Category: pumpkin and squash trellis

HORTOMALLAS Pumpkin Trellis Netting will increase air flow and plant density. Like all cucurbits that need an espalier to grow healthy, pumpkin trellis netting will provide the right plant support in order to increase air flow and to reduce pathogens that are associated with high humidity. HORTOMALLAS pumkin and squash trellis netting will also use the plant´s natural tendency to lean of a support and attach itself through its tendrils as a way to reduce mechanical contact wit the hands of the laborers as these are usually vectors for spreading diseases present in the field from plant to plant.

Crop Netting in a Greenhouse and Outdoors

High density planting is possible with HORTOMALLAS® trellis netting Hortomallas makes available this excellent introductory article about trellising to support vegetables using crop netting in a greenhouse or outdoors. Trellising vegetables, with growing netting, support the plants in an upright […]

TRELLIS FOR SQUASH, A GREAT OPTION FOR AN EASY HARVEST AND SPACE-SAVING

Use trellis for pumpkins and squash tutoring and you will wonder why you didn’t do it before! trellis for squash: Squash is a plant that grows extremely long and thin vines which take a lot of space, making it hard […]

Horticultural Espalier – Benefits And Ideas

Reasons to try Horticultural espalier Horticultural espalier started a long time ago. It is an ancient horticultural practice that involves pruning also training of trees or shrubs to grow flat against a support. This usually creates a living sculpture. In […]

HORTOCLIPS tutoring rings together with HORTOMALLAS support netting provide the complete tutoring solution for vegetable crops.

The tutoring rings can be use together with support netting and clips to tutor plants. The importance of having a good tutoring system for vegetables crops base around HORTOMALLAS® support netting and HORTOCLIPS® tutoring rings is clear: An upright plant […]

When support netting falls down: advantages of tutoring with HORTOMALLAS

The advantages of tutoring with HORTOMALLAS® outweigh using agricultural raffia There are many advantages of tutoring with HORTOMALLAS®. Strong winds and heavy rain, overly soft soil or faulty posts can often cause a section of vegetable support netting to collapse. […]

Tutoring vegetables in modern farming

How are vegetables tutor today? Tutoring vegetables is an important part of modern agriculture. Although the materials and tutoring methods have changed as time has moved on. From tutoring with traditional raffia, to using horticultural trellis netting which has become […]

Tutoring squash plant and other climbers with tendrils

How to use tendrils of the squash plant to work in your favor. The chayote squash plant (sechium edule) is from the cucurbitaceae family on which tutoring. also trellising techniques may be apply for crop management and increased yields. But […]

Horticulture trellising system against cucumber botrytis

Cucumber Botrytis: saving vegetables with a trellis netting system Cucurbits have a particular importance for most agricultural economies in warmer climates around the world also cucumber botrytis. Can cause large scale damages to the individual grower and to the agricultural […]

Bacterias: diseases of the cucumber crop prevented with trellis netting

Tutoring cucumbers is a way to reduce diseases also provides conditions that reduce the incidence and development of bacteria. It is very important to recognize cucumber diseases as soon as symptoms appear. And know their possible treatments to avoid further […]

Tutoring your crops with net trellis: Why it is so important?

Tutoring your vegetables with net trellis Tutoring your crops with a net trellis system both in open field and greenhouses has become a fundamental practice nowadays. Crops like cucumber, zucchini, chayote, eggplant, beans and melon are crops that without tutoring […]

Crop Support Net: A Better Alternative To Raffia

How to increase the marketability of your crops by using crop support net Any crop that you plant will benefit greatly when you use crop support net. This is especially true when your crops belong to either the Cucurbit family. […]

Support netting is a tool to prevent diseases and plagues in zucchini

Zucchini crops can be grow organically with HORTOMALLAS® The scientific name for the zucchini squash is Cucurbita pepo. And many common crops which include the summer squash, pumpkin, pattypan squash, acorn squash. And the zucchini are actually just different cultivars […]

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