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chris French · 03-05-2011, 06:54 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

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harry wrote:
If they are in a greenhouse you need dangling strings. Wind the string
round the plant as it grows. Obviously you need a substantial place
to attach the strings to.
Outdoors you need canes or grow bush varieties.

I have used string for melons in the greenhouse, but the tomatoes I tend to
stick with canes. Is there any reason for using string over canes other
than it's a bit cheaper?

Commercially I've seen them lower the plants on the strings, lying down
the lower part of the plant as they grow to get a bigger harvest (I
think Sacha mentioned this)

Maybe also a bit quicker as you don't need to tie them in, you just need
to twist the string round.

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Chris French