Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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February 12, 2011 | #16 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Indiana
Posts: 229
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Finally off work and looking forward to the week-end with temperatures finally heading above freezing!
After everyone's input I'm going to reduce my space between plants to 3' I think, I'm going to plot it out and see what that gives me. As for how many poles per row, I have decided to try and use as much tree limbs and remains of felled trees as I can which I have a pile of in the yard already. We bought this house in 2007 as a repo/ foreclosure and it had been vacant for 3 or 4 years. As a result there were many trees growing where ever their seeds took root even through the lattice of the back patio, I'm talking 30' tall Maples that I have been taking down. So, I have a wood pile plus some more trees too close and even up against the house to bring down and use as posts and supports. So, I was thinking three major poles, 4" x 4" size per row but I could also easily have many smaller limb supports in each row. I am attempting to plan better this year and do more preparation as I work 56+ hours per week plus my Wife's family will come from Greece and spend a month here in July and I will probably not be able to do do adequate garden maintenance farther into Summer. I'm hoping good orderly set up plus I'll try straw as mulch, lots and lots of straw and hopefully I can still have some results without the hours a garden really should have to be tended. Thanks for your input and I'm still open to ideas as I put "Garden 2011" together.
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