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Starting on one end, I lifted a panel and used plastic zip ties to hold it in place. The next steps can be done by yourself but having a partner will help. I purposely left one panel out of each row at this time. This was done six more times for a total of seven per row. Once both end pieces of the panels were on the ground, they were placed at the end of the vertical panels. I then went to the other end and it made an arch with very little effort. I carried a panel to the far end and put a corner on the ground against the vertical panel to hold it in place. The next day, it was time to start the arch section of the panels. I was done for the day and the animals were ready to be fed. Removing the old trellis, pounding the new poles in the ground, and installing the vertical panels took three hours. I used plastic zip ties to hold the vertical panels in place, and after all the vertical panels were done, I went back through and used heavy 12-gauge wire to tie them permanently in place. This will give the most strength to the trellis. When I placed the vertical panels, I made sure to put them on the inside and the pipes on the outside.
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I drove pipes into the ground every four to five feet to support the vertical panels. I removed the vines from the old trellis with care and I gently laid them on the ground. I built the cattle panel trellis in early spring before the grapes started to grow. I bought 28 panels as I would rather have too many than not enough. After laying it out, the trellis could be 12 feet wide without cutting any of the panels.Īfter measuring the existing grape vines, I calculated that the new trellis will need to be 32 feet long, and I will need two of them. Now, how wide can I make it? For the arch, I wanted at least a one-foot overlap to provide strength. So, for a 16-foot trellis, I will need six panels ($120 worth). And if the panels are overlapped by two inches (giving 48 inches), four panels will be needed for the arch. This much vertical structure will allow me to walk under the grapes, pick the fruit, or trim the vines. They are galvanized and will outlast my lifetime.īy placing one panel vertically, that gave me three to four feet before the start of the arch on the trellis, depending on how much overlap was used.They are plenty strong to hold the grapes.The extra height means I need to buy fewer of them (they are roughly $25-$27 where I live).I like the cattle panels for three reasons: (There are other panels to choose from: for example, hog panels are 36 inches tall and have smaller holes.) The cattle panels are 50 inches tall and have roughly eight- inch squares between rows and columns. If you don’t know what cattle panels are, they are made from very heavy-gauge wire (roughly 1/8- inch in diameter), and are 16 feet long. Grapes need a heavy, strong trellis, so I decided I would use cattle panels and build my own cattle panel trellis. All of my grape vines were within three and a half feet from the ground, so picking the grapes and trimming the vines took a long time, not to mention my back and knees were talking to me when finished. A cattle panel trellis is just what I was thinking. By Romie Holl – As I get older, the desire to get on my knees to work in the garden becomes less, so I needed to figure out an inexpensive way to avoid all of the bending and crawling on the ground.
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