The trellis should be sturdy and in good condition. Ensure it has been treated with wood preservative. Take the trellis panel to the wall and mark its position. The bottom of the trellis should be about twelve inches from the ground. Drill holes for fixing the spacers and insert plastic or wooden plugs. Drill the equivalent holes in the wooden batten and secure it to the wall, checking with a spirit level that it is horizontal. Use a piece of wood that holds the trellis at least one inch from the wall.
Fix another batten at the base, and one halfway up for trellis more than four feet high. Drill and screw the trellis to the battens, first fixing the top and then working downwards. Check that the trellis is straight using a spirit level. The finished trellis should be secure, so that the weight of the climber and any wind that blows on it will not pull it away from its fixings. To make maintenance of the wall easier in the future, consider attaching the bottom of the trellis panel to the bottom spacer batten with galvanized hinges so that when the screw fixing the panel to the other battens are removed the panel can be swung away from the wall or fence, providing easy access for reappointing or painting.
When pruning old thick stems on shrubs and limbs from trees it is best to use a pruning saw. The main problem with cutting large branches is that their weight tends to rip the branch free before the pruning cut has been completed, producing a ragged finish and tearing the branch and bark from well below the cut. This can provide an entry point for disease. To prevent this, make the first cut beneath the branch and upwards until about half way through. Then cut downwards, about one inch further out than the first cut.
The branch will break off and then the cut can then be straightened. If the stem has buds or leaves opposite each other, make the cut horizontal, about half inch above the buds. Always use a sharp pair of specters. Blunt ones will produce a ragged or bruised cut, which is likely to provide easy access to disease spores. Do not cut too far above the bud. The piece of stem above the bud is likely to die back and the stem may well die back even further, causing the loss of the whole stem.
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