Truss support?

b54red · April 11, 2014

Has anyone ever used arch supports or J hooks or both to support the tomato trusses? If so which works best or what is the best way to use them? I lost a lot of fruit last year to broken trusses and badly kinked trusses. I tried tying them but found with my arthritis it was usually too difficult to accomplish successfully. I would estimate I lost over 20% of my early fruit to this problem. Any helpful experienced advice would be appreciated. One site said the arches were for trusses before fruit set and to use J hooks after fruit set. I watched a video and the guy just said use the arches placed on the truss stem while it was young but didn't mention using J hooks.

Bill

April 11, 2014	#1
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	Truss support? Has anyone ever used arch supports or J hooks or both to support the tomato trusses? If so which works best or what is the best way to use them? I lost a lot of fruit last year to broken trusses and badly kinked trusses. I tried tying them but found with my arthritis it was usually too difficult to accomplish successfully. I would estimate I lost over 20% of my early fruit to this problem. Any helpful experienced advice would be appreciated. One site said the arches were for trusses before fruit set and to use J hooks after fruit set. I watched a video and the guy just said use the arches placed on the truss stem while it was young but didn't mention using J hooks. Bill