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Vineyard & Orchard Trellising

Every crop wants its canopy held in a particular shape, and that shape is what your trellis is for. Corona makes the steel that builds it: line posts and cross arms for the frame, earth anchors and stop plates to hold it in the ground, U bolts to pin it together, and stakes and rods to carry young plants through establishment. Whether you are training wine grapes vertically, spreading table grapes wide, or holding kiwifruit overhead, it comes down to the same handful of parts in different arrangements.

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Vineyard & Orchard Trellising steel components

Crops and challenges

Components for the row you're building.

Wine grapes

Cool-climate wine grapes live or die on light and airflow in the fruiting zone, and on rows a harvester can run clean. That means a narrow vertical canopy, and it asks for line posts at consistent spacing, wires that hold tension all season, and end posts anchored hard enough that the row never creeps. Rolled Edge Vertical Line Posts, U Bolts and Earth Anchors cover it.

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Wine grapesCanopy controlPremium production

Table grapes and raisins

Table grapes and dried-on-vine raisins want a wide canopy and one clear picking line. Spreading fruit that wide puts a cross arm on top of every post, and it asks a lot of the row ends, which now carry the weight of a fully loaded canopy. Cross Arms, U Bolts and Earth Anchors do that work.

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Table grapesRaisinsMulti-wire support

Apples, pears and stone fruit

High-density orchard rows are unforgiving about geometry. Trees go in tight, carry fruit for decades, and one post that drifts or sinks pulls the whole fruit wall out of line with it. Close-spaced line posts hold the frame. V #3 Posts handle angled-V layouts like Tatura. Pencil Rods guide branches while the trees train, and Stop Plates keep posts from settling into soft ground.

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ApplesHigh-densityDwarf trees

Kiwifruit, caneberries and berries

These crops load a structure in very different ways. A mature kiwifruit vine is heavy, and all that weight sits overhead, so posts and cross arms size up accordingly. Caneberries need several wire heights and tighter spacing to keep canes in hand and pickers moving. Young plants of any of them need holding upright first — Grape Stakes through cordon training, Pencil Rods for branch work.

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KiwifruitCaneberriesSpecialty crops

Difficult ground

Soft ground, a high water table or a hard frost will move your posts, and a moved post is a slack row. Earth Anchors take the pull at the row ends, spiral in loam and clay, straight-blade where the soil turns sandy. Stop Plates work on the other axis, spreading the post's own load so it stays at the height you set it. For temporary rows, Cut Rebar braces cheaply.

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Soft soilWet conditionsRow stability

Six families

Families by purpose.

Rolled Edge Vertical Line Post

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Vertical posts

Rolled Edge and Flat-Edge Vertical Line Posts carry the wire framework down every row you plant. The rolled edge stiffens the post, giving it more strength and bend resistance under a heavy canopy. The flat edge gives you a clean, consistent face for wire and clip placement. End posts use a heavier gauge, because they take the tension of the whole row.

Cross Arms

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Cross arms

Cross Arms mount at the top of a post and spread your canopy wide. They're what turns a single-wire row into a T-trellis, a DOV raisin system, a kiwifruit T-bar, or a caneberry configuration. U Bolts clamp the arm in place and carry the pull of fruit, foliage, and wire tension along its length.

  • Cross ArmsHorizontal bracket that turns a single post into a multi-wire canopy support.
Grape Stakes

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Establishment support

Grape Stakes hold your young vines upright through cordon training, then come out once each vine stands on its own. Pencil Rods do similar work during establishment, later guiding branches in espalier rows. Cut Rebar covers the same ground on a budget, for training frames and temporary bracing.

  • Grape StakesDriven beside the young vine for temporary support; removed once cordon training is complete.
  • Pencil RodTraining rod for young-vine guidance, and for branch guidance in espalier systems.
  • Cut RebarCommodity reinforcing bar for budget or temporary training frames and bracing.
Earth Anchor / Auger (Straight / Spiral)

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Ground anchors

Earth Anchors screw into the ground behind your end posts and hold them against the tension every wire in the row pulls back. Spiral anchors suit loam and clay. Straight-blade anchors bite into sand. Stop Plates solve a different problem, spreading the bearing load so a post doesn't sink into soft ground.

V #3 Posts

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Angled posts

V #3 Posts are Corona's own design for angled-V trellis systems, Tatura fruit-wall orchards among them. Your cordons train against these posts at an angle rather than standing vertical, concentrating fruit in a narrow, light-filled wall.

  • V #3 PostsCorona's proprietary angled-post design for V-trellis and Tatura-style orchard systems.
U Bolt

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Fasteners and caps

U Bolts clamp Cross Arms to posts and secure your wires at every attachment point, across every system in the range. T Post Caps do a different job, sealing the post top against water so corrosion doesn't start from the inside. That matters most in wet or coastal ground.

  • U BoltU-shaped fastener that clamps Cross Arms to posts and secures wires; used across every system.
  • T Post CapPost-top cap that keeps water out and protects against internal corrosion; optional.

Questions answered

Common questions about vineyard and orchard rows.

What's the practical difference between rolled-edge and flat-edge line posts?
Rolled-edge posts have a continuous fold that stiffens the cross-section for more strength and bend resistance under row tension. Flat-edge posts offer a clean face for consistent wire-clip bearing and uniform wire heights. Both fit every trellis system, so the choice is whether you want the extra stiffness or the flat face for wire work.
How long should a cross arm be for a multi-wire trellis?
Cross arm length determines canopy width and wire spacing. Table grape T-trellis systems typically run 4 to 6 feet to position bilateral cordons. Corona supplies cross arms from 6 to 72 inches, supporting table grapes, DOV open-gable systems, kiwifruit T-bar and pergola. Specify length based on your intended canopy width and wire positions.
Which anchor type suits which soil condition?
Earth anchors come in spiral and straight-blade designs. Spiral anchors suit loam and clay soils, where the helical blade screws down and grips the soil. Straight-blade anchors work in sandy soils where the blade bites into loose material. Choose spiral in clay-heavy ground, straight-blade where sand predominates. Both hold end posts against cumulative row tension.
What gauge or length of post suits a given trellis system?
Line post gauge and height depend on row length, canopy weight, and wire tension. Corona supplies 12, 13, and 14 gauge in 7 to 18 foot heights. Wine grape VSP and table-grape T-trellis typically use 13 to 14 gauge at 16 to 20 foot spacing. Heavier gauges suit high-tension or end posts. Taller posts support overhead systems like kiwifruit pergola or DOV.
When are grape stakes needed versus a full line post?
Grape stakes are temporary supports for young vines during establishment, holding upright growth while the vine forms its cordon. They are small-diameter and removed once the vine stands alone. Line posts are permanent structural members for the mature trellis. Use stakes during establishment; switch to permanent posts once cordon training is complete.
What holds an end post against the tension that every wire in the row pulls back?
Earth anchors screwed into the ground behind end posts take the accumulated pull of every wire in the row and transfer that tension into the soil. The anchor grips the ground—spiral in clay loam, straight blade in sand—and holds the end post rigid against cumulative wire load. Without end-post anchoring, row tension would drag the posts out of line, slackening the trellis.

Complete product range

Eleven products for vineyard and orchard rows.

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