Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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May 20, 2017 | #16 | |
Tomatovillian™
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I'm honestly not trying to grow a huge plant, I just want to see how big it can get since it was obviously chomping at the bit to get out of that seed coat. |
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May 20, 2017 | #17 |
Tomatovillian™
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Are you going to save seeds? It would be curious what its seeds would do next year.
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May 20, 2017 | #18 |
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You could put a pipe running from it to a barrel with tomato juice wrote on it.
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May 20, 2017 | #19 |
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May 20, 2017 | #20 |
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Like lower and lean with a single stem. Not the best pic but you can see the strings for the maters & cukes. I just lower and lean them as they grow and slide the hooks down.
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May 20, 2017 | #21 |
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Now that is a great idea! I was thinking of taking a line out horizontally from the top of the stake, and tying the stalks to that. Do you think that would work?
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May 20, 2017 | #22 |
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May 20, 2017 | #23 |
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Hard to say, my best guess would be it might be ok for a bit but a big storm comes through and you end up with a mess.
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May 20, 2017 | #24 |
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May 20, 2017 | #25 |
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Last year, I had four that were close to the top of the stakes- but that was July. And in September, the Cherokee Purple on the right got up to 12 feet.
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May 20, 2017 | #26 |
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Lol gardeners are so funny. I take pics beside my plants too.
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May 20, 2017 | #27 |
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May 20, 2017 | #28 | |
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All you need is a table saw, some screws.
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May 20, 2017 | #29 |
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Like Worth suggested, I may have to make it into a cone shape, like a derrick. The 8 foot contraption you built above is fine, but at heights over 10 feet I'm afraid the center of mass will be too high, and it may topple over. The ground right there is not completely level, either.
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May 21, 2017 | #30 |
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You want to make it like tee pee ? Tripod ? Quadpod ?
You can train them to cascade. Even if a branch breaks , with just, say, 1/3 intact it should be fine. I know this by experience.
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