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My preferred option would be wire too.
We ran some commercial hydroponic beds for some years, and at various times had to cover them with shade-cloth; which is quite surprisingly heavy.
Our overhead wires were 12.5 gauge high tensile wire, at spacings of (from memory,) about 8ft, and never had a failure.
To tension the wire we used these: https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=ha...Wdm4CwDA&gbv=2
The black plastics in those pics are insulators for electric fencing, which you won't need.
From the pics it appears they're being used there in vineyards or kiwifruit orchards, and using the same 12.5 wire we did.
So it appears to be a fairly universal option.

P.s. Also shown there is the handle you'll need for tensioning, as well as the chain-grab strainers for taking the initial load before putting the permanent strainers in place.