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What is the best way to support tomatoes?
chris French wrote:
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) Interesting. Does the lower part of the plant form roots on the ground? I know Nick was talking about slicing open grow-bags and lying the tomatoes along them to give them more rooting space, then letting them grow upwards from the end of the growbag. Although I'm not sure with your* method how you could lie down the bottom of the plant and then have it going up the string without damaging the stem at the 'fold'. (* yes, I know it wasn't /your/ method as such) Maybe also a bit quicker as you don't need to tie them in, you just need to twist the string round. True. But that's one of the jobs I actually enjoy. :-) |
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