Here is how I do it, just for comparison. I only use 4x4. but make sure the angles holes have concrete in the bottom so that the timber can have some footing to press against. I run rows up to about 120' with 3 T posts over the length.
Are these vines OK?
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balatonwine
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Aside from any root trimming "controversy"*, trimming roots takes far, far much less time than digging a much larger hole, then filling it in. My grafted grapes came in bundles of 50 (I have planted vines numbering in the four figure range). I just took a lopping shear trimmer to them. As a bundle. I ain't subtle. They did fine. Just saying. Grape vines are very sturdy. Don't helicopter parent them.
*To me there is no controversy, only people who understand biology and those that do not....
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You will likely need more than you have at present. I'm a welder, so I built my trellis out of pipe, and set it four feet in the ground with four bags of sackcrete per end post and brace. I have one that is pulling the end post up out of the ground. Thought my deal was bullit pruff....guess not!
