Vertical garden or how to make supports for vegetables
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Vertical supports for vegetable plants: from what, for what and how
Accurate tastefully made support for vegetables can not only benefit, but also decorate the garden, enlivening the monotonous planting.
In a small area, thanks to the supports, you can get a good harvest of vegetables. Many cultures, such as beans, peas, melons and pumpkins, have the ability to quickly climb up, clinging to the antennae for any support.
Stretching up the plants do not take up much space on the bed and bear fruit abundantly. When choosing a support, one should take into account the mass of the future plant with fruits.
Melons, pumpkins, cucumbers and tomatoes have heavy fruits, so their shoots need particularly reliable support. Metal rods are undoubtedly strong, but in many gardens organic supports - willow and willow twigs, vines or blackberries, bamboo poles and pine poles look more organic.
See also: We select supports for vines and climbing plants
Dense curtain
Beans can form dense hedges, so it requires a solid support. The ideal variant is a double row of poles, the tops of which are connected in pairs in the form of the letter A and are connected by a longitudinal strip laid in the fork between the upper ends. The length of the poles should not be less than 3,5 meters, since for their stability they will have to be immersed in the ground. As a result, a stable construction will be obtained, which the bean will fly to the very top.
For peas, such a solid construction is not needed - dry, but not brittle branches of about a meter in length will do. They are installed in the soil with a step of 0,5 meters from each other and fasten the tops A-shaped. Particularly useful will be the support of sugar late-ripening varieties of peas.
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A-shaped trellises are especially good in the windy terrain. They are stable, well retain the plants and do not allow them to "tremble" in the wind. In freezing, such a structure can be easily and quickly draped with a cover material.
Pumpkin Arch
Pumpkin, grown on arcs or high arches, looks unusual and decorative can make a worthy competition to the more familiar vines. The supports are installed either singly or in groups, collecting spectacular live tunnels from them.
Pumpkins love sunny places, so the vertical way of cultivation will have to them to taste. To whip tightly wrapped the support and formed a dense curtain, at the foot of the arch on both sides planted on 2-3 seedling. When a plant forms 2-3 of a real leaf, it is tied to the arch.
Plants can be planted in the form of seedlings, then the result does not have to wait long. For vertical cultivation, both decorative and edible pumpkin varieties, for example different types of muscat gourd, are suitable.
Reference by topic: Supports and skeletons for vertical landscaping and flower gardens with their own hands
2 USEFUL COUNCIL FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SUPPORT
1. Use the plant material at your disposal - rods, branches, poles. They will make original supports that will not only fulfill their practical purpose, but will also delight the eye.
2. Because curly, creeping and climbing plants are mainly sun-and heat-loving, for the installation of supports should choose a sunny, protected from the wind area.
Pyramid for beans
The beveled pyramid creates an interesting, unusual effect on flat beds. Especially beautiful pyramids, made of wood or metal. Such designs often serve to decorate the garden. But there are also simpler ways to create a pyramidal support.
To do this, take the 4-8 poles, arrange them in a circle at a distance of at least 60 cm from each other, and the tops are tightly bound with wire. "Shalashik" will take quite a lot of space, but it will be very stable.
A light pyramid can be assembled from willow rods, tying their tops together and for strength braiding the walls with a thin rod in the manner of the basket. Pyramids of poles and poles are less noticeable than special decorative stands, and do not distract attention from the plant.
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