Scalable Plant Support Trellis

Overview

This scalable trellis uses commonly available materials to support plants that grow upwards, including tomatoes and peppers.

It's designed for single-plant support, as opposed to trough-growing where you'd have multiple plants in the same container.

Extra Supplies

You'll need 

• 3-4x stakes - I use whatever is cheapest at my local garden center
• 3x 4mm cable ties per layer - reusable if you can as then it's easier and less wasteful to reposition as the season progresses
• A plant to support

Modular

By printing just the number of parts you need, you can build upwards. You can also start lower and adjust upwards as your plants grow.

The default models are the same size, creating a tube shape - this works well in narrow pots where you can't angle your stakes. But you can scale these as you like, and as you can see in 3Stake-Tripod.3mf, it's simple to create a 3-tier tripod.

You can just use the open circle components (3 Stake - v1.stl) if you're trying to support plants or fruits. But most people will want the component with the spokes (3Stake-With-Center - v1.stl) to allow a central stake to train the plant against.

Print Settings

This is designed to go outside and work, not be pretty, so things that reduce print time are valued. I went for a larger nozzle and layer height with less fill density.