Step ladder trellis

halleone · September 2, 2012

I just inherited an old 8 foot step ladder that I would like to use next year for *maybe* growing cucumbers. Any ideas on adding extra support for the vines, beyond the wooden steps, would be greatly appreciated. Could it also possibly be used for a Butternut vine or two?

matereater · September 3, 2012

Cover with chicken wire.

kath · September 3, 2012

Or nylon netting, or plastic fencing, or run strings of jute from bottom to top, etc. I'd just try to use what I could scrounge up. One year I trellised butternuts up plastic teepee poles, so what you propose is definitely doable.

Ken4230 · September 3, 2012

I saw an old man use one upside down and opened up several years ago. He stabilized it with two metal fence posts.
He had a section of cattle panel wired to the inside of each leg. His cucumbers hung just right for picking.

September 2, 2012	#1
halleone Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Walla Walla, Washington Posts: 360	Step ladder trellis I just inherited an old 8 foot step ladder that I would like to use next year for maybe growing cucumbers. Any ideas on adding extra support for the vines, beyond the wooden steps, would be greatly appreciated. Could it also possibly be used for a Butternut vine or two?

September 3, 2012	#2
matereater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: S.E. Michigan (Livonia) Posts: 1,264	Cover with chicken wire. __________________ Steve Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult

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kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	Or nylon netting, or plastic fencing, or run strings of jute from bottom to top, etc. I'd just try to use what I could scrounge up. One year I trellised butternuts up plastic teepee poles, so what you propose is definitely doable.

September 3, 2012	#4
Ken4230 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Western Ky Posts: 282	I saw an old man use one upside down and opened up several years ago. He stabilized it with two metal fence posts. He had a section of cattle panel wired to the inside of each leg. His cucumbers hung just right for picking.