Hardware cloth for clematis and other vines
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Comments (19)Update on January 1 (Happy New Year folks!) in response to a question by Baileybear in another thread... I wanted to add a photo of how we added a drape of Aluminet shade cloth to the interior roof. I think the Aluminet is probably more effective on the outside of the greenhouse, but I knew the wind would be a constant battle here, so we're trying it inside first. First we attached a 10' steel tube to the inside of the roof peak. (We had a piece of stainless tubing sitting around, but EMT would work fine.) My husband formed three hook shapes by doubling a length of plumbers strap (that flat metal strapping with holes) and bending it into a hook shape. Then he removed the nut from one of the bolts at the peak, slipped the hook in place, and replaced the nut. You can see the hook in the center of this photo, holding the bare rod. I laid the Aluminet cloth out flat in the yard, then folded it in half, and slid the rod into the fold. I secured the Aluminet to the central rod with wire twisty ties about every foot. (Classy, huh.) Then we carried the whole thing into the GH and hung it on the three roof hooks. (You have to make little holes in the Aluminet to poke the hooks through.) After securing the sides, it looks like this: On each side, we wrapped the Aluminet around another 10' piece of EMT tubing. If I decide to keep this set up, I'll put a hem in the shadecloth to slip the tubes in. Since this was a "temporary" experiment, we just rolled the edge of the Aluminet around the rod until it was taut, and secured it with more twisty ties and baling wire. The rod was then anchored to the top of the greenhouse wall with baling wire, looped around the bolts on our three central EMT ceiling braces, because they were handy. (The EMT ceiling braces are the three horizontals you see in the lower part of the above photo.) I just cut a small slit in the Aluminet so I could stick my hand through to operate the roof vents. The Aluminet does not unravel when you do this (it's cool stuff.) So far I like it. If I want less shade, I can unfasten the rod on the south side and slide it all the way across the greenhouse to the north side, riding along the tops of our three central EMT braces. That way the south side of the roof is fully exposed to sun, and the north side of the roof has two thicknesses of shadecloth in place. Although, I haven't done it very often...I'm learning that sunny days even in December can heat up the GH so fast that I just leave the roof shadecloth in place...but that may be a quirk of our desert climate, and I'm still experimenting. One more update...because of the cold nights, I have all of my poly panels back in place on the south side. But, I figured out I can put the screens back in place OVER the poly panels by holding them in with clips installed backwards. Looks silly, but it provides just enough snugness to keep my screens in place. I've also made a triangular piece of Aluminet to go over the inside west gable, over my doors. I just cut it to size, hemmed it by hand, and it's attached with velcro to the aluminum frame. Our west sun is brutal even in late afternoon, especially in summer. I can take a photo if it would help anyone. If any of this is unclear, let me know. That's where I am so far in my learning curve! Sheri...See MoreVine placement: Advice Sought!
Comments (7)I have two Trumpet vines, Campsis x tagliabuana 'Madame Galen' & Campsis radicans ' Flamenco'. I wasn't sure if this is the kind of vine you meant or not when you said Trumpet vine. Anyway, if they are the same kind of vine, mine are both vigorous growing plants with one really nice advantage. They can climb a rough surface without any help from me. Although I have them on trellises, they actually hug the brick wall by themselves. They each cover a 3-4 foot wide space (could be more if I let them) and climb way past the trellises and up to the eaves of the house. I cut them back to the trellis level once or twice a season. Easy to do since I can pull them off the house by separating them from the wall at the top of the trellis height and giving one good tug on a bunch of stems, they tumble down and I hand prune them off. Foliage on both is always very clean and a deep green. Foliage lasts well into late fall-early winter and when the leaves eventually fall they leave a nice structure of creamy colored branches on the wall. They are late to start up in the spring, but fill in quickly once they do and give good coverage. If they can holdfast to the wood fence that would be a really nice advantage in using them there. I also have a Hall's Honeysuckle. This one I let go up a large trellis and flop back down in a waterfall manner. It cannnot climb the wall by itself I also have to watch this one carefully and catch all the long stems on the sides (wants to grow wider than a trellis) that get missed (not tucked into the trellis) and trail around on the ground. Whenever I find a bunch of leaves on the ground 10-20 feet away that look like honeysuckle leaves, I have to lift the stem up and trace it all the way back to the mother plant and snip it off. I've never had any trouble with the vine rooting where it lays, but I am pretty vigilant. Foliage on Hall's is shinier and brighter than on the trumpets. Mine always stays clean, no mildew problems, but I sometimes get dead inside leaves from the flopover growth pattern it grows in. Flowers smell wonderful, even in a cold zone 5. I do not get a ton of them because of the cutting back that I do on this one. (I'm not sure if this one grows flowers on old stems only or not, but it seems to bloom at least more heavily on old stems.) I would definitely put this one somewhere where I walked around or near it. Sorry, but I have not grown the Hydrangea vine. Sun/shade/dry shouldn't bother the others much. Of my trumpets one grows on the east side of the house and the other on the west. The hall's grows on the east side towards the south near my gate to the back yard. I have heavy clay moisture retentive soil. Plants were pocket planted only, in lightly amended soil and generally receive no supplemental water, only what they can get under the eaves. I'd probably need a bulldozer and a big truck to pull them out of the clay now....See MoreSweet Autumn Clematis
Comments (5)I agree with Suzy about pruning back to 12"!! I have found that this plant LOVES it!! Last winter my arbour fell down and the thing was on the ground all winter. My Clematis looked dead & I cut it all the way down to the ground, but didn't disturb the roots. Finally, one little green stem popped up and now my arbour is densely covered and setting buds. I don't know if the location has anything to do with it(the arbour is located on the NW corner of my home), but it gets almost no sun and seems to thrive there. Good luck with yours!!...See MoreSenior moment so what do I need to do now?
Comments (5)You could get some 14-16 gauge wire and eye screws. Spools of wire and little boxes of the eye screws are available at the big box stores. Run the wire through the screws. I'd drill small holes first so the wood doesn't split....See Morebuyorsell888
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