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Pyramid Trellis – The Perfect Garden Focal Point!

March 2, 2015 by Emily

Pyramid trellises, also sometimes referred to as obelisks, make awesome focal points in a garden or landscape design. Obtainable in a multitude of styles, dimensions, and colors, selecting one that’s right for your yard can be difficult. In this post, we’ll check out the current alternatives in pyramid trellis designs and a few of their many uses in the garden.

Pyramid trellises, as the name would suggest, are typically pyramid shaped, although they can differ a lot in height and width. Most commonly, they are tall, slim structures that rise up above the rest of the garden, adding a vertical component to an otherwise mostly horizontal plane. A great way to help bring the eye upwards with an obelisk is to use it as a support structure for a climbing plant. Different types of vines such as honeysuckle, sweet pea, morning glory, clematis, or ivy will all climb up your pyramid trellis without any difficulty. Just plant the vine in the location you want it in your garden and then place the pyramid trellis directly over the top, making certain to secure the structure to the ground. Remember that as the vegetation grows up the obelisk, it will catch wind more readily, making it susceptible to blowing over in a intense wind storm. Some obelisks are tall enough that part of their base may be buried in the ground. If this is not true, determine a way to stake it firmly.

Trellis Netting – Your Best Solution for Limited Garden Space

June 29, 2014 by Emily

An excellent way for home gardens with restricted space to expand what they are able to grow and yield a bigger harvest is to implement vertical gardening into their system. Vertical gardening is merely moving the direction of the growth of your plants from the ground to the air. The easiest ways to do this is to attach garden trellis netting to the rear of your growing boxes or indeterminate vegetables.

Lots of vegetable varieties can naturally grow vertically, even a few that you will not expect. Traditional plants from your local hardware store or nursery will be the bush varieties, intended to bush out or grow over the ground. If you look closely however, you will find that there are also vine varieties of the same plant. The label on the vegetables will likely say something regarding either indeterminate or vine type transplants.

5 Easy Steps to Making a Grape Trellis

June 26, 2014 by Emily

If you are planning to grow grapes, you should know that a grape plant is actually a vine, which means it requires some kind of support to climb up to. This particular support is called a grape trellis. In creating a trellis for your grape vines, it is crucial to find the best materials which can maintain the weight of the vines as well as the right understanding on how to build one. Here are the steps to make a grape trellis.

1. Organize all the materials and tools that you’ll need in constructing a trellis for your grape plants. This will depend on the type of trellis that you want to build. It could be made of wood or some wooden posts with wire. Should you have quite a few grape plants, you might want to build a long trellis and something that can support the weight of a rapid growing grape vine. But if you only have a few grape vines, you can just construct a grape trellis using sticks.

Growing a Cucumber. Trellis not Always Needed.

June 20, 2014 by Emily

Cucumbers are the second most popular vegetable grown in a home vegetable garden based on the United States Department of Agriculture. Who can argue? They’re a fantastic veggie to eat and easy to grow. They have but one disadvantage. They need a lot of space should you just let them grow and vine out (indeterminate varieties of course).

You are in luck however. Cucumbers will grow anywhere you direct them and if you are limited with horizontal space this means you can send them vertically. Below are four methods you can use to ensure that you have plenty of room for all your other vegetables. Surprisingly using a cucumber trellis is not the only technique available.

Tomato Cage

Most people do not realize they can use a tomato cage for growing their cucumbers. You can pick up tomato cages at your local home or garden center for just a dollar or two. These work very nicely because not only can you get them to grow up, but by directing their growth you will get them to grow in a spiral upward direction. The cucumbers will latch on the cage and after that you simply point the vine to go where you want it to grow.

Beautify Your Backyard with a Garden Arch Trellis

June 13, 2014 by Emily

Below are some of my tips on selecting, decorating, and placing a beautiful garden arch trellis in your backyard garden. Enjoy!

The Best Garden Arch for You

Deciding to enhance or to transform your garden with a garden arch is a great option to if you want to give your outdoor area a little facelift without breaking the bank! Arches have the appeal of introducing another dimension to your space. In the case of an average size garden with a patio area, a garden arch can be a pretty way of adding an “entrance” of sorts into the garden area. Also, you can place planters on both sides of the arch with climbing flowering plants which will bring beauty and fragrance into the patio spot which has the effect of developing your patio into a far more plush sitting area. There are numerous styles of arch available today, from trellis style wooden arches that suit a traditional or cottage-style garden very well to more contemporary metal frames. Most gardeners will find something to suit the style of their garden.

The Different Types of Tomato Trellis

June 12, 2014 by Emily

There aren’t any juicier tomatoes than homegrown tomatoes. In order to create those juicy, plump tomatoes you must go all out in looking after your plant. It’ll mean offering it with best garden soil, regular watering, proper pruning and protection from disease and pests. To achieve this, it is important to provide a tomato trellis for your plant.

Trellises are structures in your garden that stand as a support for your growing tomatoes. It also will keep the plant above the ground decreasing sickness and pest issues. As a result, you’ve got a healthy plant. You’ll find different methods of trellising your tomatoes, including staking, using wire cage and training tomatoes to grow to a string or fence. With these different techniques also come the various kinds of tomato trellises.

Some types of trellises are made of metal, plastic and wood. There is also a flat trellis made of wood panel for dense climbing plants. You can build your own or you can purchase them inexpensively.

Tips on Planting “Climbing Roses” on a Rose Trellis

June 11, 2014 by Emily

Climbing roses are some of the most in-demand plants in the garden because of its unrivaled beauty, bright colors, and distinct growth. Even though it’s called climbing roses, garden professionals make it clear that they’re not really real climbing plants, like vines. This is because they do not have appendages that can help in affixing themselves onto structures. So how do they climb? They need some kind of a support, like a vertical structure, to assist them in their upward growth.

To start with, pick a rose color that would compliment with the colors of the different flowers in your garden. Certain hues look best when placed side by side with the others. After you have selected your rose color, the fun and difficult part begins.

A normal climbing rose usually generates two kinds of shoots. The main one is a long strong shoot where the smaller one would appear. Proper care should be provided on the major shoot because it will carry the weight of the entire plant as it grows. For this reason it’s imperative that you already have determined where you want your roses to be planted from the beginning. Timely preparation is a must.

Tomato Trellis – The Best Way to Grow Tomatoes!

June 8, 2014 by Emily

Growing tomatoes is certainly one of my favorite summertime activities. Each Springtime, millions of home gardeners find at least some little space inside their yard or garden, or possibly a spot on their deck or patio, for growing a tomato plant or two. Here, we are going to explore the concept of growing tomatoes on trellises, as well as just how this excellent alternative to staking or caging often leads to a bigger and better harvest.

The issue of whether gardeners ought to provide support for tomato plants is certainly one that has been hotly debated within the gardening community. Some purists believe that tomato plants should be left to sprawl upon the garden soil by natural means. Even though it is true that allowing plants to lie on the ground will usually lead to bigger plants, it doesn’t typically imply that you’ll get a bigger harvest. This is because tomato plants in contact with the ground run a much higher risk of blight and other diseases, including pest infestations. Furthermore, when fruit is actually touching the ground it tends to go rotten easily and will often become infested with bugs before the gardener has a chance to harvest. Heavily mulching the earth with wood mulch or straw often helps provide some defensive barrier, but tomato plants left to sprawl can nevertheless experience a higher rate of fruit rot.

The Garden Trellis – Your Basic Questions Answered

June 6, 2014 by Emily

What Exactly Is A Garden Trellis?

A garden trellis is a structure which is used to support different kinds of plants. You may either tie plants to the trellis or permit climbers to bind themselves to the structure. A trellis can be made out of vertical, diagonal, or horizontal bars. These bars may either be a normal geometric pattern or can be arranged to make a decorative design. While most trellises are made out of wood, some are made out of metal or plastic.

With that basic definition of a trellis, it is easy to see that there are many different kinds of trellises available to select from. The very first thing you want to decide is the growth pattern of the plant. A small garden trellis will work best for a potted plant while a larger trellis will meet the needs of a flowering vine or climbing varietal. All these considerations can help when it comes time to build or buy the trellis. You will need to measure width and height of each of the different locations that you are considering.

Building Your First Garden Trellis? Get Detailed Plans!

June 2, 2014 by Emily

One of the more common home improvement lawn and garden projects involves constructing a garden trellis. There is a wide variety of trellis varieties available to select from, so before you begin you’ll have to get plans or blueprints for the project. Many do-it-yourself jobs require that you have a high skill level, but being furnished with the right plans allows even the novice do it yourself-er to complete the job.

It’s a good idea to do a little research and get educated on what each style of trellis offers regarding both design and function. Preferred garden trellis styles include the panel trellis, arch trellis, wall trellis, fence trellis, and planter trellis. Each and every style can significantly highlight your garden in many different ways, and the one you choose will ultimately depend on your own specific tastes. The good thing of the design process is discovering how easy it is to personalize each style of trellis.