Ceresone, I read on a different forum that the poster was using cattle panels for trellis and that it did not get too hot when it was put in place. Unlike if it was just laying flat in the sun. I too am considering using the panels for my cucumbers this season.

Yolanda

Sounds like a good idea to me. I have used cement reinforcement wire, and had no problems with it.

Cattle panels work great. All my neighbors use them in rows for tomatoes and pole beans.

My hoop house last year was bent cattle panels. This year I am using the frame of panels with the plastic removed for my pole beans on one side and cucumbers on the other. I think it will work great.

The plants will shade the metal, so they shouldn't heat up significantly.

Let's all check back in at the end of the season and see how we do.

gld

We use cattle panels for the cucumbers and they do fine..no problem with heat.

We use cattle panels as tunnel archways for our gourds. We bend them & secure into an upside down arch...they look really neat & are fun to walk through...Just watch out 'cuz you'll always hit your head on a gourd~

I go to Sears and get their bottom and top packing crate panels, their 4X6, they ship their small garden tractors in them, and they gladly give them away! I use the 'A' frame method and before I put them up I stretch and staple chicken wire in between.

Now is the time to get them as Spring is approaching and they will be selling their tractors(mowers)like crazy, also use them for keeping critters out of the garden, Evan used them to make chicken runs and coops. I still have over 200 in my barn waiting for me to do something else with them.

Their made out of hardwood, a nice coat of paint will keep them for years and years.

The key word here is ((( FREE))).and such a wonderful word it is!!

Bill

Hi
I've used hog and cattle panels in East Texas,and here in the Ozarks for many years in making tomato cages,cucumber cages,morninglory cages. Have also used them for cantelopes,Sugar baby watermelons,muscadines,climbing roses.Never had any problems,also birds love to sit on them and play in them so you get a little extra fertilizer.Good luck guys! its so good to be back i,ve really missed you.