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Another great point. Any success with, or comments on, using weed barrier / tree fabric to keep weeds from growing in the row?

Great points. Thank you! That explains why I haven't seen this setup commercially. We plan to go with 13 Ft above ground (4 ft of each pole buried), since we live in the Dakotas (High Wind) and based on U of MN's research that a lower trellis height doesn't affect yield as much as initially...

Thank you. Is there an issue with doing this commercially, or in rows that are 80-100ft in length? For harvesting, we would probably just run a tractor with a loader on each side of the row, and use a long-handled sickle to cut the bines down.

Hello, We recently moved to a new place with a few acres available to grow hops on. To start, we bought 4 varieties of Rhizomes, 100 total. 40 Sterling 40 Willamette 10 Galena 10 Cascade We have been researching commercial trellis design for a while, and designed this one on our own...