Four Ways to Stake Tomatoes
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
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Nothing tastes quite as good as a homegrown tomato. But there’s nothing quite as frustrating as having the rambling, fast-growing plants taking over a corner of the garden, flopping on the ground, and leaving the fruit exposed to soil-dwelling pests and decay. Fortunately, there is an easy solution to all these problems. Staking tomato plants will keep the fruit and vines off the ground. The foliage will stay drier, and the whole plant will get better sun exposure and better air circulation, which can help prevent the spread of fungal diseases. Staked tomatoes are also easier to harvest, and it is much easier to weed and fertilize plants when the vines are staked and tidy.
In this video, we demonstrate the following staking techniques:
Tomato cages are an easy, popular solution. They take just a few minutes to install and will keep small determinate plants from flopping. But larger indeterminate plants will outgrow cages by mid-season and will likely need additional staking.
Staking tomatoes can be just as easy as it sounds. Drive one stake into the ground per tomato plant, and tie the plant to the stake as it grows. That’s it! Be sure to keep tying up the branches throughout the season.
The Florida weave is a solution that comes to us from commercial agriculture, and it offers a way to support multiple plants with fewer stakes. Install a strong metal T-post at each end of a row of plants. Drive in a wooden stake every 4 to 5 feet, and weave cotton twine or jute between the plants, wrapping around each stake as you go. This method can also be used to support pepper plants.
Agricultural panels are large, welded-wire grids that are sold at farm-supply stores. Install them by driving metal T-posts at each end of the panel, with one or two additional stakes spaced evenly along its length. Attach the panel to the stakes with wire or zip ties, and then weave tomato vines through the panel as they grow.
No matter which method you use, staking will help to keep your tomato plants tidy and healthy, and you will have easy access to your harvest throughout the season.
OK, heres what I am planning for this year. I use grow bags which worked EXCELLENT last year set in dishpans
with 3" of liquid tomato food. This year IN THE GROW BAG 1 center 5ft stake & 3 outrigger 5ft stakes all lashed together
at the top. My greenhouse is 6ft6in SO when the tomato vine grows past where all 4 poles are lashed together- SNIP.
This year I'll grow 2 plants of each variety. 1 in GH & 1 outdoors & see who does best.
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You are awesome this is all the info I needed right to the point THANK YOU!
We tried the Florida weave method last year on our tomatoes . It was ok when plants were small. As fruit came on there was not enough support for branches. This year we are making cages out of agricultural panels.
Very beautiful most be continued .I am from Iraq
Turn up your sound
Could you it the volume up please
Thank u
Where do you get the panels in the last video
Greet thanks 😊
The leaves on the plants I staked all turned yellow. Is this because I damaged the roots? If so, how far away should I place the stakes?
Are you sure it’s not a blight???
That has been a big problem in recent years, especially New England. And especially if you are doing heirloom, unfortunately they’ve destroyed gardening to the point where we need pesticides
Please, treat yourselves to a proper fence post driver.
Volume is too low.
Sorry about that, we reuploaded! ua-cam.com/video/tg9JB-rZt14/v-deo.html
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Too bad, hard to hear.
Ooo, thanks for the tip, we'll try to improve sound quality on this one.
Here you go! ua-cam.com/video/tg9JB-rZt14/v-deo.html
@@FinegardeningMag Thank you very much. I upgraded my comment on that one. It was really good!
I am from Iraq and where are you live
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