Small Farm Trellising Techniques and Practices

1. Tie One On!
More than You Ever Wanted To Know About Trellising
Cory Mosser
Natural Born Tillers

4. Natural Born Tillers
•Design and
Implementation of new
farms.
•Multiple scales from
backyard gardens to 70
acre wholesale operations.
•Heavy emphasis on
Organic and Season
Extension. In 2016,
assisted with 4 larger-
scale tunnel farms

5. Reasons
or
Live and Let Tie
-Disease Control
-Harvest Efficiency
-Improve Quality
-Pest Protection
- Increase Density

6. The Bad
or
When Trellising Gets Hung Up
-Initial Expense
-Set up time
-Ongoing maintenance
-Disease/Insect Vectors
-Giant clean up messes
-Storage Issues

7. How To Not Screw Up
or
Hang On Or Tie Tryin’
-Buy a small amount every season
-Scavenge for used/free materials
-Work in Teams
-Clean trellis netting
-Take Time to set up properly
-Disassemble before things get ugly
-Store neatly

8. Measure Twice, Pound T-posts once

9. Tools of The Trade
Or
Tools To Tie For
Structure
T-Posts
Wood Stakes
Bamboo
Cattle Panel
Support
Trellis Net
Steel Cable
Electric Fence Wire
Nylon String
Sisal
Attachment
Greenhouse Clips
Zip Ties
Insulators
Crimpers
Tensioners
Is it permanent or mobile?

15. Spinning Jenny!

21. Most basic: Cages

22. Techniques
or
If At First You Don’t Succeed, Tie, Tie Again
Tomatoes
Weave
Greenhouse
New Ideas
Don’t?
Cukes
Low Trellis
Top-Down
Net
Peppers
Lattice
Brambles
High Tension
Shift

30. PSU SARE Research Project
I’m so Trellis!

43. Bramble Trellising

47. Shift Trellis

50. Fruit Tree Trellising

54. • Business Planning
• Efficiency Improvement
• Project Management
• Farm Development
• Affordable Small Farm Coaching
Cory Mosser
www.naturalborntillers.com
912.257.9865
corymoss22@gmail.com

58. That’s it!
or
Any Questions You’re Tying To Ask Me?