Tomato Support System

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http://www.durgan.org/URL/?QWGMW 1 May 2013 Tomato Support System
My tomato support system was made using rebar and plastic ties to support 27 tomato plants by strings 1/8 diameter dropped down from the structure to the tomato fruit bearing branches. The total area for the structure is 6.5 feet by 22 feet. The verticals are eight foot half inch rebar about two feet in the ground so the hight is approximately six feet to avoid head bumping when harvesting the fruit.The rebar are held together by plastic ties.The planting area was fertilized with compost and rototilled in preparation for planting about the 24 of May in my Zone 5. String support from an overhead support is the best method I have used to grow tomatoes, certainly for the small number of plants in my case usually under 30.