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Not pallet wood, but the best tomato support I've ever used in almost 60 years of gardening was created from a cattle panel:
Thanks. Love those pictures...
Yeah, I have seen those cattle panel trellis systems before and I know the people who have them like the cattle panel trellis method. That is one option I have considered if I don't find a design that I can do with pallet wood.
A few questions.
1) Do you have to tie off the tomato plants to the cattle fence when they get that high, or does the plant somehow wrap itself in and between the cattle panel by itself?
2) Do you plant anything in the unused middle of the tomato bed for an early harvest, like lettuce, kale, radishes, etc...
Not everything I do has to be pallet wood, either. I am plenty happy just to have built my raised bed out of pallet/salvaged wood and anything after that is a bonus. I made a trellis out of salvaged wood and leftover 2X4 wire fencing last year for Dear Wife's bitter melons. That worked out great for us...
Early summer...
Late summer ready for harvest...
I have considered just building another one of those trellis systems this year for cucumbers. I have more of that 2X4 wire fencing behind a shed. I think that would work out fine for cucumbers. But after thinking about the cattle panel trellis in your picture, I wonder if I could use this same trellis for tomato plants?