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Need trellis ideas for adding two passion fruit plants to my food Forrest build

 
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A month ago, I ordered 1 passion fruit in a 15 gallon pot. A week before delivery the seller called and said that he is out of the 15 gallons, but I can get two 5 gallon plants instead, and I said yes.
The problem is, that I now have no idea how to construct a trellis that will hold both plants. I am hoping that I can get some ideas here.
I know I should have thought about it before I bought the plants, but to my defense I did have plans. If it was only one plant,
I was going to use our last palm tree as a trellis for it.
That’s not going to work, since my husband used that spot for a raspberry climber. As much as I love this project, it can get a little overwhelming sometimes.
I have attached the plan that I am working with.
For the placement I have in mind. What trellis design du you think will work best?
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I have not grown passion fruit so I looked on Pinterest:


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I hope others will chime in with their suggestions,
 
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Hello,
Your husband trellised berries on a palm tree? I know this isn’t a solution to your question but would love to hear more about this!
 
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I would run a ratchet strap from the mulberry to the fence, right over the passion fruit plant.
Crank it tight,  and  drop jute line from the strap to the  base of the plant.

If you dont like the  look of ratchet straps consider  wire rope.
With wire rope an eye hook in the mulberry might be good for avoiding damage to the tree.
 
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It might help if we had some idea of what materials you have available, materials you're willing to consider, and possible budget.

When I was planting 3 kiwi vines, I managed to score two sets of identical swing sets which I rearranged various parts of to make a trellis that's stood for at least 5 years now. Not too ugly now that it's covered in vines! There are pictures in the Upcycling forum: https://permies.com/t/111184/permaculture-upcycling/Free-Craigslist-playsets#910503

Lots of people who can get cattle panels inexpensively, use them to make a simple tunnel. Give a nice place to sit in the shade as well.

I happen to have the space to grow bamboo, so that's great for making quick trellises out of, but it won't last as long as other alternatives. I wouldn't use it for a vine that couldn't be pruned vigorously every 5 years when the trellis needed rebuilding.
 
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So, we ended up buying an arbor on Amazon, and it works okay for now. It’s more flimsy than I like, but works okay.
I think that sometimes you have to compromise. Right now we are just too busy to build a proper one, and that’s okay. Non of us are super humans
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Sometimes it's just better to go with the quickest and easiest route to get what you need.  But, I have seen some really cool ideas online too that get people's creative juices flowing, so maybe to get your passion fruit plants looking extra sweet you should keep hunting around and get inspired.
 
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I wasn’t planning on stopping.
This time of year are just the most busy of the year. We garden year round, so from March to June, we are transitioning the garden from the cold season, past the warm season, to the hot season. It means that in a very short time, I have to grow and preserve my spring crops. If things hasn’t established by July 1st, they are not going to make it, as we get 100+ degrees from July through September.
We do put up shade, but some plants (especially herbs) just doesn’t like it that hot.
I grow, harvest and dehydrate about 30’ish different herbs and spices. 14 of them are either culinary herbs, medicinal or a combination. They are a lot cheaper to grow than buy, so I grow a lot, plus some we like to use raw for tea. So far this looks like a good year for my herbs. I have almost a quart of dried chamomile which are great, since I usually don’t  get that much. The quality of the herbs are so much better when we grow our own.
Anyway, enough about that, it looks like I went a little off topic.
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