Garden Trellising: DIY Tomato Drop-String Trellis

Описание: Today we are talking about the drop string trellis I built for the Harvestheim garden in 2022. We'll discuss what worked, what didn't, and how to do it yourself so that you too can use this fantastic method. This trellis is sturdy, remaining rock-solid and withstanding thunderstorms with 30+ mph winds all while supporting the weight of nineteen (approximately) fully grown tomato plants, many of which were seven foot tall or more.

Support Structure: Materials List for a 10'x4' raised bed:
3x - 10' lengths of 3/4" metallic conduit (EMT)
4x - 3/4" electrical metallic tube inside corner pull elbow
6x - 7' tall U Post
6x - 3/4" J Hook Pipe Hanger
1x - A small spool of 16 or 18 gauge galvanized wire

If your beds are 6' long or less you can reduce the number of U Posts to 4x, the J Hooks to 4x, and you should be able to do it with just two of the 10' lengths of 3/4" conduit. For every additional 6' in length after 12' long you will need to add 2x U Posts and 2x J Hooks, you'll need more of the 3/4 inch conduit lengths, and you'll need to add 2x of Electric Metallic Tube (EMT) Set-Screw Coupling each time you connect the pipes together in a straight line.

Drop-String: Materials List
1x - A spool of twine, nylon string, or "tomato string". I prefer the first two, tomato-string is basically what you get when you run a bunch of plastic bags through a spinning wheel without melting them down first. It's not great. Regardless of which material you go with you will need about 8 feet of it per plant if single stem pruning
1/every 8" of plant height - Plastic tomato clips
1/plant - Garden/Yard staples

Tools:
T Post/U Post Driver
Rotary Style Conduit Tube Cutter or Hacksaw (I strongly recommend the conduit cutter)
Wire Snips
Needle Nose Pliers
Scissors

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