Here are 4 simple diy trellises you can make for your vegetable garden.
Trellis based vegetable cultivation.
Trellis for pole beans.
Garden trellis ideas for vegetable gardening.
Trellises cages stakes and arbors have been used in vegetable gardens long before gardening trends were even being tracked.
This is fabulous for growing pole beans or other vining vegetables.
Crops to plant vertically include cantaloupe honeydew melon cucumber tomato small watermelon varieties nasturtium small pumpkin and squash varieties pole beans snow and snap peas and many others.
If you enjoy vegetable gardening you can grow more in less space if you plant certain crops on a trellis.
Here s a design perfect for pole beans.
Types of climbing vegetables to trellis.
However there are other benefits too.
Many types of vining plants grow well when trained onto a trellis which keeps vegetables off the ground evenly exposes the entire plant to sun and makes harvesting easier by eliminating the need to bend over when picking the crop.
Climbing vegetables such as cucumbers squash and beans are happiest when allowed to grow the way they naturally desire.
A trellis is a must for some climbing plants like peas and beans and can be an inexpensive way to grow other vegetables in a small space or a non traditional garden such as a roof patio or urban garden.
It may conjure up images of an elaborate wall or rooftop gardens but in the vegetable garden vertical gardening is a time tested common sense way to grow a lot of vegetables in a small footprint.
There are lots of ways to trellis vegetables.
It keeps the fruit clean makes them easy to pick and exposes more leaves to sunlight.
Many vegetables do better when you trellis them.