Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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#31 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
Posts: 8,407
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RKN isn't an issue for me, but nothing gets through plastic. You want UV-treated stuff if the sun is going to hit it for very long.
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#32 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Lakebay, WA
Posts: 44
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Exactly! I was about to comment about my having T-post envy. (Also I'm overwhelmed with admiration of your workmanship, Robert!)
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#33 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
Posts: 38,539
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Not fpor tomatoes but for other stuff.
At this time I have no idea how I am going to trellis or support some of the vine I have growing. It looks like I am going to have to buy two giant fat posts and sink them in the ground with post hole diggers and a chipping bar. If I do this one will be at the end of the drive and the other at the other end with a wire running the length and the power pole on the middle. The power pole doesn't have ground wire running down it so I dont have to worry about that. Worth |
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#34 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7
Posts: 4,916
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I keep stringing and Florida Weaving my tomatoes.NO cages this year. I do a ot of pruning lower leaf branches and suckers, as much as I can keep up with over 50 plants.
Peppers are tied to bamboo sticks, just to support them when it is windy. In my other garden ( call it 5 sisters ) I have room for vining plants ( cukes, melon, WM ) to just run/sprawl free at will. I just guide them at the direction I want them to run. Beans are at the feet of corn. They can climb or crawl. Most of them are bush type.
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