I got tired of remaking my sisal trellice every season, and didn't like using nylon netting, so I went with something more long term. The downside? Vine removal in the fall will likely be a slog.
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Can you just let it dry and brush off with a stiff bristle or leaf blower? Thats my plan for my cheap wire mesh. Good stuff is so expensive. But mines are peas and tomatoes, assuming cukes for yours?
Cukes, peas, beans, pumpkins, trombetta, and butternut squash. Basically something different ever 2 feet or so.
The vines do get easier to remove in the spring if you let them overwinter, but they can still be a pain to get off.
im not a gardener or have any experience in gardening. but can you just use steel wire vertically and nylon horizontally so when the time to trim them down you just cut (i assume you use some kind of power tool) vertically along the steel wire?
The PVC structure is what supported the nylon. Cutting down the nylon is exactly what I did the first year, but the nylon was rotting in the sun (when you touched it it would discentigratr) and I didn't like having to throw everything away. Sisal was nice in that it composts, but since no one sells a (cheap) sisal net I spent hours making my own.