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  • From: Marcie Rosenzweig <fullcircle AT jps.net>
  • To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Tomato Support?
  • Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 08:04:34 -0800


John,

You're right on topic. This is exactly why we started this list.

I use field fence cages, about 2 feet in diameter, for my peppers ( they
top the cage by the end of the season) and my early determinate tomatoes.
My heirlooms are just too darn big for this approach.

For heirlooms, we use 8 foot sections of easy pull conduit, 4 feet apart
dropped into a 2 foot deep pilot hole. We plant one tomato at each pole
and one in the middle, then we do that labor-intensive basket weave with
untreated sisal. We weave 4-6 poles at a time. This is great work day
stuff if you have a CSA.

If you're small enough, or have access to a lot of field fencing scraps, it
might be possible to stack field fence cages one on top of the other using
conduit or a 2x2 for support. It's a trade-off between capital investment
and labor. Of course, there's always the labor to set-up and take down any
system.

Marcie A. Rosenzweig
Full Circle Organic Farm
Auburn, CA






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