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Garden Infrastructure · Rebar Trellises

Rebar Trellises

10' rebar posts driven 3' into the ground, tight against the bed edging, tied together with 4' rebar rails and badger clips. For single-stem tomatoes there's one rail, across the top, and each plant, one per foot, winds up a line of string hung from it. The rails are all straight.

Isometric NTS
10' rebar post4' rebar railBadger clipString
End Section Through a post
BED EDGINGPOST TIGHT TO EDGINGRAIL ON BED SIDESTRING← PATHBED →23'-0" IN
Front Elevation Along the row
4'-0" O.C.4'-0" RAIL · POST TO POST12"20'-0" RUN · 5 SECTIONS7'-0" ABOVE3'-0" IN6'-6"TOP RAILSTRING · 1 PLANT PER FOOT3
Detail 3 · Rail Clip Badger clip at a crossing
BADGER CLIPSNAPS OVER THE CROSSINGONE CLIP PER RAIL ENDPOSTRAILNEXT SECTION'S RAILGRADE
Bill of Materials 20'-0" row, 5 sections
#ItemQty
1Rebar posts, 10' lengths (½" #4 typical)6
2Rebar top rails, 4' lengths5
3Badger clips, one at each end of each rail10
—Garden string, one line per plant, one plant per foot20
—Post driver or sledgetool
Build Sequence
  1. Mark posts every 4'-0" along the inside face of the bed edging.
  2. Drive each 10' post 3'-0" deep, tight against the edging. The edging holds the row straight and the posts plumb, so the trellis stays lined up and looks kept.
  3. Clip the top rails at 6'-6" on the bed side of the posts, each running post to post with no overhang. Where two rails meet at a post, each gets its own clip.
  4. Plant one tomato per foot along the row. Tie one string per plant to the top rail, prune each to a single stem, and wind the stem up the string as it grows.
Field Photos Not printed
Single-stem tomato plants climbing the rebar trellis, with ripe red tomatoes
PROJECTGarden Infrastructure · Rebar Trellises
SHEETB1
RUN × HEIGHT20'-0" × 7'-0"
DRAWN2026-10-21