. today is feb, 16th and it is about 10 degrees and my water is frozen throughout the house. i can't wait for warm weather to get here and stay.
So, not sure if you're aware, but tomatoes only require 1/3 of their leaves for photosynthesis. So, what you can do to get more and larger tomatoes, prune the bottom 2/3 of your branches off. Continue to prune as they get taller. Don't let any early blooms to form, snip those off. You'll be amazed. Try it on a few to see the difference. From The Garden Grunt
Hi. When growing your tomatoes again, consider cutting the very bottom of leaves off plants so no leaves are touching the ground to decrease diseases. Peace to you and yours
Hello yes I actually do remove the bottom leaves as the season progresses. I also trim up my determinates pretty good and top off my plants mi season to let them concentrate all their energy to ripen the plants. That's is actually on my list of videos for next season. Thanks for watching :)
I understand you were joking, but the Baywatch moment was working for me
lol i'm glad it was a fun one to make.
I use a little bit of everything, old chicken wire you can make a stand up tunnel, wooden stakes, old tomato cages and bought a few new sturdy square heavy duty tomato cages - what I have around
Nice video of your alternative to trelissing tomatoes instead of using cattle panels. New here. Enjoyed till the end
Not to criticize but when using that power cut off saw get a pair of safety glasses to wear when running it .also a nice video.
I cringed with the bare legs and feet, sparks and shards flying everywhere. shit....
Thanks it's Noted!
@@HerEcolife 5 min to find the safety glasses is WAY better than 2 hours in the emergency room and a couple of days looking like a pirate. Trust me, I know from personal experience (not to mention, a corneal abrasion comes with its own special kind of pain).
Just close the eye bulbs when making a cut, built in safety glasses
The fact that she responded with patients to such an invasive comment speaks volumes about her character.
I've never heard of Cattle Panel that high and you're going to put your eye or eyes out if you don't start wearing safety glasses. Thanks for your video.
yeah everything is expensive here.
Good alternative to cattle panels. Thanks for the idea. Looking forward to more informative videos. From South Alabama
More to come :) Welcome :)
Wow I just love her energy .The garden is so nice💞💞💞
Not gonna lie Mallorie, I came here for the baywatch moment...but ended up staying for the content 😜🤙-Josh
bahahahahaha right on!
@@HerEcolife 😁
Great job. I think the money you saved can definitely go towards some PPE.
Don't worry I wear some when operating my chainsaw. Thanks for the comment.
In addition to being cheap, remesh is superior for pea trellising. When they get a little rusty, it gives a really good surface for the pea tendrils to grasp,better than anything I've used in the past.
Very nice gardens you have. Here in Hawaii we have a lot of challenges to grow vegetables, first is very rocky soil. So I have to try & dig out lots of rocks using pick axe & o'o bar. Then I have to add lots of amendments wbich can be a challenge. O f coarse our advantage is we can grow year round. Another disadvantage is we have Mediterranean fruit fly, stings things like summer squash, cukes etc. Those things do much better in a green house. Fruit trees are not as big a problem to plant and rocks are not as big a problem, still have to amend the soil and add nutrients if you want to get good fruit set. I enjoy your videos and love your spark you show in your love for what you do. I wish I could grow crispy green lettuce like what I see in your video, it's just too hot at my elevation to grow lettuce other than soft leafy varietys an dthey do better in the cooler months of winter (Brrrrrr Hawaiian Winter's Haha)
💗"Bay Watch moment" lol
Hahahaha Yeah Took me a while to figure out my slowmo on my phone lol
Not sure how they ended up supporting tomatoes but if it was a little wobbly setting it up with a slight "s" shape will add strength.
I showed a little clip of them resisting high winds in my 2020 recap. They did great.
We just subscribed. We have thought about using those panels in the past. Looks like they would work pretty well may have to try this in the future. We just started a channel and is nice to find others in Canada homesteading and making videos on youtube.
Hello beautiful tomatoes! You have done a great job taking of those tomatoes. That steal layouts were very good . Thanks for sharing "