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Re: [Market-farming] determinate Tomato >> trellising
- From: "frank ventura" <frank.dragonflyfarms AT gmail.com>
- To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] determinate Tomato >> trellising
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:23:12 -0500
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 From:
market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org]
On Behalf Of Road's End Farm On Jan 27, 2010, at 12:01 PM, Deb Taft wrote:
The most I've grown was about 300 plants. I used cattle
panels or an overhead trellising system for the indeterminates and stakes or
cages for the determinates. This year I plan to grow a LOT more and most
of the varieties I like are indeterminate. I can't imagine providing
trellising for vast numbers of plants but on the one occasion when I didn't get
my s**t together for a row and just let them meander on the ground, I was very
sorry. I'd love to hear how y'all are handling this! Best, Deb Sleepy Hollow NY, This isn't large scale, I usually do 100 to 200 plants, but the
basic technique is used by larger growers: stake and weave. Set a stake between every plant or every couple of plants,
and at the ends of rows (I do between every plant, and use 5' untreated oak
tomato stakes if I can get them.). Get a lot of untreated twine. Tie one end of
twine to the first stake about 6" up, pull it tight and wrap around the
next stake (not around the plant), and so on either to the end of the row or as
far as you want to go in one stretch (you won't be able to walk across the row where
the twine is once the assembly is full height; I generally do each variety as a
separate section.) Then go back on the other side of the plants doing the same
thing, trapping the tomato plants between the two opposite rows of twine. You
don't need to actually tie the twine at each stake, just wrap it around at each
plant and tie it only at the ends (though if you're doing a really long row as
one section, you might want to tie it occasionally to limit the amount of
repairs necessary if the twine breaks at some point.) Repeat as the plants grow, adding layers of twine about
6" to 1' apart, until you're the full height of the plants or the posts,
whichever comes first. It's easiest to do this by adding layers just as the
plants gain enough extra height to be worth adding another one; if you miss on
the timing and have to catch up later, you may have to pull the plants upright
as you go, which in severe cases can make it a two-person job (yes, there is a
reason why I know this). The first layer is the hardest because you have to bend the
most; you can make a tool to make it easier, but on only 100+ plants I never
bothered to make it, and don't have the directions for making it; maybe
somebody else on the list has them. The end stakes for each section need to be
in really well, and maybe slanted a little away from the direction of the pull
of the twine, as there will be significant tension on them; but, at least if
you've only got maybe two or three dozen plants per section, I haven't needed
to use heavier duty posts at the ends; if you're doing really long runs on each
stretch of twine, you might need to. Hope that was clear -- there's very likely a video of the
process somewhere, but I don't know where. You could try googling "tomato
stake weave". -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly Fresh-market organic produce, small scale |
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Re: [Market-farming] Looking for determinate Tomato reccomendations,
cjmaness AT juno.com, 01/27/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] determinate Tomato >> trellising,
Deb Taft, 01/27/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] determinate Tomato >> trellising, Garth & Kim Travis, 01/27/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] determinate Tomato >> trellising,
Road's End Farm, 01/27/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] determinate Tomato >> trellising,
frank ventura, 01/27/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] determinate Tomato >> trellising,
Road's End Farm, 01/27/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] determinate Tomato >> trellising, prmsdlndfrm, 01/27/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] determinate Tomato >> trellising,
Road's End Farm, 01/27/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] determinate Tomato >> trellising,
frank ventura, 01/27/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] determinate Tomato >> trellising, frank ventura, 01/27/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] determinate Tomato >> trellising,
Deb Taft, 01/27/2010
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