Hops growing in limited space (perfect stake!)

[7Enigma]

JBWeld will glue down almost anything.

HTH,

M.

But can it be easily removed when I need to extend it?

 

[DeadDoc]

Nice setup for the tight space.... I love to use items for what they are not intended for.... As my good friend Alton Brown says.... its if its a unitool throw it out!

I still need to figure out my attaching the rope to the top of the trellis where I can easily get it down part.

 

[7Enigma]

So I've had my first bad experience with this setup....rain. While the sisal rope was supposed to be very resistant to the elements rain has turned out to seriously effect it. I came outside this morning to leave for work and all the lines are very tight, with one of them partially uprooting my anchor. Turns out as the sisal gets wet, I assume it expands which actually contracts the length (kind of counter-intuitive but if you think about it long enough it might make sense). So it seems that when this gets wet it gets overly tight, but then when it drys out it goes back to normal tension. I'm thinking this might need to be modified somehow, but all easy/practical ideas escape me at the moment...

 

[JustMrWill]

Thanks for the idea....here is my take on your idea... (bottom of the page) https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=58650&page=16

FYI (for anybody wanting to duplicate) Lowes Item Code:

85193 1-3/8"x10'6" -18GA TOP RAIL $10.48 each

-JMW

 

[TwoHeadsBrewing]

Never been on that board, but I too have several freshwater planted aquariums...and they are all jungles now due to my new hobby!

 

[scinerd3000]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=63628

 

[7Enigma]

Never been on that board, but I too have several freshwater planted aquariums...and they are all jungles now due to my new hobby!

It's a fantastic group over at AA. I've neglected it for a while (not my tanks!) but will be back if/when I decide to change the tanks around. I'm kind of lettin my main tank live out its life. The fish are 3 years old now I believe and slowly over the months they have started to die off (assuming old age). I don't want to add more in for fear of introducing disease, etc. and like the more relaxed tank due to less aggression. But I'm sure if something bad happened and I lost the fish I'd be back there researching my next setup.

You can get lazy with the pruning/fert dosing, just don't skimp on the water changes!

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

So.. anyone think that 3/4" EMT will work? or is it to bendy? Thinking about wind when the plants have grown.

This is the rockiest, hardest dirt I have ever seen! I've spent an hour digging one hole and I'm only down about 18 inches and the soil seems to be getting even harder!
Had decided to go and rent an auger but I was told that it probably wouldn't work due to the rocks. So whats a guy to do? I don't have a blasting permit. Hilti maybe?

 

[7Enigma]

So we had a crazy Nor'Easter storm yesterday. Like 1-2" of rain and 40-50mph gusts of wind. The poles and hops held fine. One bine unraveled a bit but I just trained it back on carefully. So that was the trail by fire if you will and it seemed to survive.

Denny's Evil Concoctions:

If EMT is the same material as the stuff I used I would not think it would suffice. There was smaller piping the diameter you mentioned that was WAYYY to wobbly even at 10 feet. Add an extension to that and it would be very unsafe.

Stick with the 1.X". Then try the method I mentioned in post #14. It was the only way I could get one of my poles into the ground. If you hit a huge rock it won't work but if they are pretty small you can just push them into the piping and then scrape them out.

 

[conpewter]

So.. anyone think that 3/4" EMT will work? or is it to bendy? Thinking about wind when the plants have grown.

This is the rockiest, hardest dirt I have ever seen! I've spent an hour digging one hole and I'm only down about 18 inches and the soil seems to be getting even harder!
Had decided to go and rent an auger but I was told that it probably wouldn't work due to the rocks. So whats a guy to do? I don't have a blasting permit. Hilti maybe?

One slow but maybe easier solution is to pour some water in the hole you have and come back in an hour, dig out the mud, more water... etc.

 

[Atl300zx]

It's a fantastic group over at AA. I've neglected it for a while (not my tanks!) but will be back if/when I decide to change the tanks around. I'm kind of lettin my main tank live out its life. The fish are 3 years old now I believe and slowly over the months they have started to die off (assuming old age). I don't want to add more in for fear of introducing disease, etc. and like the more relaxed tank due to less aggression. But I'm sure if something bad happened and I lost the fish I'd be back there researching my next setup.

You can get lazy with the pruning/fert dosing, just don't skimp on the water changes!

i got so lazy the hygro over took the tank and now all my glosso extended up towards teh surface and is dieing.

 

[Bobby_M]

It would be nice if the tubing size is such that it would fit snuggly inside a 3' piece of black/galvanized gas pipe. You could put a cap on the top and beat it almost all the way into the ground, then remove the cap and slide the pole in. You could then drill two holes all the way through and put bolts in to anchor. No digging.

You could also unscrew the cap that was protecting the threads and thread on a coupling. Now thread in a 10 foot length of pipe for your upright. Now you can take it down and put it in the garage over the winter.