Building a T-shaped hop trellis

[ParanoidAndroid]

Looking for some advice on this. I'm looking at metal conduit to build and am wanting to do a t-shaped design. I was thinking of something like this:

-Take a threaded 10 foot 3/4 inch and cut it so its a 6 foot and 4 foot

-Put the 6 foot section in the ground 2 feet and pour concrete around it.

-This would leave 4 feet above ground.

-Use a coupler and connect another 10 foot section to it for a total of 14 feet in air.

-At the top is what I'm worried about. I found a section that would make a T, but am worried about weight. See the section in attached photo.

-Then attach 4 foot sections on each side. So it would be 8 feet total at the top. The ideal solution would be to somehow connect a FULL 8 foot section at the top so there wouldnt have to be so much weight on the t-coupler. I have yet to see that type of connection though.

-I should have 4-6 rhizomes going

Any ideas on this or has anyone seen something similar? Most of the T-shaped ones ive seen are wood

 

[FuzzeWuzze]

How many varieties?

8 Feet is a bit small for more than 3 varieties. One on each end and one in the middle gives you decent room but on the low side.

 

[ParanoidAndroid]

as of right now:

2 cascade, 1 cent, 1 nugget

 

[duboman]

A typical full grown/ full of cones plant can weigh upwards of 20-30 pounds. The rigid pipe with the base in concrete I would think should support that but as mentioned, I don't think you are allowing enough space for 3 varieties as they will no doubt intermingle and make harvesting difficult to say the least.

 

[sweetcell]

they will no doubt intermingle and make harvesting difficult to say the least.

indeed, unless the OP doesn't mind having a "mixed hops" bag. cascade, centennial and nugget all fall into the "american IPA" category, so having them mixed up together isn't the end of the world IMO (unless you're a control freak and can't deal with a blend of uncertain proportions).

 

[grathan]

Is that tee plastic? That part can't cost that much more in metal.