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  • From: <msouza AT icehouse.net>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: staking tomatoes
  • Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 17:59:59 -0800


I would like to see the picture. Can you use this system with cherry
tomatoes?
You can send it to msouza AT icehouse.net

Thanks, Mary

> Try this-
>
> Steel T-posts every 6 feet or so, with the end posts braced to the one
> next to it with a diagonal steel post attatched with special hardware
> made for that porpose, or attatched by drilling a small hole for #12
> wire and tying the brace post to the two vertical posts. Then bolt wood
> (oak or fir) 1x2's or 2x2's (better) horizontal crossbars about 30" long
> to each vertical post with u-bolts, starting about a foot above ground
> level, and about each foot above that as high as you expect the plants
> to grow. Drill small holes through the crossbars near each end, and run
> heavy cord or #12 wire through the holes, the length of the bed. The
> tension on the wires can be adjusted with turnbuckles or wire
> tensioners. This way you have two wires 30" apart for each foot of
> height. The plants will be contained by the wires, and you (or your
> customers) can easily reach through and pick. All wire ends should be
> bent into a loop to avoid scratches on your hands & arms. No tying and
> little pruning are required, and the fruit will be kept off the ground.
>
> If anybody's interested, I have a .jpg.
>
> Good luck- Peter
>
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