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propping up plants
I've had my fair share of broken branches on the tomato, pepper and
squash. Not knowing what I'm doing, I've been taping a splint (usually a small bit of branch) with masking tape after straightening the partial break. That seemed to work for the tomato and squash and not for the blueberry. Don't know yet on the pepper. Is there something more I should be doing, or should this just be preventative maintenance? Not that I've heard of pepper cages. My staking so far been on the what's laying about the yard! Jeff |
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wrote: I've had my fair share of broken branches on the tomato, pepper and squash. Not knowing what I'm doing, I've been taping a splint (usually a small bit of branch) with masking tape after straightening the partial break. That seemed to work for the tomato and squash and not for the blueberry. Don't know yet on the pepper. Is there something more I should be doing, or should this just be preventative maintenance? Not that I've heard of pepper cages. My staking so far been on the what's laying about the yard! Jeff I use stuff like this sometimes for many years. http://www.nextag.com/velcro-plant-ties/products-html Should be in many stores this with bamboo small stakes does the job. But I have to find and get them ready for next year. Bill whose Dad tied up plants with old nylon stockings. -- Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA http://prototype.nytimes.com/gst/articleSkimmer/ |
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On Jul 13, 3:58*pm, Bill who putters wrote:
In article , jeff wrote: * I've had my fair share of broken branches on the tomato, pepper and squash. * *Not knowing what I'm doing, I've been taping a splint (usually a small bit of branch) with masking tape after straightening the partial break. That seemed to work for the tomato and squash and not for the blueberry. Don't know yet on the pepper. Is there something more I should be doing, or should this just be preventative maintenance? Not that I've heard of pepper cages. My staking so far been on the what's laying about the yard! * *Jeff *I use stuff like this sometimes for many years. http://www.nextag.com/velcro-plant-ties/products-html Should be in many stores this with bamboo small stakes does the job. * But I have to find and get them ready for next year. * Bill whose Dad tied up plants with old nylon stockings. -- Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA http://prototype.nytimes.com/gst/articleSkimmer/ Don’t these damage the stem as the plant moves about? Kind of like wrapping them in sand paper. I’ve been using the plastic bags that my groceries come in. Been considering using tape. |
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CanopyCo wrote:
On Jul 13, 3:58 pm, Bill who putters wrote: In article , jeff wrote: I've had my fair share of broken branches on the tomato, pepper and squash. Not knowing what I'm doing, I've been taping a splint (usually a small bit of branch) with masking tape after straightening the partial break. That seemed to work for the tomato and squash and not for the blueberry. Don't know yet on the pepper. Is there something more I should be doing, or should this just be preventative maintenance? Not that I've heard of pepper cages. My staking so far been on the what's laying about the yard! Jeff I use stuff like this sometimes for many years. http://www.nextag.com/velcro-plant-ties/products-html Should be in many stores this with bamboo small stakes does the job. But I have to find and get them ready for next year. Bill whose Dad tied up plants with old nylon stockings. -- Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA http://prototype.nytimes.com/gst/articleSkimmer/ Don’t these damage the stem as the plant moves about? Kind of like wrapping them in sand paper. I’ve been using the plastic bags that my groceries come in. Been considering using tape. Hmmm. I must say that so far the tape "works". Cheap too. Jeff |
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jeff said:
I've had my fair share of broken branches on the tomato, pepper and squash. Not knowing what I'm doing, I've been taping a splint (usually a small bit of branch) with masking tape after straightening the partial break. That seemed to work for the tomato and squash and not for the blueberry. Don't know yet on the pepper. Is there something more I should be doing, or should this just be preventative maintenance? Not that I've heard of pepper cages. My staking so far been on the what's laying about the yard! Those cheap tomato cages they sell are totally inadequate for tomatoes but make *great* supports for peppers and eggplants. I mean the ones like this: http://www.idealtruevalue.com/servlet/the-31924/Detail As far as tomatoes go, I stake most of my plants and cage the rest with these bad boys: http://www.tomatocages.com/ (Warning, there is an animated gif on this page. At least it's a useful animation, as it show how the cages easily fold flat for storage.) I'd like to get just two more of the large or medium six footers...but they only ship in groups of six. -- Pat in Plymouth MI "So, it was all a dream." "No dear, this is the dream, you're still in the cell." email valid but not regularly monitored |
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"Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message news:20090714-180742.750.0@Pat- Those cheap tomato cages they sell are totally inadequate for tomatoes but make *great* supports for peppers and eggplants. I use the cages for tomatoes too, but I put them upside down (secured with lawn staples), and tie them together at the top, which gives them an extra 12-18" of height. Many of the plants still are way too tall (some of my heirlooms are now about eight feet tall!), but I can't see spending $10-15 on a single cage. (I have about 60 tomato plants.) --S. |
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Charlie wrote:
On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:19:35 -0600, "Suzanne D." wrote: "Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message news:20090714-180742.750.0@Pat- Those cheap tomato cages they sell are totally inadequate for tomatoes but make *great* supports for peppers and eggplants. I use the cages for tomatoes too, but I put them upside down (secured with lawn staples), and tie them together at the top, which gives them an extra 12-18" of height. Many of the plants still are way too tall (some of my heirlooms are now about eight feet tall!), but I can't see spending $10-15 on a single cage. (I have about 60 tomato plants.) --S. Cattle panels. Bolt cutters. Tee posts. Wire. Multi purpose and great for tomatoes, climbing cukes, etc. especially the heirlooms. cattle+panels+tomatoes Nice idea. I had thought of the tee posts and welded wire, but the welded wire I see is usually flimsy and I was thinking more posts to make up for that. Not sure how far I'll have to go to get a cattle panel as I'm a city slicker, but they look perfect. Lots of great ideas in your links, thanks! Now, I'm thinking greenhouse! Jeff http://www.foundationfarm.com/tomatopanels.htm http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/l...582022244.html http://www.ericsprojects.com/?page_id=228 http://erincovert.wordpress.com/2008...-cattle-panel/ Charlie |
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