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Garden Trellis Ideas: 12 Ways to Grow Vegetables Vertically

A good trellis is one of the most useful things you can add to a vegetable garden.

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Why grow on a trellis?

A trellis lets climbing crops use vertical space instead of covering the ground.

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Trellis ideas

The simplest and cheapest trellis: a horizontal top support, such as a pipe, board or wire stretched between two posts, with vertical strings dropped down to each plant.

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How to install a trellis that lasts

Put it in before you plant, or at planting time, so you do not disturb roots later.

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Training plants onto a trellis

Beans find supports on their own; guide the first tendrils toward the string or pole.

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Watering and feeding trellised crops

Trellised plants produce a lot of fruit in a small footprint, so they need steady water and nutrients.

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End-of-season care

Remove spent vines before they dry and tangle, and compost healthy material.

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