support

[Itoero]

Hi,

I was wondering what kind of support you prefer.
Will a bamboo stick do fine?
How long and wide should I buy them?

My tomatoes are in the greenhouse, I will use the single-stem method.

grtz,
Itoero

[EarlyStarter]

I use long lengths of rebar to stake my single stem plants.

[MrBig46]

Originally Posted by Itoero

Hi,

I was wondering what kind of support you prefer.
Will a bamboo stick do fine?
How long and wide should I buy them?

My tomatoes are in the greenhouse, I will use the single-stem method.

grtz,
Itoero

I use spirals from wire (diameter 2 mm)
Vladimír

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by MrBig46

I use spirals from wire (diameter 2 mm)
Vladimír

I like Vladimir's wire spirals, what a neat idea.

Just wind the vine around the wire as it grows.

Worth

[MrBig46]

Two pictures else.
Vladimír

[afrance30]

Here are some spirals similar to Vladimir's http://www.gardeners.com/Rainbow-Spi...rt=3&q=spirals

[MrBig46]

Originally Posted by afrance30

Here are some spirals similar to Vladimir's http://www.gardeners.com/Rainbow-Spi...rt=3&q=spirals

But it is something else. I shall go to the garden tomorow, I shall do new photos and I shall describe it in this discussion ( about in other thread)
Vladimír

[dice]

Um, there is more than one answer to this question:
http://www.google.com/search?q=tomat...iw=930&bih=580

http://www.google.com/search?q=tomat...G-XDigLt-YGACw

http://www.google.com/search?q=tomat...AcGViQKBj4DQCQ

Tomatohenge:
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=19126

It's precursor:
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=5160

[Durgan]

After playing with almost every type of support possible over the years, my conclusion is the overhead string support system produces the best results. My requirement is to support around thirty plants. This system is probably too labour intensive for many plants.

There are many ways of making the overhead structure. I use rebar due to the relatively small area utilized.


http://www.durgan.org/URL/?ZWBJH 12 June 2012 Tomato Support System
A few more cords were added today to support fruit laden branches. The tomatoes are absolutely free growing with no obstructions.There are 32 plants.

[dice]

Itoero, I did not notice that you are growing single-stem
tomatoes in a greenhouse. I think hanging strings from
some overhead support and either wrapping the string
around the stem as it grows or using tomato clips to
clip the stem to the string is most popular for growing
single-stem indeterminates in greenhouses.

Here is a picture of the type of clips growers commonly use:
http://www.hydro-gardens.com/growsup1.htm#plantclips

(But of course you can make some equivalent from anything. dcarch
once posted an idea to make plant ties out of plastic shopping bags.
He would fold the bags over the long way several times, then cut
them into 1-inch wide pieces with scissors. Unrolled, each 1-inch
piece would make a plant tie that was wide enough to not bite into
stems and elastic enough to stretch in a wind without snapping off
stems. And free, of course, for anyone that brings groceries home
from a grocery store in plastic shopping bags.)