[Market-farming] determinate Tomato >> trellising

Road's End Farm organic87 at frontiernet.net
Wed Jan 27 14:36:00 EST 2010


On Jan 27, 2010, at 2:23 PM, frank ventura wrote:

> Thanks !  What’s the dimension of the stake you use?  1”x1”?  What  
> do you do when the tomato inevitable grows beyond the height of the  
> stake?
>
> Thx,
> Frank


1" x 1" stakes are good; get them pointed if you can, easier to drive  
in heavy rocky soil.

When indeterminates grow beyond the height of the stake (determinates  
generally don't), I just let them flop over the top of the trellis and  
work their way down from there. In our season length no variety I've  
grown has made it back down to the ground again. But I do make sure to  
get the 5' stakes which will give 4' or so above ground. You could  
also use longer stakes, but I'm short and don't like to drive longer  
ones.


-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale



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