Crop netting for tomato plants.

[Worth1]

Has anyone tried this?
It seems like it would be a heck of a lot better than the Florida weave.
As the plants grow you could spread them out and up by weaving the vines between the openings.
This would basically be espalier training where you would be forcing your plants to grow horizontally.
Yes you would have to space the plants out farther but I still think you would get better production form each plant.
Plus you would be able to utilize the so called suckers.
This would also allow you to spread the vines out for more airflow.
Another thought is by this type of training you could place your rows closer together because the growth habit of the plants would be forced in a flat habit.
I have at this moment two tomato plants growing next to a net I made and I think I am going to start training them to do this.
Yes it will involve some pruning but I think over all it would be better maybe.

Another question.
Is there a low cost source for this stuff?
10 to 15 dollars for a 30 foot long by 5 foot wide/tall net is way too much.

Worth

[maxjohnson]

You mean this? http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=40398

[henry]

Check this site out.
https://www.agriculturesolutions.com...upport-netting

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by maxjohnson

You mean this? http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=40398

Something like that but with more horizontal training like this.

I know it would require pruning but thought I would give it a try.
The net I made I can throw myself into it and get bounced right back out of it.
It is very tight I threw a big chunk of wood at it and it almost took my head off coming back at me.
Worth

[AlittleSalt]

I just come in from mowing. I found these

http://www.homedepot.com/p/5-ft-x-30...-30C/202801173

http://www.amazon.com/Gardeneer-Dale.../dp/B000BZ8FXS 2 for $19

Other sites I looked at were higher.

[AlittleSalt]

Henry's site would be way cheaper than what all I've found - unless you just need a little of it.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

I just come in from mowing. I found these

http://www.homedepot.com/p/5-ft-x-30...-30C/202801173

http://www.amazon.com/Gardeneer-Dale.../dp/B000BZ8FXS 2 for $19

Other sites I looked at were higher.

Thanks I found those too.
At that price I can continue to make my own for way less money.
I am lazy and dont want to have to make it as it takes awhile.

That big guy you posted about using it had a huge roll of it.
I have also looked on line on how to make fish nets I might try that.

Worth

[Worth1]

I found this so far.
http://www.memphisnet.net/product/46...upport-netting
It would cast me $110 dollars to buy the same amount of netting at 10 bucks for every 30 feet.
This stuff is 65 bucks for 328 feet.
Still looking.
Worth

[maxjohnson]

Well I am training one of my tomato to grow horizontally along my fence like grapes, and it's doing fine. I personally see it as plant abuse because it obviously wants to grow upward, but at least it's not torture compared upside down hanging.

[Cole_Robbie]

http://www.tenaxind.com/en/agriculture/

My Hummert catalog has Tenax brand trellis netting. $60-70 for 328 feet.

They also sell 4' tall and 7' rolls of 3280' for $360 and $550 respectively.

I've used it for cukes before. It's hard to clean up at the end of the season. The vines won't come out of the netting.

Cattle panels make a much better trellis. They last forever. They also clean up and store easily: http://www.ruralking.com/tarter-4-ga...nel-cps10.html

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

http://www.tenaxind.com/en/agriculture/

My Hummert catalog has Tenax brand trellis netting. $60-70 for 328 feet.

They also sell 4' tall and 7' rolls of 3280' for $360 and $550 respectively.

I've used it for cukes before. It's hard to clean up at the end of the season. The vines won't come out of the netting.

Cattle panels make a much better trellis. They last forever. They also clean up and store easily: http://www.ruralking.com/tarter-4-ga...nel-cps10.html

Works for me.
If the tomato experiment works out I will buy some anyway for melons and cucumbers.
I plan on attaching it to poles so I can make it tight and roll it up and store it at the end of the season.
Anything has to be better than goat fence.
I honesty had no idea they sold the stuff.
Worth

[Cole_Robbie]

I have a roll of the 8-guage chain link fence-attaching wire, thick stuff. With pliers I can bend it around the top of T-posts to make hooks, and then the cattle panels hang on those hooks. Netting is single-use for me and just makes a lot of trash that is hard to get rid of.

[whistech]

Originally Posted by Worth1

I found this so far.
http://www.memphisnet.net/product/46...upport-netting
It would cast me $110 dollars to buy the same amount of netting at 10 bucks for every 30 feet.
This stuff is 65 bucks for 328 feet.
Still looking.
Worth

Worth, that is the exact netting I am using this year for my Italian green beans. I used the 4 ft. tall netting the last 2 years and it did a good job. This year I wanted a 6 ft. tall trellis so I bought the 5 ft. netting and strung it about one foot off the ground. I use 8 ft. tee post every 6 feet and a 1/4 inch nylon rope on the top to hold up the netting in my raised beds. The netting works very well for anything growing on a trellis. Memphis Netting is a good company with a lot of good products and reasonable shipping costs.

[Jonnyhat]

I was going to try this this year, I bought the stuff off Johnnyseeds.com

http://www.johnnyseeds.com/c-824-tre...=W_tools_ddcat

[Gardeneer]

I have not read all the comments but I think you can do it with a trellis using CRW or cattle panel .