Guide Plants and Add Support

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DIY Garden Ideas: Garden trellis..simple, easy, affordable and effective!

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The presenter explains that as plants like cucumbers and gourds grow, their tendrils will naturally wrap around the cattle panel grid for support. For heavier plants like tomatoes, he suggests actively guiding them and using smaller zip ties to secure the main stem to the trellis as they grow. He demonstrates how to use the shorter zip ties, wrapping them loosely around the plant stem and a part of the trellis. This loose attachment prevents stem damage and allows for growth, while still providing strong support to keep the plants upright and productive, preventing them from falling over or breaking under the weight of fruit.

Goal: Explain how plants naturally grow onto the trellis and how to provide additional support for heavier plants using smaller zip ties.

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Small Zip Ties

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going to get busy here I'm going to go right on down the line zip these things up so guys just a little bit of food for thought before we go we're gonna trellis the entire garden just like this okay so when we get our tomato plants tall enough to where we can weave them in and out we'll weave them in and out of this trellis material it is rusty it will last you for years I've had some of this stuff for six years and it looks the exact same as it did the day I bought it so something you need to think about is get some heavy-duty outdoor type zip ties for doing this job okay if you're going to do this job you want to do it right you don't want to get a couple hundred pounds of tomato vines and tomatoes on here and then all of a sudden the whole thing falls down so get the right zip ties do a good job support them very well err on the side of using more zip ties than you think you'll need and you'll have a good trellis for your tomato plants and good trellises in your garden that way things will be easier to pick and it won't be a big mess so thanks a lot guys come on back and see me here on the Stoney Ridge for more I appreciate you I hope this helped you a little bit we wanted to show you what kind of trellis ink system we're going to use in our garden now we've probably got another 250 feet of trellis to run so we're gonna get busy thanks a lot guys please click that like button subscribe to the channel and if you see anything in any of these vlogs or have any questions please ask questions put some comments down there if you have other suggestions alright I appreciate you we'll see you next time

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