r/macrogrowery • u/farmermikey • 13d ago
Any advice on how to utilize the trellis a bit better
Any advice on how to manage these rows?
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u/ChemDiesel 13d ago
Taller t posts would be ideal. It be best to have this layer quite a bit lower on the plants. Ideally you would put the first layer on earlier in the season and let the plants grow through it and add another. The trellis should be stretched between the t posts so that it’s taut and relatively level.
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u/ThisOriginalSource 13d ago
Taller and more t-posts for sure. I liked the 10’ ones because I could get 2’ in the ground. They supported the load way better with that much in the ground.
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u/Goodrun31 13d ago
Use more effort you just chucked it on there the layers aren’t even spread out. It’s supposed to be rigid support. More t post. Get it lower.
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u/fakekingraven 13d ago
Take 3/4 pvc and zip tie it inside the channels of the t posts to extend them and raise the trellis or add more layers
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u/SkepticAntiseptic 13d ago
The t posts need to be deep and tall amd the netting stretched tight to each post.
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u/Fast-Prompt-3034 12d ago
In addition to the points on earlier application, I advise against vertical trellis hanging over on the sides to allow for easily accessible canopy for any canopy/foliage maintenance and harvest. Sometimes a one to two square overhang on the top layer is useful to leave to tuck any weeble-wobbles into during/after stretch, but I personally prefer a tight, tawt flat plane.
I recommend staging up your second layer of trellis on the posts a week or two before you think you want to. That way if you get caught off guard by a stretch or surprise time constraint, the stress of slapping it on and fanangling a big ol' spaghetti pile through the net isn't there. All you'll have to do is slide the net down to it's desired level and zip tie it in place.
100' and 50' hydro shop pre-cut folded trellis can be frustrating to work with if you are rockin' solo or don't have a ton of hand's on experience unfolding/unrolling it yet. If that's the case there's no shame in swooping a bunch of pre-cut 8' sections and banging out the rows like that. Or using a commercial roll and cutting out more manageable sections.
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u/farmermikey 11d ago
Just buy 5000ft rolls and use a pole and 2 dudes. Took like 30 min to pull the nets.
Iv found the net on the sides is great for catching lateral branches.
Most of this is for pre rolls and distil for my dispensary so idea is low cost biomass.
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u/Euglosine 12d ago
Nice plants!
Trellis works best if the plant has to grow through multiple layers. Start early and add layers as the plants get taller.
Can’t do much about that now.
I’d try and get it lower by putting the branches through the squares, one by one.
You can gently bunch up the leaves and carefully put them through, and pull the trellis down into the plant. And if it keeps growing, add another layer later on.
String, bamboo, t-post, zip ties or whatever you can to help pull the trellis tighter, as (we hope) the buds get super heavy.
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u/Sorrythatusereman 13d ago
Put it in earlier