$900 for a hop trellis + 6 plants?

[Ruint]

The main uprights ( H pattern ) are 3". You can see 2" pipe buried in between some of the 3's that I use for connecting the H's for stability. It'll make a lot more sense once I get pictures of it together. It might be a bit obtrusive, but it works. I don't have any sleeves in the ground. Last year I just used the widest pieces of pallet wood cut to size to fit under the "foot" portion of the legs, to prevent them from sinking into the ground. I used augering stakes with rope for securing the whole structure in place.

 

[CodeSection]

The main uprights ( H pattern ) are 3". You can see 2" pipe buried in between some of the 3's that I use for connecting the H's for stability. It'll make a lot more sense once I get pictures of it together. It might be a bit obtrusive, but it works. I don't have any sleeves in the ground. Last year I just used the widest pieces of pallet wood cut to size to fit under the "foot" portion of the legs, to prevent them from sinking into the ground. I used augering stakes with rope for securing the whole structure in place.

Thanks for the explanation!

 

[Ruint]

Long time coming, but finally got around to put this beast up. I still need to tie my coir and hold down ropes to the anchors yet.

 

[CodeSection]

Long time coming, but finally got around to put this beast up. I still need to tie my coir and hold down ropes to the anchors yet.

Very nice! I now can see what you were referring to. My visualization on what you were describing wasn't anyway near that involved

 

[Ruint]

I added the bottom section to gain an additional 4 feet at top line. It is now a little over 17 feet. I also put the cross member in at the bottom to add more stability. It was too unruly otherwise, and literally kicked my behind!

 

[CodeSection]

Lol. I see the coir hanging on the long lateral wire. What is the purpose of the white rope hanging from the top PVC ends?

EDIT: are those white rope lines used to help anchor the whole system down?

 

[Ruint]

Exactly! Those ropes act to keep the feet from being able to lift or shift when the wind wants to blow a little hard. They are also used to keep the structure at a better 90 degree angle. If there wasn't anything keeping tension on the ends, the structure relaxes and will lean on or at the long axis.

 

[CodeSection]

Ahh, got it! This gives me ideas for next year IF my plants survive the desert heat this summer.

 

[NitrogenWidget]

my hops exploded upward over the weekend with a full days sun.
so i need to get moving.
Last yr I had one thick rope for each plant hanging off aircraft cable strung through eye hooks at the top.
I have 4 plants in two raised beds separated by my deck stairs.
They were overly crowded being on one rope.
this yr. i'm going to drop 3 lines for each plant to allow them to spread out a little so I can have an easier time of hitting them with the soap spray for aphids and hose to knock aphids off.

also, the eye hooks made things difficult when I wanted to lower the plants and then raise them due to the weight of the hops.
so this yr I have pulleys to put at the top.