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Kōrero: Kiwifruit

T-bar frames

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T-bar frames

Strong frames are needed to support the weight of fruiting vines. T-bar trellises have rows of posts set into the ground 5–6 metres apart, with a cross-bar at the top. Vines are trained along high-tensile wires attached to the cross-bars.

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by Dick Roberts

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Hugh Campbell rāua ko Julia Haggerty, Kiwifruit – Growing kiwifruit, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17731/t-bar-frames (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Hugh Campbell rāua ko Julia Haggerty, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.