Grapevine- how can I stake it in a sturdy way?
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Des
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I have a grapevine that I'm growing. But I can only stake something about 6 inches into the ground before it hits rock. Any ideas for what might be sturdy that I can put into the ground for it to grow on to?
It looks so cute in your pretty enclosure. If you look at grape vines in vineyards you will see the they have posts with wires strung between them, and the grape vines are trained up to grow along the wires rather than the posts. You might be able to put pvc pipes into the ground and put two wires between them, one low and one high. You can start to support your grapevine on the low wire until it gets taller and can be supported on the higher wire as well.
Lowe's has what is called plant stands or stakes...what it is consists of a piece of long sturdy wire with a small semicircle at the top that you put the plant into the semicircle and stake it....they are dark green and come in a variety of lengths...and they are cheap....I have used them in my herb garden and to hold up my pepper plants....they work great.
PS...when your plant gets big enough, it will need some kind of trellis on which to grow.
You can train the vine to climb around the trellis you are using, every time it gets new growth try wrapping it around the little bars.
Tomato cage. Even the Dollar Tree store has some that will get you started. When it gets larger, long 'tee-pee' arranged poles could work.
If you hit rock at 6 inchs, you need to move the plant. It won't have enough room to grow.