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Does anyone have some practical advice on what to use to stake up
tomatoes? Last year I used some 3 foot steel fencing, but my tomatoes
grew an easy 6-7 feet tall. It was a mess, one of the clusters fell over
lol.

I always stake my tomatoes and always snip off suckers. I always plant 4
pounders and 4 cherry. I have way too many too eat and always give the
extras away. but they look so beautiful while growing. I have decided this
year to use drip irrigation to better serve me and my plants. These stakes
are made of 8 foot x 2inch x 1/2inch and I use screws to hold them
together.

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Peace

Michael


Very nice. Do you use the fence behind them to support them or otherwise
hold them up?

I'd use drip irrigation, but for a garden my size it would cost way too
much. I'm on a well and don't really have a shortage of water, so I just use
a set of impact sprinklers around the edge of the garden. Takes most of the
day to water it all, but the cost of running my well pump is minimal.