June 3rd, I bought a trellis. I had to put it together in like 30 different parts. Luckily I’d just bought a rotary tool replacement as I needed to grind down the metal shards where the holes were punched just to get it to slide together.
This thing is rather tall, and I’d considered shortening it by one rung but realized that my Morning Glorys are going to want to climb as high as possible, and nothing is taller that the trellis. Since I need to support my cherry tomato vine and need something for the squash I decided to plant the feet of the trellis right into the containers with the plants.
This accomplishes at least two things: 1) I don’t have to try to push these poles in to ground that won’t recieve it. and 2) the plants can naturally find their way up the pole with less teasing from me. I have two tomatoes and a squash, and one empty container which, hopefully, will hold a Jack-Be-Little Pumpkin vine.
The Morning Glory, Peavines, and cucumber will eventually grow enough to reach out and be supported by the trellis also. (fingers crossed) The spaces between the rungs are quite large and open, so I will consider whether to use string or netting to give better grips for the plants to climb.
