Such a great explanation of the leaning part of the equation. I've found that most other videos explain how to lower, but leave out the part about how your plants will need to move as they continually get lowered. Thanks for this!
Just now running into the 'lean' method of trellising. Would like to try it. Something I like about your video is that you have incorporated so many of the things people would possibly have questions about or little things that you did and later changed. Appreciate you taking time to share your experience with this idea. Jesus bless.
You are an excellent teacher. I learned so much from your videos. I'm a newbie and need all the help I can get. Your teaching is clear and I can understant you. : )
Very nice setup I'll definitely be trying the string method. I love to use vertical space, plants get great sunlight and great airflow which is a recipe for success
We used this method when I worked in a commercial tomato greenhouse. It's a little tricky to learn, but once you do it works great. Some varieties work better than others for this method though.
Thanks for your video. I especially found your cucumber explanation very helpful. I planted cucumbers but did not trellis them. I was looking at doing this next year. Never too early to think about next time
So I have a small backyard garden and I am very interest in this lower and lean method. My beds are not long at all. I was thinking I could plant a few tomato plants around one of those old school umbrella clotheslines and then follow this method. As the plant gets pruned and lowered, I could just spin the umbrella and keep going round and round. Would love to know what you think! Thanks so much for sharing all your great info!
Great video! Thank you for sharing your garden with us. Great ideas and your explanations of what you do and why are very clear and easy to understand. BEST ON THE BLOCK!!
Concrete wire works great for trellising cucumbers also for tomatoes cages, l like the string method but for me would be too labor intensive my garden is to big, I also use cattle panels for a walk through arch that trellis cucumbers,your garden looks great they're a lot of work no matter how you grow them ✌
easy to understand and I like your voice or let's say the way you speak its very clear... I could understand well.. specially that I don't came from an English country. New SUBSCRIBER here.
Very nice, detailed video. Every time I call A.M. Leonard to by those double tomato hooks they are out and tell me they should be getting more in a week. They've been out for months now so I've had to improvise.
Why hasn’t anyone posted a 2 wk interval from seedling to harvest and tear down. These pocket sized videos provide just a glimpse of what a beginner need to know throughout the growing cycle.
Look up charles dowding. He does a phenomenal job at putting together crops over an entire seasom videos. Also suburban homestead too. Very well produced videos.
started my first garden bed today, so excited! thanks for your videos and answers.. i believe i haven't done it right, but i will keep learning to do better.
YES Ano! That's so exciting. Don't even think about your mistakes other than to learn from them. No reason to feel bad about anything, growing food is unlike any other activity. There are just so many variables and I promise you EVERY farmer EVERY year has a crop or two that just doesn't do as well as they'd like, part of the fun ;)
Nature's Always Right thank you very much for the support :D yeah hopefully i can start leaving my current job and start a market garden like you (。’▽’。) thanks for your videos, really learn a lot from step to steps. (＾▽＾)
This may be a dumb question but would it be possible to train the 2 rows of tomatoes to one center trellis line without overcrowding? Im thinking of using t posts in the greenhouse
So do the cucumbers only produce fruit at the last few feet of the vine? Not sure I understand why all the leaves are removed from the part on the ground, unless that section won't make fruit anymore and only uses up energy producing leaves. I'm new to this stuff, so I'm trying to understand
I wish I knew for sure. I haven't had much strong wind this season. I think the only concern would be if the wind was so strong that it somehow lifts the tomahook and vine off of the line or blows them so hard fruit or vines snap. But the structure itself won't go anywhere, nothing for the wind to grab a hold of.
@@NaturesAlwaysRight I find because the plants are lower they dont catch as much wind as they would if the were 10-12ft tall ;) Never could find tomahooks where i am, so i had to make my own Easier to buy than make but needs must ;)
I've been gardening, and watching gardening videos since the plague started. This is the single most mind-blowing video I've seen. Definitely doing this next year! Can it be scaled down to smaller beds? Perhaps 4 tomato or cucumber plants looping around a 4 foot square?
Hi, I watched this episode and really did not understand what this trellising method does for productivity? Are you getting more cukes from this method? It seems to me you are cutting off much of the stem leaves where that part of the stem would be producing cukes? Sorry but I ma not seeing the point other than getting cukes off the ground. Is the whole point to allow for flexible growth of other plants such as your basil?
I am trying this system for my tomatoes this year. What do you do when the tomato plant is taller than your top line, but there are still green tomatoes on the bottom? I had to lower and lean, but the tomatoes are now on the ground.
Hi. I was just wondering how well the plants hold up during high winds? Have you ever had any of them blown off the hanging line? I'm curious because there were some extremely high winds here in Indiana yesterday. This is an amazing system!
I've also wondered about high winds in this system unprotected. Since I'm in an urban area surrounded by homes I don't get too high of winds. I've never had them blow off of the hooks though, once they have more weight that helps to anchor them, plus there isn't too much air resistance from the plants themselves. I think this would hold up better than trellis netting which would become more of a sail. I just don't know 100% would love to hear feedback about your winds if you try.
Intrigued by this method. From what I can understand, you allow the cucumber vine to continue to grow longer and longer, and then strip off the lower vegetation. May I ask why? Why not simply grow the vine to the maximum height of the trellis and then top it out? A lot less work, and much much simpler, not dissing your method, I am just try to learn why.
Hi Steven, we’re adding cherry tomatoes and cucumbers to our greenhouse and are going to use this method. Ordered my tomahooks without string as I have some already. The cable is around 10’ tall. How much string should I wrap onto each tomahook? Thanks!
I've never done cucumbers so I'm not sure if I even know what I'm looking at. That being said my question is this. Why grow the plant so long if your just going to prune the first few feet of leaves and whatnot.
Alagass because the leaves that are low touching to the ground are more susceptible to mildew which you want to avoid on your plant, so you want your foliage up in the air with good airflow.
John Doe: Hi. but is it even possible, apart from is it right, to rob the plant of its leaves? Can it produce fruits anyway? Apparently, but I am puzzled, since one learned that plants are dependent on their leaves for photosynthesis in order to thrive and grow. I am growing 4 long tomato plants and 4 small, bush ones ecologically outdoors,. I found them on a compost heap and saved them,which was all good at first. But due to burnout, it took 2 weeks before I managed to prepare and actually plant them in the soil. By then, they had lost almost all leaves, dried and were not thriving. I knew they might re-grow new leave, which they have. It is unusually hot this summer, otherwise it wouldn't have grown as quickly. But I must have watered too much, because they are long and weak like hot house plants,.Since the original main stems were damaged and dried off, i want to choose one side shoot to become a new main stem., is that possible ok please? And I did not think of clipping any leaves, on the contrary, I let some of the side leaves live to take up sunlight, but not for consumption. The bush plants have managed greatly and alredy given me I don't intend for them to get mildew, one can cook and spray Horsetail tea, which gives Grateful for reply, cheers!
Claudia Bothner yes plants are dependent on their leaves and photosynthesis to grow but if those leaves are susceptible to disease that is doing your plant worse at that point, so you strip leaves close to the ground and the plants still has plenty of foliage to photosynthesize and produce fruit as you hear him say he yes too many cucumbers producing. although if one really wanted to leave all the foliage on you could always trellis the plants up very high to keep the leaves off the ground and possibly need a ladder to harvest but that's just not necessary. And yes you can caught the plant back down to the healthiest Branch you like and it will focus its energy on that top branch that you left if you would like to do so, one also could cut a healthy side branch off a tomato stick it in water near window and it will grow roots in about a week and then be planted as a whole healthy fine if you have enough growing season to try that as well. I'm glad to see you have a wealth for knowledge because every year gardening you always learn even the most experienced Gardener as will, your gardening is guaranteed to get better each season especially if you have the care to learn. Good luck growing and trying new varieties that may do better with your climate
Love your videos. Inspired me to plant 2 Early Girt and 3 cherry tomatoes in containers. Followed your instructions on removing suckers from central leader. Can't wait to see results later. How far apart are your tomatoes when you plant them in ground? Thanks.
I understand rhis is an old video but I just wanted to know why there is a need to lower and lean. Can't you just cut them off at the top so the lower part of the vine keeps producing fruit? Or will the lower part not bear fruit again? Sorry for the noob question
Great video very informative. Where do you buy the string on the spool thing? Also what gauge wire is the wire that goes across the top where you hand your cucumber plant on?
Thanks! Those are tomahooks. 1/8" line. Please see the description of the video, all parts are listed there. FYI, I will always put the products I've used in the description so people can hunt them down :)
All of them are working. The cucumber trellises have the most sag. The best were the tomato trellises with the aircraft line at a 45 degree angle into the ground, hardly any sag to speak of. Physics rules!
HI! At 8:44 and 9:41, there's a plant that looks yellow and might have spots (?). One of my cuke plants look like that this year an i'm wondering what it might be. You said you took one out because it was diseased. Was it a fungus or blight that got to it?
Great trellis system! What is the roll of string with the hooks (where cucumber plant is attached to) called and where do you get them? Also how far apart are the vertical wooden posts of the trellis and what type of wire is strung up top across the posts?
It is very nice to see greenhouse systems applied to open space for a good harvest. I just wonder if we can do the same for winter squash, butternut, watermelon and other melon vines? Maybe one fruit for one vine (single leader) and fruit's weight is supported. I am hoping to do this along my 6 foot tall wood fence and just for my consumption.
I've never seen that on those vining/crawling winter squash/melons on lower and lean. I think becaue they only produce so many fruit per vine, where as cucumbers and tomatoes just keep going forever. But they do grow extremely well on a vertical trellis, using trellis netting.
Nature's Always Right thanks for your kind reply. Yes I grew butternut on net trellis and it was a win.I noticed when I restrict one fruit per vine they grow so big and I just have to support the weight of one big fruit. But when they grow randomly it is difficult to locate the fruit for that vine. Your system is so neat and so much easy to localize the fruit and support the weight. I have no other option than grow vertically all my vines due to limited space. I'll try all those big fruits next summer and let you know the success. happy growing!
Nice! Do you find that you're getting any sunburn on your fruit? Did something similar a few years back with cucumbers and tomatoes and got burned. Could have been more than just the heavy prune out doors however. Very cool setup!
Thanks. Yes definitely happens to my tomatoes if it gets above 90-95. Making sure the sun leaves provide shade to the tomatoes is important if that's an issue for you. It's actually one of the reasons I grow only cherry and smaller sized tomatoes outdoors. When I've grown large heirlooms they get beat down and lots of the fruit goes bad before I can sell.
Nature's Always Right I plan on getting some real late tomatoes going this year for a client. I’m going to go with less of a prune this time around. I’m not too far from you but far enough. My climate can get nasty out here in the lower dessert.
Wow I’ve never seen an explanation this detailed. Nice!
Such a great explanation of the leaning part of the equation. I've found that most other videos explain how to lower, but leave out the part about how your plants will need to move as they continually get lowered. Thanks for this!
This is a game changer! Thank you for sharing your clever method of trellising.
Just now running into the 'lean' method of trellising. Would like to try it. Something I like about your video is that you have incorporated so many of the things people would possibly have questions about or little things that you did and later changed. Appreciate you taking time to share your experience with this idea. Jesus bless.
You are an excellent teacher. I learned so much from your videos. I'm a newbie and need all the help I can get. Your teaching is clear and I can understant you. : )
Very nice setup I'll definitely be trying the string method. I love to use vertical space, plants get great sunlight and great airflow which is a recipe for success
Ya I love vertically growing too!
We used this method when I worked in a commercial tomato greenhouse. It's a little tricky to learn, but once you do it works great. Some varieties work better than others for this method though.
Same here, it was a lot of fun with trolly going down the rows
Beginning gardener and this is blowing my mind!
Thanks for your video. I especially found your cucumber explanation very helpful. I planted cucumbers but did not trellis them. I was looking at doing this next year. Never too early to think about next time
So I have a small backyard garden and I am very interest in this lower and lean method. My beds are not long at all. I was thinking I could plant a few tomato plants around one of those old school umbrella clotheslines and then follow this method. As the plant gets pruned and lowered, I could just spin the umbrella and keep going round and round. Would love to know what you think! Thanks so much for sharing all your great info!
First time gardener. Great information...thank you!
Great video! Thank you for sharing your garden with us. Great ideas and your explanations of what you do and why are very clear and easy to understand. BEST ON THE BLOCK!!
Thanks Randy!
Great job in explaining and showing how to be successful. Thank you so much🥒
Concrete wire works great for trellising cucumbers also for tomatoes cages, l like the string method but for me would be too labor intensive my garden is to big, I also use cattle panels for a walk through arch that trellis cucumbers,your garden looks great they're a lot of work no matter how you grow them ✌
easy to understand and I like your voice or let's say the way you speak its very clear... I could understand well.. specially that I don't came from an English country.
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Thanks Kei!
What an interesting system. I like it. Thank you for explaining it so well.
Awesome teacher. Thank you. I'm just learning to use the trellis clips & tomahooks. New gardener! 😄
Love this job very much
Very nice, detailed video. Every time I call A.M. Leonard to by those double tomato hooks they are out and tell me they should be getting more in a week. They've been out for months now so I've had to improvise.
Great stuff man. Thanks for the free education.
My pleasure!
Just replanted my tomato on the garden.. thinking how to make a support for them when they grow... your video is so helpful for me!
Why hasn’t anyone posted a 2 wk interval from seedling to harvest and tear down. These pocket sized videos provide just a glimpse of what a beginner need to know throughout the growing cycle.
Look up charles dowding. He does a phenomenal job at putting together crops over an entire seasom videos. Also suburban homestead too. Very well produced videos.
What is your plant spacing when you start out? Are you leaving space at one end of your row to allow space for when you lower and lean?
It’s just amazing how long you get them to grow. Thank you for sharing 🧤🍅🥒❣️
Super informative video - sure appreciate all your teachings, thanks so much.
Thanks for the Tip I will try that - And am loving 🥰 your eyes brows. Pretty Eyes too x
I love this idea. Thank you for great information.
basil must be the best bug repellent, he puts it with EVERYTHING
it's a bug repellent that's also a very popular herb, so it is very efficient with limited space
his eyebrows could become the biggest butterflies in the entire world.
You have THE biggest GREEN THUMB. Ever! Genius!
Interesting gadgets - I noticed them in another vlogger'site. Always something new.
solid trellis system you got there
This is brilliant!!
started my first garden bed today, so excited!
thanks for your videos and answers..
i believe i haven't done it right, but i will keep learning to do better.
YES Ano! That's so exciting. Don't even think about your mistakes other than to learn from them. No reason to feel bad about anything, growing food is unlike any other activity. There are just so many variables and I promise you EVERY farmer EVERY year has a crop or two that just doesn't do as well as they'd like, part of the fun ;)
Nature's Always Right
thank you very much for the support :D
yeah hopefully i can start leaving my current job and start a market garden like you (。’▽’。)
thanks for your videos, really learn a lot from step to steps. (＾▽＾)
Love hearing that Ano! Take it slow, stay positive and you'll be surprised at what you will accomplish!
will do that Steve :)
thank you
Waw it’s awesome 😍👌🏻👍🙏thanks
Thank you!
Oops, I thought I was new to your channel until I came across this; I watched this some time ago, thanks, keep it coming please.
Thank for share
the best video on this system!!!!
This may be a dumb question but would it be possible to train the 2 rows of tomatoes to one center trellis line without overcrowding? Im thinking of using t posts in the greenhouse
What a great idea!
1st time to learn about this method
So do the cucumbers only produce fruit at the last few feet of the vine? Not sure I understand why all the leaves are removed from the part on the ground, unless that section won't make fruit anymore and only uses up energy producing leaves. I'm new to this stuff, so I'm trying to understand
Nice explanation
Do you have a video explaining your method for building the supports?
YES! I needed this video!
SWEET!
Awesome system. Btw, do u then bury the extra long stem on the ground so it can grow new roots?
I was wondering this too
Great advise! Thanks!
Very interesting I have never seen that method before thanks
Looking forward to grow my own food starting next spring I'll be adopting some of your techniques and hopefully that bad ass coop you got eventually
Do you know how well this holds up in high winds/ storms? Thank you for your videos!
I wish I knew for sure. I haven't had much strong wind this season. I think the only concern would be if the wind was so strong that it somehow lifts the tomahook and vine off of the line or blows them so hard fruit or vines snap. But the structure itself won't go anywhere, nothing for the wind to grab a hold of.
Thank you so much!
@@NaturesAlwaysRight
I find because the plants are lower they dont catch as much wind as they would if the were 10-12ft tall ;) Never could find tomahooks where i am, so i had to make my own Easier to buy than make but needs must ;)
Yeah, CO winds are so fierce!
I've been gardening, and watching gardening videos since the plague started. This is the single most mind-blowing video I've seen. Definitely doing this next year! Can it be scaled down to smaller beds? Perhaps 4 tomato or cucumber plants looping around a 4 foot square?
Ya you can absolutely scale it down and use the same trellising method.
Hi, I watched this episode and really did not understand what this trellising method does for productivity? Are you getting more cukes from this method? It seems to me you are cutting off much of the stem leaves where that part of the stem would be producing cukes? Sorry but I ma not seeing the point other than getting cukes off the ground. Is the whole point to allow for flexible growth of other plants such as your basil?
Very nice and clear instructions. The wire hooks are they made from hangers or do u order them? What do they call
5:22 does lower and lean expose plants to soil-borne diseases more than other types of trelising? Looks like the stem is resting right on the ground.
I am trying this system for my tomatoes this year. What do you do when the tomato plant is taller than your top line, but there are still green tomatoes on the bottom? I had to lower and lean, but the tomatoes are now on the ground.
Good . Amazing
I know this is an older video but I have a question. Are the vines at risk for rotting with laying on the ground?
Hi. I was just wondering how well the plants hold up during high winds? Have you ever had any of them blown off the hanging line? I'm curious because there were some extremely high winds here in Indiana yesterday. This is an amazing system!
I've also wondered about high winds in this system unprotected. Since I'm in an urban area surrounded by homes I don't get too high of winds. I've never had them blow off of the hooks though, once they have more weight that helps to anchor them, plus there isn't too much air resistance from the plants themselves. I think this would hold up better than trellis netting which would become more of a sail. I just don't know 100% would love to hear feedback about your winds if you try.
I have a few questions..... About how many plants do you have in that bed and how long are the tomahooks
Intrigued by this method. From what I can understand, you allow the cucumber vine to continue to grow longer and longer, and then strip off the lower vegetation. May I ask why? Why not simply grow the vine to the maximum height of the trellis and then top it out?
A lot less work, and much much simpler, not dissing your method, I am just try to learn why.
Allows the plant to put energy into growing tomatoes instead of leaves.
Could you do this with something like watermelons ? Seems very practical!
great, thank you.
I was wondering if you had all that basil planted as a form of pest control? Thanks.
Thanks for all the info
Genius technique 👍
Trying the lower and lean this year. What do you do if there is unripe fruit in the lower section but it’s time to lower and lean?
Thanks
Your smart man. Thank you. I can’t help but look at your eyebrows hehehehe.
I love his eyebrows!
I was thinking about getting eyebrow implants like him
Just WOW
Sweet!
Hi Steven, we’re adding cherry tomatoes and cucumbers to our greenhouse and are going to use this method. Ordered my tomahooks without string as I have some already. The cable is around 10’ tall. How much string should I wrap onto each tomahook? Thanks!
Great video
I've never done cucumbers so I'm not sure if I even know what I'm looking at. That being said my question is this. Why grow the plant so long if your just going to prune the first few feet of leaves and whatnot.
Alagass because the leaves that are low touching to the ground are more susceptible to mildew which you want to avoid on your plant, so you want your foliage up in the air with good airflow.
John Doe: Hi. but is it even possible, apart from is it right, to rob the plant of its leaves? Can it produce fruits anyway? Apparently, but I am puzzled, since one learned that plants are dependent on their leaves for photosynthesis in order to thrive and grow. I am growing 4 long tomato plants and 4 small, bush ones ecologically outdoors,. I found them on a compost heap and saved them,which was all good at first. But due to burnout, it took 2 weeks before I managed to prepare and actually plant them in the soil. By then, they had lost almost all leaves, dried and were not thriving. I knew they might re-grow new leave, which they have. It is unusually hot this summer, otherwise it wouldn't have grown as quickly. But I must have watered too much, because they are long and weak like hot house plants,.Since the original main stems were damaged and dried off, i want to choose one side shoot to become a new main stem., is that possible ok please? And I did not think of clipping any leaves, on the contrary, I let some of the side leaves live to take up sunlight, but not for consumption. The bush plants have managed greatly and alredy given me I don't intend for them to get mildew, one can cook and spray Horsetail tea, which gives Grateful for reply, cheers!
Claudia Bothner yes plants are dependent on their leaves and photosynthesis to grow but if those leaves are susceptible to disease that is doing your plant worse at that point, so you strip leaves close to the ground and the plants still has plenty of foliage to photosynthesize and produce fruit as you hear him say he yes too many cucumbers producing. although if one really wanted to leave all the foliage on you could always trellis the plants up very high to keep the leaves off the ground and possibly need a ladder to harvest but that's just not necessary. And yes you can caught the plant back down to the healthiest Branch you like and it will focus its energy on that top branch that you left if you would like to do so, one also could cut a healthy side branch off a tomato stick it in water near window and it will grow roots in about a week and then be planted as a whole healthy fine if you have enough growing season to try that as well. I'm glad to see you have a wealth for knowledge because every year gardening you always learn even the most experienced Gardener as will, your gardening is guaranteed to get better each season especially if you have the care to learn. Good luck growing and trying new varieties that may do better with your climate
Thank you
Love your videos. Inspired me to plant 2 Early Girt and 3 cherry tomatoes in containers. Followed your instructions on removing suckers from central leader. Can't wait to see results later. How far apart are your tomatoes when you plant them in ground? Thanks.
I’ve seen some people suggest that you should stake the line down next to the tomato plant. Have you done that
Oh boy what did I get myself into planting 20+ of these in a 17 foot long bed. I may have planted way too many as they were put about 6 inches a part.
So is it best to use the clip directly under the 90 degree developed sun leaf for best support?
You're amazing man
Thank you lot
Wholesome
I understand rhis is an old video but I just wanted to know why there is a need to lower and lean. Can't you just cut them off at the top so the lower part of the vine keeps producing fruit? Or will the lower part not bear fruit again? Sorry for the noob question
What are you using to fertilize with?. they look a little yellow. I do appreciate you taking the time to make the video. thanks
Great video.. Thanks for the knowledge for my family👌👌👌🌶🥒
Great video very informative. Where do you buy the string on the spool thing? Also what gauge wire is the wire that goes across the top where you hand your cucumber plant on?
Thanks! Those are tomahooks. 1/8" line. Please see the description of the video, all parts are listed there. FYI, I will always put the products I've used in the description so people can hunt them down :)
Can it be dropped inside of a raise bed directly on soil or mulch in circles?
Cool! I've never heard of this metthod!
Im going to copy this method for my marker garden!
Nice, Mikel! I've been so happy with it. Be sure to watch my how to build a lower and lean trellis video if you haven't already it should help.
How are the different cable anchoring styles holding up? I remember you were doing a couple trials on directing the force of the cable on the frame.
All of them are working. The cucumber trellises have the most sag. The best were the tomato trellises with the aircraft line at a 45 degree angle into the ground, hardly any sag to speak of. Physics rules!
I love your eyebrows bro!!!
Hey where did you buy your trellis hooks from and what should I pay?
Easy to listen. Talking not too slow or fast
HI! At 8:44 and 9:41, there's a plant that looks yellow and might have spots (?). One of my cuke plants look like that this year an i'm wondering what it might be. You said you took one out because it was diseased. Was it a fungus or blight that got to it?
Ha ha ha grace paulin... yo made me cackle
What do you use for your lines?
Great trellis system! What is the roll of string with the hooks (where cucumber plant is attached to) called and where do you get them? Also how far apart are the vertical wooden posts of the trellis and what type of wire is strung up top across the posts?
Thanks Alice. I always put all parts lists and where to find them in my video descriptions. The hooks are called tomahooks.
It is very nice to see greenhouse systems applied to open space for a good harvest. I just wonder if we can do the same for winter squash, butternut, watermelon and other melon vines? Maybe one fruit for one vine (single leader) and fruit's weight is supported. I am hoping to do this along my 6 foot tall wood fence and just for my consumption.
I've never seen that on those vining/crawling winter squash/melons on lower and lean. I think becaue they only produce so many fruit per vine, where as cucumbers and tomatoes just keep going forever. But they do grow extremely well on a vertical trellis, using trellis netting.
Nature's Always Right thanks for your kind reply. Yes I grew butternut on net trellis and it was a win.I noticed when I restrict one fruit per vine they grow so big and I just have to support the weight of one big fruit. But when they grow randomly it is difficult to locate the fruit for that vine. Your system is so neat and so much easy to localize the fruit and support the weight. I have no other option than grow vertically all my vines due to limited space. I'll try all those big fruits next summer and let you know the success. happy growing!
Just found a link to single vine melons. It is not lowering though. ua-cam.com/video/lLT9wTUIxNI/v-deo.html
Nice thanks, it looks like they might be lowering and leaning. That is also a hydroponic growing set up, called dutch buckets.
Nice! Do you find that you're getting any sunburn on your fruit? Did something similar a few years back with cucumbers and tomatoes and got burned. Could have been more than just the heavy prune out doors however.
Very cool setup!
Thanks. Yes definitely happens to my tomatoes if it gets above 90-95. Making sure the sun leaves provide shade to the tomatoes is important if that's an issue for you. It's actually one of the reasons I grow only cherry and smaller sized tomatoes outdoors. When I've grown large heirlooms they get beat down and lots of the fruit goes bad before I can sell.
Nature's Always Right I plan on getting some real late tomatoes going this year for a client. I’m going to go with less of a prune this time around. I’m not too far from you but far enough. My climate can get nasty out here in the lower dessert.
hi.. can you lean and drop beefsteak and other heavy big tomatoes? One of my plants literally broke down bec of fruit
Yes works good. Use good bailing twine and heavy duty cables and support for the weight.