Trellising Indeterminate Tomatoes in a Hoop House

How to Build a Hoop House Trellis for Indeterminate Tomatoes
Trellising indeterminate tomatoes allows vines to grow vertically which aids in cooling the vine and healthy fruit sets. It also allows the farmer to efficiently maintain and harvest crops for a full growing season while keeping the house pest and disease pressure to minimum levels.

In this video we cover selecting the proper wire diameter and show our best practices for anchoring cables to your hoop house.

Tomato vine weight and length formula:
Hoop House Length In feet - End Wall Working Room x 12” / 18” ( #of plant sights @18” On Center) x 10 pounds = Total MINIMUM Weight to Support


00:00 How to determine trellis wire diameter
2:06 Formula explanation
2:48 Common working loads of cable
3:47 Determining correct cable diameter with formula for 100’ Hoop House
5:44 20’-100’ hoop house wire calculations for vine crop trellis wire
6:23 Explaining 7/19 304 Galvanised Stainless Steel Cable
6:48 Roller hook trellis line assembly
7:58 Trellising frameworks
8:25 End wall construction
8:52 Horizontal support bar
9:22 Overhead look at support bar and anchor points
10:49 Side view of trellis line
11:47 Examples of trellis lines
13:09 Adapting a trellis for outdoor use
13:34 Adapting lines for different heights in a hoop house

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