left field brewer
Well-Known Member
So I finally have begun building a new trellis for my hops which are in containers still and have been cut back a couple times. I put five 16' 4x4s about 32in in the ground and filled w/ concrete. The posts are 15' apart in a straight line and I was planning on running wire through eyelets at top of posts with turnbuckles to tighten up. I was debating on guying the wire off each end post but am not sure if its necessary. I had planned on eventually planting hops about five feet off each direction of the wire at top(centerline) and spacing them out along the entire length, basically creating an upside down "v" trellis. So anyways, I was wondering from an engineering standpoint(which I most certainly am not) whether I will need/should to guy the wire at each end and whether I should add one post between existing ones. Originally fifteen feet didn't seem that far, but not sure whether weight of mature hop bines will stress posts or wire.