Trellis project

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Trellis project

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Photo of bamboo grape trellis after 8 or 9 years. Used golden bamboo culms during construction. Used a small blow torch to harden the wax on the culms. Wax broke down in 2 or 3 years. Treated culms in soil and they held up for several years prior to rotting out. The major problem was wind. As leaves filled in, a sail effect developed so there was a major push/pull on the lower struts.
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Latest photo after overhaul.
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Had to add struts to handle the effect of wind.
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Cut off culms that rotted out and reinserted then in larger culms that were deeply dug into the soil.
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The old trellis culms have not been retreated. RGDS
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