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We believe gardening should be accessible to all—giving you the tools needed to grow the plants you desire with the space and resources you have. | We believe gardening should be accessible to all—giving you the tools needed to grow the plants you desire with the space and resources you have. | ||
=====Vertical Gardening Using Trellises, Stakes, and Cages===== | |||
[https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/HORT/HORT-189/HORT-189.html by Virginia Cooperative Extension] | |||
Plants that produce long sprawling vines perform well when trained to vertical support structures. Pole beans, peas, cucumbers, melons, and tomatoes are excellent candidates. Trellises, stakes, and cages allow for climbing plants that would normally take over a garden to be grown and contained in a smaller area, allowing for more space to be used for other crops. It doesn’t have to be expensive; various repurposed materials can be used to build these simple structures (Figure 1). Vertical gardening provides many other benefits beyond maximizing the use of available space. Vertically-trained plants can be easier to harvest from and bear cleaner, higher- quality fruit. Additionally, training plants upright can facilitate better air movement through the foliage, which reduces disease pressure. | |||
