You may think that having to grow your grapes using a grape trellis is hard, but you will see that the grape trellis will make it very easy to grow and also harvest grapes. The grape trellis will make spacing a non-issue in your vineyard. Even in a small backyard, the grape trellis helps you to grow, prune, and choose good grapes.

Aside from providing you extra working space, the grape trellis is obviously important to help your grapevines when they are young and when they have large grape clusters. There is no specific way that your trellis needs to look. The vineyards you see usually have the purely functional grape trellis, but you can have a very beautiful one in your yard. You can make it out of an assortment of materials, such as wood, iron, stainless steel, aluminum, or PVC pipe. You can purchase a prefabricated grape trellis or create your own. One of the first things to remember is that you must provide an 8'X8' growing space for each grapevine and construct the trellis before planting.

The grape trellis you select should match the local climate. In a warmer climate, you'll want a bigger one. But in cooler climates, a shorter one will handle the weather better. It can be as short as 3', while the warmer climate grape trellis may be as tall as 8'.

Ensure that you plot out your vineyard location prior to digging your holes. Having a map of your site before digging is a great idea. Once you know where to dig, you need to go down approximately two feet. So if you're putting in 8' posts, they will rise about 6' above ground level. It isn't a terrible idea to use concrete to hold at least your end posts in place. After all, it will be a couple of years before your grapevines will have grapes on them. You can add extra strength to the posts by using anchor wires from the ground or smaller posts. Make sure to keep 8' in between each of your posts. You will need to put galvanized steel wire in two rows, with one row being a few inches from the ground and one wire being at the top of the posts. For simplicity, you can staple the wires to the posts using a staple gun.

Your objective will be to help the vines grow along the trellis wires. You will have to do some pruning and stringing of your vines so they can get going in the right directions along the wires. Do not use anything that could cut your shoot, such as wires, to tie your shoot where you wish. Some cloth or thick plastic strips should be enough.

Even for a small crop of grapes, it is a great idea to buy a trellis. There will be a little bit of investment, but you can get much better results. But, make sure if you spend a lot of money to purchase one, that you don't screw up your grapes by failing to spend some time to carefully plan your grape trellis.