Bamboo Tomato Trellis

Step 4 Tie on cross beams

I used natural twine (purchased at Home Depot - my only expense on this project) to tie the supplementary horizontal support beams to the vertical poles. I am not a not master - I took approximately three feet of twine and did a variety of cross wraps to secure each joint.

The first round of horizontal poles should be approximately 6 inches above the ground. Each successive round of horizontal poles is 6-8 inches above the pole below it.

Comments

[spykey808]

 zap straps work well too, but they are not bio-degradable

[daphnek]

If when you are lashing the poles together, like above, the horizontal will stay more secure if you wind the end of the twine around the whole knot, but between the two poles. Check out lashing instructions in any Girl Scout manual. :-)