Post #2012072

2026-04-24 12:18 UTC

Your set up is so cool! I’m looking at it to see what i can learn. That grid support system looks great. What plants do you like to use it for?

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@smiletolerantly@awful.systems 2026-04-24 12:40

Thanks :) Ah, you mean this one? ![](https://awful.systems/pictrs/image/3da89b76-a80f-4427-a040-547f4bc70dbd.jpeg) I built that last year specifically for our paprika (capsicum? never sure what the English word is. Web search says "pointed peppers"? Not hot though). The previous years, every time around August the twigs would be full of large, heavy, but unripe fruit. Inevitably, we'd get windy weather and a third of the twigs would break off. The soil in those pots is not very deep (15cm, ca), so the trellis needed to be able to stand on its own. I really like the outcome, no breakage last year :) The original idea came from here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFWNV1V0x3o, adapted for our situation. The twigs end up kind of laying atop the supports. Oh, and throwing a plastic foil over it in February/March also worked quite nicely to create a make-shift coldframe!

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