Hi Folks,
I've grown a Goldings hop for the last few years and it's just starting to put out shoots. I'm a bit limited in that I can't put in any sort of post that's too high, so I've grown the plant vertically for 2m then horizontally on strings attached about 5m apart. Last year the plant was huge and it caused the strings to sag under the weight of the plant.
I'd like to make something more sturdy this year so I'm open to suggestions. I was thinking of running two steel cables in parallel and then attaching a fairly coarse garden mesh (or even some wooden trellis) between them.
Think it would work?
Cheers,
Chris
I've grown a Goldings hop for the last few years and it's just starting to put out shoots. I'm a bit limited in that I can't put in any sort of post that's too high, so I've grown the plant vertically for 2m then horizontally on strings attached about 5m apart. Last year the plant was huge and it caused the strings to sag under the weight of the plant.
I'd like to make something more sturdy this year so I'm open to suggestions. I was thinking of running two steel cables in parallel and then attaching a fairly coarse garden mesh (or even some wooden trellis) between them.
Think it would work?
Cheers,
Chris