Build a bamboo tripod
What you need:
This inexpensive Bamboo Tripod will offer tall vined vegetables great support.
Snap pea and snow pea varieties can easily grow to reach over 1.8m tall so building a structure to support your pea vines is crucial. This tall semi-permanent trellising structure can be used time and time again.
Snap pea and snow pea varieties can easily grow to reach over 1.8m tall so building a structure to support your pea vines is crucial. This tall semi-permanent trellising structure can be used time and time again.
Instructions:
Step 1
Place bamboo poles in a triangular shape in your garden bed. Space poles about 2 feet apart and sink poles firmly in the ground. Gather the poles together about 1 foot from the top. Cut a 12 foot piece of twine. Tie one end of the twine around one pole.
Step 2
Wrap the twine around all three poles 8 times, pulling the twine tight with each lap of the poles.
Step 3
Step 4
Tie the end of your ball of twine to one pole.
Step 5
Wrap the twine around each pole until you make it back to the first knot.
Step 6
Continue steps 5 and 6 every 10 inches until you reach the top.
Step 7
Once all the horizontal twine rungs have been tied, fertilize around the base of the tri-pod.
