Hello! My wife and I are aggressively amateur gardeners in the mountains of eastern Arizona. Zone 6 around 7,000 feet. Last season we added an above ground planter to our garden, it is around 8 feet by 26 inches wide by 20 inches deep. This year we are planning on planting tomato, tomatillo and basil in it. I recently saw some videos of zucchini and squash being trellised. All of her attempts to grow cucurbits have been battered by insects and birds. I am wondering if it would be viable to set up an arched trellis out of our planter and training the squash or whatever to the trellis keeping it above the insects and putting the roots into better drained and better quality soil than what we have in our in ground planters. The arch would provide area for vegetation to grow away from the tomatoes and let the fruit hang below the veg where it would be easier to pick and out of the sometimes scorching mountain sun, and possibly less tempting to birds.
If this is viable would you recommend one or two arches on the short side or a single long arch along the north side of the planter.
We want to maximize our yield out of the above ground planter as all of our in ground beds have been very hit or miss. They tend to get water logged if we have a good monsoon season
If this is viable would you recommend one or two arches on the short side or a single long arch along the north side of the planter.
We want to maximize our yield out of the above ground planter as all of our in ground beds have been very hit or miss. They tend to get water logged if we have a good monsoon season