Bill, did you mean 5’?

 

Bill

William H. Shoemaker

Sr. Research Specialist, Food Crops

University of Illinois - Crop Sciences

St Charles Horticulture Research Center

535 Randall Road, St Charles, IL, 60174

630-584-7254, FAX-584-4610 

[email protected]

 

I had problems with just one 8’ high wire.

Trees bowed too much under fruit load. Trees midway between trellis posts
pulled the wire down causing the entire row to be pulled down and bowed.
Bamboo was ¾” diameter.

One wire added later at 5” alleviated the problem.

 

Bill Fleming

Montana State University

Western Ag Research Center

580 Quast Ln

Corvallis, Montana

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