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Where can I find an eight foot plastic or metal trellis?
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Posted by gardeningfool_MI z5MI (My Page) on Sat, Jun 4, 05 at 20:51
| I would like to put a trellis up on the side of the house that is at least 7' tall preferably 8' tall and 4 or 3 feet across. I prefer a plastic or metal trellis that I can attach to a brick wall. Does anyone know of a good source for tall trellises? |
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RE: Where can I find an eight foot plastic or metal trellis?
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RE: Where can I find an eight foot plastic or metal trellis?
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You can get a 4'x8' sheet of plastic lattic at home improvement stores, maybe add some supports for the ground and sides. My 2 cents
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RE: Where can I find an eight foot plastic or metal trellis?
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| Dixie red head and paws, thanks for your responses. I did check big lots and they were out of trellises. Missed the boat there. Paws, the plastic lattice sounds like a good idea. How would you attach it? Maybe get some solid wood blocks. Attach them to brick wall and then attach lattice to block of wood. |
RE: Where can I find an eight foot plastic or metal trellis?
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To keep it plastic get a small piece of pvc, cut it how ever far you want it from the wall, put a long screw through the latice, through the pvc into the wall. Now everthing is the same color.
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RE: Where can I find an eight foot plastic or metal trellis?
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| well, there are these little eye bolts that Lee Valley sells, you glue them to the wall, then run string, fishing line, or wire through them... essentially making a trellis ON the wall. this allows you to do things like radiant suns, harlequin patterns, and the like. or you can build your own trellis out of PVC pipe, or copper, you CAN glue the joints instead of soldering them ;) I've also cobbled some nice ones together from 're-bar' the stuff you use for reinforcing concrete, and bamboo as well... but the PVC is fun, because it's got a bit of bend to it, and you can make arched tops easier. |
RE: Where can I find an eight foot plastic or metal trellis?
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| Thanks everyone for the great advice. I decided to put a plastic 2X8 lattice with plastic pipe and screws. It took awhile for my husband to put it up because he only has a 9.6v drill but he managed. I have two other areas that have short wood lattices. One has clematis growing on it and the other has honeysuckle. My husband and I are going to try to put up fish line trellises to cover the 4x8 area. Hope this is going to be easier than the plastic trellis was to put up. |
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