DIY Raspberry Trellis Support System for Gardening #MiracleGroProject
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One of my favorite things to grow every year are our Raspberries. My plants are now getting big enough that I need a good raspberry trellis support system to keep them upright. These are important because they help the raspberries grow strong and not get bent over or snapped from the wind or snow in the winter months. Having a raspberry trellis also helps for better production of berries and easier harvesting. So let me show you how my garden grows with a simple DIY raspberry Trellis.
Simple DIY Raspberry Trellis
My raspberries were planting from very tiny starts I got from my cousin two years ago. Finally they are big enough to need more support. Last year was not my year for gardening and I am so making up for it this year. After creating our DIY Pallet garden beds, I had to move my raspberry plants. And now they are in much need of a sturdy raspberry trellis.
I originally wanted some simple bamboo poles, but I couldn’t find any in the store, so I had to settle for these green poles instead. But if you have bamboo it may blend into your garden look much better.
You want to place the poles in key locations to be the outline for a support system. Since I have two rows close together I placed three in the back, three in the middle and three in the front. If your rows are further apart, you will want a pole on each side of the row. And if your rows are longer, you will want support poles more frequently than just the back, middle and front. If your rows are smaller, you will need less support poles. Just plan according to how large your raspberry patch is.
Next you will take some twine or wire if you really want to spend that much; and start at the center pole in the back. Attach to the pole near the bottom and then stretch straight across to the next pole on the outer edge. Wrap around the pole and proceed to the center pole moving away from the back. Wrap around the pole and then stretch out to the front pole.
Again wrap around and move onto the pole in the center. Then work your way back to the back of the raspberry patch, wrapping around each pole. After you wrap around the back center pole, then stretch across to the back outside pole. Then work your way forward.
Once you reach the front you will wrap around the front outside pole and then come back to the center pole to finish off the enclosure. This twine at this lower level will be a good support for the newer raspberry plants and will help them from being bent over severely when the snow comes. It will also help to guide them as they grow taller.
Now repeat these same steps again, but at the center of each pole. And then repeat yet again at the top of the poles to give support to the taller raspberry plants.
Once you are all finished, tie off the twine or wire, making sure it is secure and won’t easily come apart. Make sure all your raspberry plants are growing within the raspberry trellis. If not, gently guide the branches to be within the enclosure. If you have a lot of raspberry plants that are still falling through the twine levels, you can always add a few more rows of twine braces to help support the plants that are at the in-between stages. Now your raspberry trellis is complete!
Once the raspberry trellis is all set up and your raspberries are planted, you can proceed with normal watering and feeding. You can use either the LiquaFeed All Purpose Plant Food Advance Starter Kit or the Shake’n Feed All Purpose Plant Food for starters.
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This is awesome! I’ve been debating how to do something like this!
Great idea! Can’t wait to see them when they’re really starting to produce.
Looks great! Our blackberries were all over the place this year – need to rein them in next year 🙂
Wow, that seems easy enough! Maybe I can convince my Mom to grow some in her garden if I take care of the trellis for her. Thanks for sharing!
My gardening has not went well this year 🙁 thanks for the tips we’ll have to plant some berries.
How helpful! I would love to have a garden and be able to plant some berries! Good luck with your crop this year!
The fruits of your labor are going to be wonderful.
I like the setting you have designed to keep these contained and supported. I love berries and we use to grow blackberries and should have read this so they didn’t get so out of control.
We grow Raspberries and just let them grow all over the place! Which sometimes gets a little crazy! I think a trellis would be great to keep them contained and looking healthy!
I have never grown Raspberries, but at least I can know how!! I might give them a go next year 🙂
My husband would love this. He is the gardener in the family. I have whatever the opposite of a green thumb is.
That is so neat! I would love to grow raspberries. They’re expensive in stores!!
I want to try and grow raspberries, heck I would love to start a garden but I don’t have a green thumb. I do use MicracleGro products for my indoor plants.
You make it look so easy! What do you do with the raspberries…jam, pies, or just pluck and eat?
YES! All the above. lol. This is the 2nd year of my raspberries, so I’m hoping they produce well this year. I got them from tiny starts just a few inches talls. So the first year they had to grow up. This year I actually have blossoms on them. So excited.
But yes, I make jams, and also use them for toppings puck and eat fresh. Oh yum. My MIL has a bigger patch that she just allows my kids to go and eat to their hearts desire. My patch is much smaller, so my kids aren’t allowed to touch it until I get all I need to make my jams for the year. And then they will be allowed to enjoy them.
I’d love to grow our own raspberries! We eat them like crazy! You make it sound so easy. I might have to try it next year.
I love how self contained this is, and there’s really no tools required, perfect for a beginning gardener like me!
I am a container gardener since my husband gets relocated every 1-2 years. I am so looking forward to having a permanent garden and this would be an awesome start. Good for you!
I wish I had the space to garden. This looks good.
You are SO awesome! I wish I could do this stuff! I swear I have a brown thumb. It’s really sad.
My question on raspberry bushes is how to keep the deer out???
A Fenced raspberry patch is what you need Shelley! I want one badly to keep my dog out of it. But It won’t happen while we live in this house. Hopefully when we get our own house and not renting, I will be able to get a fenced garden with netting across the top to keep the birds and animals out.
we just moved into a new house and cant wait to get a garden started here!
I would love to plant some berries too but it doesn’t grow on our climate.
You’ve made me homesick for the raspberry bushes of my childhood! I’m wondering if we could plant some along our fence line. I would love being able to pick fresh respberries!
We have had raspberry bushes in the past but they always die. I am not sure what we are doing wrong. We have a nice patch of blackberry bushes.
Great tips- wish that I could keep the rabbits away from our garden, so disappointing to see all the hard work go to waste.
We had them in one of my previous houses and I would definitely love to have some again! I’m jealous of you!
I look forward to seeing the end results. This is my first year of having raspberries get to the stage where I will need to support them as well.
Looks like a lot of work to me, but I do love raspberries.
thanks for a great DIY on this! we are starting a garden in our backyard soon so this is helpful 🙂
My neighbor is giving me raspberry starts and I didn’t know what to do with them. Thank you for this easy idea! Good luck with your berries this year.
This looks like a neat project. I need to try it. tweeted https://twitter.com/mbreakfield/status/347899839390035968
I love raspberries, but have never planted them myself. This trellis looks pretty easy – excited to give it a try. Currently I’m growing strawberries, popcorn, and jalapenos. How often should the raspberries be watered?
We have a sprinkler system that waters our garden at night every 3-4 days. And sometimes if the ground looks like it is getting dry due to excess heat, I will put the sprinkler on it again for about 20 minutes. I know they need more water when they are blooming and producing berries than any other time. So then I might water them every other day or such.
Nothing better than fresh berries (raspberries, strawberries)! We used to have a garden, not anymore though. We now purchase from a family member that crop farms for a living!
I didn’t realize that people purposely planted raspberry plants..lol Well, I guess that you learn something new everyday!
As much as I appreciate the article, I choose not to use miracle grow. I just don’t need or want that extra stuff. I use my compost that I make as well as comfrey tea. 🙂
Good luck with your gardening. It is fun!!
I love raspberries! This is such a nice and easy way to keep them from overtaking everything else as well! 🙂
Wish I had a garden where I could grow these. Love fresh picked ones.
What a great idea! I emailed a link to my husband and said hint hint. LOL!
i dream of having a garden, but we currently live in an apartment! if i did, I would love to grow raspberries!
i miss our garden and am dying to have one again, but we currently live in an apt. i would LOVE to grow raspberries!
great idea for a trellis for the raspberries. We love raspberries but they spread everywhere.
I admire anyone with a green thumb. I can’t even get tomatoes to come up right.
simple , yet effective … gotta love it !
This is great! I could see this working with things other than rasberries too.
I love to plant raspberries!
This project makes me think that growing raspberries is quite doable, even for someone completely new to gardening!
I just may try and start a little garden! My daughter loves raspberries!
Very very neat, I like the design! (and I also love how Miracle Gro performs for me. My tomatoes are just ripening …) 🙂
yes i love garderns and have one growing now and never planted rasbery’s i have no questions though lovely garden
I love raspberries. Might try this. I admit that I am a bit scared when it comes to gardening. Seem to be okay with flowers, but scared of fruits and veggies.
Yum! I love raspberries! Miracle Gro is my favorite soil and gardening products to use! While I may not have a green thumb, their products sure make it seem as though I do!
Yes! I have raspberries that I need to do this for. My first time growing them. What should I do for raspberries and blueberries? Will the same work or should I get something larger? I was thinking of hanging trellis to the walls. What do you think?