[Market-farming] 1. Am I crazy? re: tomatoes (Beth Spaugh)
Pat Meadows
pat at meadows.pair.com
Thu Jan 29 12:18:52 EST 2009
On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:58:01 -0600 (CST), you wrote:
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>I find you can make nice cages for determinates by using #10 concrete wire. Use the full 5' width to make tall cages. Put one on each plant, drive a tomato stake in the ground between them. Bind two cages to each stake with a cable tie about 4' up. It reinforces them sufficiently that they won't blow down. The indeterminate will grow right up to the top and over but the cages manage them well for us in northern Illinois. They'll work in a tall tunnel too.
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We do exactly this in our hoophouse (and outdoors too).
Pat
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