Just a small suggestion: a much more close-up view would help. I personally know what the clamps are and how to apply them, but it wasn't super evident in this video. Just a suggestion for those who don't already know. I think it would really help to have close ups on all of these methods. Love your channel!!
I like using the nylon cord that came attached to my tomato hooks, then I use tomato clips the whole distance. There is no rubbing of the cord on the plant. Last year I got the j-hooks to support heavy branches full of paste tomatoes that grow in clusters. Paracord can be found at Dollar Store for $1.25 for a 40 ft. spool.
When we bought our house we found that the previous owners had left behind some welded wire fencing. I’ve been using it to make cages for my grow bags too, it works great! I especially love it for cucumbers. Why didn’t I think of that wheelbarrow hack before?? Brilliant!
We bought a few groceries at Walmart today. $4.57 for 5 small tomatoes. We'll be happy once we start getting produce from our garden! We have: Sungold, 42 day, chocolate stripes, old German, Berkeley, and giant crimson tomato seedlings started.
Wow! Thank you so much for being so detailed. Every time I watch one of your videos you answer so many questions that I haven't found anyone else addressing. Thank you Jacques 🙏
Lining my grow bags with a layer of cardboard has put a stop to the water draining out the sides of the grow bag of straight away. I’ve been doing it for 3 years now and it works a treat.
That fencing you used at the end has saved my garden! We live on an old riverbed with decomposed granite and it’s basically solid as a rock so digging isn’t really an option without heavy equipment. Even the t-posts end up crooked because IF you’re able to get them down low enough, inevitably they hit massive rocks and twist. For the last couple of years I’ve had that fencing wrapped around my beds and planters to protect against wildlife. This year however, my Husband made rings just as you did but filled them with fire wood(also makes a great lizard and bug habitat for winter) and we surrounded the garden with a mix of cattle panels and wire fencing. Works beautifully! Thank you for the great suggestions on tomato trellising!
I have found the cable ties that come with my washing machine lint socks are my favorite, ever. They are thick and sturdy, and most importantly: they have lever so you can unzip them easily. Great for places where you want zip tie security, but the ability to re-do.
Thank you for this calming video.. your voice is soothing and you explain it perfectly for me. I never understood sucker or leave or fruit on a 🍅 plant.
Thank you so much for a very understanding Description of what you are doing and why. Giving multiple options how to trellis our tomatoes according to how we are growing them. Very informative! Now I am ready for fall planting ! 💕
My raised beds are all framed and caged in with metal chicken wire. (I got squirrels and ravens)My indigo cherries just climbed up that by themselves. The stems were half in thick, so I didn't worry about the stems getting hurt. The jute the previous owners used for green beans was rotten in no time(just like you said).
Awesome video!! I can't wait until I have a yard to grow in again. For now, I will continue container gardening in front of my apartment. My spot only gets around 5hrs of direct sunlight, so my plants don't get extra tall but still produce enough. I will be upgrading to epic seed cells next year when money isn't so tight, because I'm fed up with the cheap plastic ones I have only had for 2 years but they are already cracking.
Thank you jack, I was actually debating on taking the flowers out of tomatoes after transplanting, we have 58 and above temps at night and 96 during the day
Very nice tip for the grow bag cage! I have the same problem with water coming out the side but have found that building up a little lip of soil around the outer edge was a fix for me. Happy gardening!
Hi Jacques! Your garden is wonderful and inspiring, especially all the flowers. Like the chickens, too 😊. Another method for trellising tomatoes can be found in Animal, Vegetable, Mineral by Barbara Kingsolver, pgs 118-120. A gardener she comes across in Massachusetts grows tomatoes (albeit in a poly tunnel type greenhouse) with a string from the ground to the top of the tunnel, with a coil of string at the top. As the plant grows, she lets out the string at the top as the lower leaves die first. Coils the part of the plant that is no longer producing on the ground, and the rest of the plant continues to climb the string. Just a thought. Thanks for sharing your garden and talents with the rest of us! Cheers, Tess
Thank you so much for this video, love the idea using string and putting use to all the branches that make there way to the ground, ill be trying this when able to get outside and garden!
I make cages out of concrete reinforcement wire. It’s much stronger than welded wire and you can put your hands through the squares to harvest tomatoes.
Thank you, Jacque. I like the basket weave method. It’s easier for me I think. I had forgotten about that method! Have a great week! 💜☀️💜 Actually, the net trellis seems better for me.
First time watching you. Glad to see you incorporate azomite in the planting hole. I had used it at the clematis garden where I previously worked. We used it as a top dressing for newly potted clematis. I had so much leftover though and was wondering else to use it on. Looking forward to watching more of your tips.
I LOVE using those tomato clips, with the garden staples, and I actually use thick clear fishing string because I worry that the twines on the market will mold, or attract small pests-but mostly because I don’t like seeing the twine or trellises 😅 it looks cool with the clear fishing line, as though the plants are magically growing and standing on their own.
@@jacquesinthegarden So far so good! I haven't seen any tomato stems cut up as of yet! I don't spin the fishing line around the plants, though, that's what I use the plastic tomato clips for. :-D
Just found your channel (subscribed !) and I found some of your trellising ideas very interesting. I had over 100 tomato plants last year, T-posts and cattle panels were the way to go for me. I don't have as many this year and I haven't started trellising. There are two ideas that I may try. Thanks, I will be back for more ideas!
Fantastic video on how to support the tomato plants. This coming season I will be using a trellis for support, rather than those tomato cages. Blessings from Australia ❤️
Jacques!! Have you tried the Brian Lowell, from Next Level Gardening, method of tomato trellising? He just put up a video showing how to build it. It's been trending in the garden community for the past few years.
@jolojo500 Brian is using the single string method with "Tomahooks" which are a wire apparatus that allows you to lengthen and move the string at the top support to extend the length so indeterminate tomatoes can continue to grow as tall as you let them. His most recent videos show the trellis he is building for this method. I use the single string like Jacques has, and leave plenty of extra so I can move or lengthen it as needed.
@jolojo500 You can hang the hook on the the next screw eye and keep moving it over for how ever long the plant grows. It wraps around the trellis. Watch his newest video. He explains it.
great content and thanks! I planted a tomato in the corner of my Birdies raised bed as an experiment. Like I do most things... now I have to figure out how its going to work after the fact because its an indeterminate! I think ill use the parachute cord trick!
Thanks for letting us know about the paracord. The jute twine I'm using is failing. It seems that when it is in or on wet ground, it disintegrates enough to break.
@@jacquesinthegarden Yes, it’s kinda like the plastic that holds 6-packs of beer/soda. Tomato clips work the same on the hortonova as the flimsy netting. I think you’d prefer it as I do.
I like the basket weave. If all goes well I'll have 6 tomato plants in a rather small space and I picked up a couple of heavy wire trellises for structure. Also I have some cucumbers.
I used a cattle panel and 3 t-posts this year and I am excited about it. One at each end and one in the middle and hung the panel starting 1 foot off the ground. I've tried the Florida weave and hated it, my tomatoes were leaning and there was string everywhere 😵 I've also tried a t-post for each tomato in the past and that works but if you want to rotate tomatoes year to year you have to pull all the posts out which is a pain. Cattle panel arch from one bed to the other works pretty good, but when the tomatoes reach the arch they don't want to curve, they want to grow up straight lol
I really really need to go buy some cattle panel, there are no nearby stores that have it. I also will need to tie down to the car roof but that should be fine.
@@jacquesinthegarden Tractor Supply! Join their rewards and they give out free deliveries all the time! In March I bought 3 and they brought straight to the house free!
@@squashit339 This is something that would solve all my problems. I'd like to use some to make square cages - two 4 ft wide pieces bent at 90 degrees (use a 2x4). Zip tie two pieces together to make a cage; take them apart and they transport and store easily.
Awesome trellis methods; thanks for sharing! With the trellis net, how hard is it to resist yelling Goooooooooooooal every time you see a new tomato? Asking for a friend.
Can you provide the info on the silver (metal?) frame? The pole system looks very handy as well, what is the poles used and how did you secure it in the garden bed? I am very novice and would love to try this but i need to set up the frame. Thanks!!!
The poles are 3/4" EMT conduit, it is something you can find in most any hardware store as its commonly used for electrical work. I show how I assembled it in the previous video "Raised Bed Refresh"
That would probably work better than 550 cord. Are you and Kevin going to be selling the corner brackets? I have tried to find some, but all I found was the 4 inch long brackets.
Thank you for another informative video! Interesting to see different methods. Get in closer for the details though. Also using the net wouldn't it be bad for birds to get stuck in them maybe?
Can you please make a video on watering growbags. My soil became hydrophobic and it’s so hard to water and I need to water every morning. I have mulch and it all still dries out with our Poway heat. Please give advice of how to water and how to get all the soil wet
Great stuff! Awesome to see all the different methods in one concise video. One thing, at 15:25 you seem to just be filling in fertiliser and potting mix over the tomato while it's still in its pot... surely you should remove it from the pot first?? Cheers
These are Felco CPs aka "universal cutters", they are designed to cut anything from plastic to metal and were made for trellising work on grapes where they use thick metal wire to support them!
It's more work, but would be stronger and look way better; You could undo the conduit on one side and weave the net over the conduit slaloming back and forth the whole way.
I made the classic mistake of growing mint with other plants...it's coming back with a vengeance in my grow bed. Lol Welp, I hope the hubby likes a lot of mint, because I'm not planting anything else in there. I'll probably start using grow bags. They look handy.
Does anyone know how to regrow a baby mesquite tree? I tried b-1 water, soaking it in onion husk, I have tons of little trees popping from the ground but I don't know how to move them and keep them alive. Does anyone know how to do this?
The zip tie is NOT a single use plastic. If you use a screwdriver (or simething flat) to lift the tonge that holds in the notchs you are good to use it for many many times. (Just don't cut it to size :) )
First, who is the dog? Does it belong to the person filming? Thanks for all of the demos and ideas for trellising tomatoes! I use the single string method, even though my hanging system isn’t nearly as nice as yours. I use two T posts topped with pvc T joints with a spare 1/2”x1” punched through. It works. The net system looks like it could work for cucumbers, too. Or maybe melons? Haha
Tephra is her name and she is my garden buddy and bed hog! The t post system with pvc T is for sure a fantastic system. Easy to install anywhere and cheap! The netting does work well for beans, melons, squash, cucumbers, and pretty much most tendril climbing plants.
I'm curious about the structure that you are using for the single string trellis. Is it galvanized pipe? What kind of corner pieces did you use? That's my biggest struggle, finding something strong enough for the frame.
also, someone told me, that when I water grow bags, spray the outside first then do the soil. the outside shot seems to help with that water loss only from inside
Jacque are you growing any cucumbers this season ? If so can you make a growing guide? Currently starting some bushmaster cucumbers for the first time , I would appreciate any guidance from the “King Hermit” 🙌🏽🙏🏼
Definitely going to be using your wheelbarrow tip back method after mixing up some blueberry potting soil today! Are you going to leave the net up and let the plants do their thing without pruning suckers?
Nice video Jacques, I'm still deciding what trellis to use this year. Last year I did the vertical string you show first here, had issues with the string breaking so I went to steel picture hanging wire and use clips to support the plant all the way up. Worked well but lots of maintenance. May try the F lorida weave or the netting option this year as I've already got the frame installed from last year. PS, I see you left the suckers on the tomato you were stringing up. Do you remove them later or leave them?
I leave the suckers until I'm sure the main leader is doing fine. Occasionally I will accidently break it or wind or birds will so I like having a backup plan. Eventually I do remove it though
My wife and I are looking to trellis our tomatoes this year. Looking at your frame, it looks like electrical conduit. If so, how did you set them? I like the clips. Are they reusable?
Previous video on raised bed refresh shows how i set it up, and yes it is 3/4" emt conduit. The clips are indeed reusable if you can find them all haha, generally something like 10% of them will break by end of season
Just a small suggestion: a much more close-up view would help. I personally know what the clamps are and how to apply them, but it wasn't super evident in this video. Just a suggestion for those who don't already know. I think it would really help to have close ups on all of these methods.
Love your channel!!
I thought I had some decent close ups but I missed that one! I will try to show more detailed closeups in future videos!
I like using the nylon cord that came attached to my tomato hooks, then I use tomato clips the whole distance. There is no rubbing of the cord on the plant. Last year I got the j-hooks to support heavy branches full of paste tomatoes that grow in clusters.
Paracord can be found at Dollar Store for $1.25 for a 40 ft. spool.
When we bought our house we found that the previous owners had left behind some welded wire fencing. I’ve been using it to make cages for my grow bags too, it works great! I especially love it for cucumbers.
Why didn’t I think of that wheelbarrow hack before?? Brilliant!
I've been waiting for something like this. Thank you. I am growing in bags + pots in VA and have indeterminate heirlooms
We bought a few groceries at Walmart today. $4.57 for 5 small tomatoes. We'll be happy once we start getting produce from our garden! We have: Sungold, 42 day, chocolate stripes, old German, Berkeley, and giant crimson tomato seedlings started.
Tomatoes are always so pricy yet flavorless from the store, we almost never bother to buy them because they are so sad.
Tomatoes from supermarket are the worst. Better buy at local organic gardener ,they taste way better,fresh and healthier.
Wow! Thank you so much for being so detailed. Every time I watch one of your videos you answer so many questions that I haven't found anyone else addressing. Thank you Jacques 🙏
You're one of the top 3 most wholesome and adorable humans on the planet and I greatly appreciate your videos.
Thank you!
Lining my grow bags with a layer of cardboard has put a stop to the water draining out the sides of the grow bag of straight away. I’ve been doing it for 3 years now and it works a treat.
Interesting, makes sense and then the cardboard breaks down eventually
Great idea, I kept mentioning this challenge but, was getting back info that did not help.
My favorite method so far has been the Florida weave. Super easy and noninvasive. You just need 2 poles and string. Works great for pepers too
It is really a fantastic and easy system and yes it is perfect for peppers!
Another great vid from our friendly neighborhood Garden Hermit!!!
That fencing you used at the end has saved my garden! We live on an old riverbed with decomposed granite and it’s basically solid as a rock so digging isn’t really an option without heavy equipment. Even the t-posts end up crooked because IF you’re able to get them down low enough, inevitably they hit massive rocks and twist. For the last couple of years I’ve had that fencing wrapped around my beds and planters to protect against wildlife. This year however, my Husband made rings just as you did but filled them with fire wood(also makes a great lizard and bug habitat for winter) and we surrounded the garden with a mix of cattle panels and wire fencing. Works beautifully! Thank you for the great suggestions on tomato trellising!
Thanks. I enjoyed this. Never get tired of trellis ideas.
I have found the cable ties that come with my washing machine lint socks are my favorite, ever. They are thick and sturdy, and most importantly: they have lever so you can unzip them easily. Great for places where you want zip tie security, but the ability to re-do.
I always find ur videos interesting as a beginning gardener
Thank you, good idea for the fencing for tomato cages especially when you have rabbits and nosy dogs. 😂
Thanks for another great video!
Thank you for this calming video.. your voice is soothing and you explain it perfectly for me. I never understood sucker or leave or fruit on a 🍅 plant.
You have provided some great information. Both trellising systems look that they will provide a substantial amount of support for the tomato plants 🌱🍅
Thank you so much for a very understanding
Description of what you are doing and why.
Giving multiple options how to trellis our tomatoes according to how we are growing them. Very informative! Now I am ready for fall planting ! 💕
I'm using the Florida weave for the first time and am excited to see how that tames my inevitable tomato jungle I end up with. :)
My raised beds are all framed and caged in with metal chicken wire. (I got squirrels and ravens)My indigo cherries just climbed up that by themselves. The stems were half in thick, so I didn't worry about the stems getting hurt. The jute the previous owners used for green beans was rotten in no time(just like you said).
Thank you. The video was great. Now I have some ideas to suport my garden plants. Have a great Sunday.
Awesome video!! I can't wait until I have a yard to grow in again. For now, I will continue container gardening in front of my apartment. My spot only gets around 5hrs of direct sunlight, so my plants
don't get extra tall but still produce enough. I will be upgrading to epic seed cells next year when money isn't so tight, because I'm fed up with the cheap plastic ones I have only had for 2 years but they are already cracking.
Thank you jack, I was actually debating on taking the flowers out of tomatoes after transplanting, we have 58 and above temps at night and 96 during the day
Love the wheelbarrow trick....thank you for sharing 🌞
Very nice tip for the grow bag cage! I have the same problem with water coming out the side but have found that building up a little lip of soil around the outer edge was a fix for me. Happy gardening!
Exactly what I needed! I've started on my tomatoes the other day so its nice to see how I should go with em I my growing bags!
Wow, your video came just in time.
We are going to try all the methofs to see which we like best. Thank you!
I use para cord in in my greenhouse. Works great.
Great tip about the fertilizer. Thanks Jacques!
Thanks so much for this video. Definitely going to try this at my dad's house this year
The bags you are using are a bit pricey for me, but I love the planting technique you use.
Hi Jacques! Your garden is wonderful and inspiring, especially all the flowers. Like the chickens, too 😊. Another method for trellising tomatoes can be found in Animal, Vegetable, Mineral by Barbara Kingsolver, pgs 118-120. A gardener she comes across in Massachusetts grows tomatoes (albeit in a poly tunnel type greenhouse) with a string from the ground to the top of the tunnel, with a coil of string at the top. As the plant grows, she lets out the string at the top as the lower leaves die first. Coils the part of the plant that is no longer producing on the ground, and the rest of the plant continues to climb the string. Just a thought. Thanks for sharing your garden and talents with the rest of us! Cheers, Tess
Excellent video….sooo helpful! Thx Jacques!
Thank you so much for this video, love the idea using string and putting use to all the branches that make there way to the ground, ill be trying this when able to get outside and garden!
Awesome info Jacques trellis for my grow bag 🍅🍅 thank you 👍
Great video, I learned the hard way to not tie twine around the base of your young tomato as the stem will get bigger and it will choke it. ❤️❤️🌻🌻
Great suggestions 👏🍅
the DIY tomato cage looks amazing.
I make cages out of concrete reinforcement wire. It’s much stronger than welded wire and you can put your hands through the squares to harvest tomatoes.
Thank you, Jacque. I like the basket weave method. It’s easier for me I think.
I had forgotten about that method!
Have a great week! 💜☀️💜
Actually, the net trellis seems better for me.
Great tips on the grow bag support!
Enjoyed seeing another informative interesting video.👍🏼🍅
Thank you, Jacques. Super helpful!
If you don’t want to use zip ties at the top (on the netting), you can weave the netting in and out of the top rail.
Great video!
First time watching you. Glad to see you incorporate azomite in the planting hole. I had used it at the clematis garden where I previously worked. We used it as a top dressing for newly potted clematis. I had so much leftover though and was wondering else to use it on. Looking forward to watching more of your tips.
Great video, Jacque! Thank you
Thanks for all the great tips!!
Great sharing they looked healthy, completed watching 19:07
Love the variety of tips. I’ve used the wire fence cage and can attest that it works really well.
I LOVE using those tomato clips, with the garden staples, and I actually use thick clear fishing string because I worry that the twines on the market will mold, or attract small pests-but mostly because I don’t like seeing the twine or trellises 😅 it looks cool with the clear fishing line, as though the plants are magically growing and standing on their own.
Haha that is an interesting method, I guess I would think the fishing line would be able to cut the plants up in some wind.
@@jacquesinthegarden So far so good! I haven't seen any tomato stems cut up as of yet! I don't spin the fishing line around the plants, though, that's what I use the plastic tomato clips for. :-D
Excellent video Jacques!
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So many great ideas!
Just found your channel (subscribed !) and I found some of your trellising ideas very interesting. I had over 100 tomato plants last year, T-posts and cattle panels were the way to go for me. I don't have as many this year and I haven't started trellising. There are two ideas that I may try. Thanks, I will be back for more ideas!
Excellent video. Great presentation
Fantastic video on how to support the tomato plants. This coming season I will be using a trellis for support, rather than those tomato cages. Blessings from Australia ❤️
Love this video!! So informative. Thank you!!
Yay! Thanks jaques!
Jacques!! Have you tried the Brian Lowell, from Next Level Gardening, method of tomato trellising? He just put up a video showing how to build it. It's been trending in the garden community for the past few years.
@jolojo500 Brian is using the single string method with "Tomahooks" which are a wire apparatus that allows you to lengthen and move the string at the top support to extend the length so indeterminate tomatoes can continue to grow as tall as you let them. His most recent videos show the trellis he is building for this method. I use the single string like Jacques has, and leave plenty of extra so I can move or lengthen it as needed.
@jolojo500 You can hang the hook on the the next screw eye and keep moving it over for how ever long the plant grows. It wraps around the trellis. Watch his newest video. He explains it.
I haven't personally tried messing with Toma Hooks yet but I have been curious to try them. Maybe I will give them a go this season!
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great content and thanks! I planted a tomato in the corner of my Birdies raised bed as an experiment. Like I do most things... now I have to figure out how its going to work after the fact because its an indeterminate! I think ill use the parachute cord trick!
Next time try growing dwarf tomatoes, they are indeterminate but only get to be 3-5' tall!
Thanks for letting us know about the paracord. The jute twine I'm using is failing. It seems that when it is in or on wet ground, it disintegrates enough to break.
I highly recommend using Hortonova trellis netting in the future. It is so much better and easier to use.
I still haven't used it but I have always seen it around, its the hard plastic material rather than "string" right?
@@jacquesinthegarden Yes, it’s kinda like the plastic that holds 6-packs of beer/soda. Tomato clips work the same on the hortonova as the flimsy netting. I think you’d prefer it as I do.
Great info - as always! I might try a tomato in a grow bag this year!
Love the video. BTW Zip ties are.reuseable if you know how to open them and they hold up. :)
I was wondering if Paracord is appropriate, since I have a bunch. Great that you're using that.
I like the basket weave. If all goes well I'll have 6 tomato plants in a rather small space and I picked up a couple of heavy wire trellises for structure. Also I have some cucumbers.
I used a cattle panel and 3 t-posts this year and I am excited about it. One at each end and one in the middle and hung the panel starting 1 foot off the ground. I've tried the Florida weave and hated it, my tomatoes were leaning and there was string everywhere 😵 I've also tried a t-post for each tomato in the past and that works but if you want to rotate tomatoes year to year you have to pull all the posts out which is a pain. Cattle panel arch from one bed to the other works pretty good, but when the tomatoes reach the arch they don't want to curve, they want to grow up straight lol
I really really need to go buy some cattle panel, there are no nearby stores that have it. I also will need to tie down to the car roof but that should be fine.
@@jacquesinthegarden Tractor Supply! Join their rewards and they give out free deliveries all the time! In March I bought 3 and they brought straight to the house free!
Wow that is a pro tip! Never thought about delivery for some reason haha
@@squashit339 This is something that would solve all my problems. I'd like to use some to make square cages - two 4 ft wide pieces bent at 90 degrees (use a 2x4). Zip tie two pieces together to make a cage; take them apart and they transport and store easily.
Awesome trellis methods; thanks for sharing! With the trellis net, how hard is it to resist yelling Goooooooooooooal every time you see a new tomato? Asking for a friend.
Can you provide the info on the silver (metal?) frame? The pole system looks very handy as well, what is the poles used and how did you secure it in the garden bed? I am very novice and would love to try this but i need to set up the frame. Thanks!!!
The poles are 3/4" EMT conduit, it is something you can find in most any hardware store as its commonly used for electrical work. I show how I assembled it in the previous video "Raised Bed Refresh"
Use the stick method as well. Whats better then free haha.
Para cord can hold up to 550 lbs. Great video. I use the single string method myself. I like your brackets for the conduit.
This is the skinny stuff I think its called 275 so it only holds 275 lbs!
That would probably work better than 550 cord. Are you and Kevin going to be selling the corner brackets? I have tried to find some, but all I found was the 4 inch long brackets.
We will be! We were hoping it would be ready like last week but with the way things go it probably won't be until next week (start of May)
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Thank you for another informative video! Interesting to see different methods. Get in closer for the details though. Also using the net wouldn't it be bad for birds to get stuck in them maybe?
Can you please make a video on watering growbags. My soil became hydrophobic and it’s so hard to water and I need to water every morning. I have mulch and it all still dries out with our Poway heat. Please give advice of how to water and how to get all the soil wet
Great stuff! Awesome to see all the different methods in one concise video. One thing, at 15:25 you seem to just be filling in fertiliser and potting mix over the tomato while it's still in its pot... surely you should remove it from the pot first?? Cheers
This was actually a sloppy editing cut, the pot was removed!
@@jacquesinthegarden Ahhh gotcha! Haha all good, thanks for the reply
Did you take the tomato out of the plastic pot before planting it in the Grow-bag ?
Yes! The cut was weird but I certainly removed it
I just wind them up a string. Very easy and effective
Did you really use your pruners to cut that weld wire?! Ha ha!😂
These are Felco CPs aka "universal cutters", they are designed to cut anything from plastic to metal and were made for trellising work on grapes where they use thick metal wire to support them!
Do you think that the cage for the grow bags would have to be taller if it's for indeterminate plants?
It's more work, but would be stronger and look way better; You could undo the conduit on one side and weave the net over the conduit slaloming back and forth the whole way.
Totally, that is something I did in the past and reduces need for zip ties, I totally blanked on this!
So, that netting is strong enough not to break if the vines get heavy?
Hi Jacques,
Do you have an Amazon store for the garden items you use and recommend? Thank you for the great videos!
I made the classic mistake of growing mint with other plants...it's coming back with a vengeance in my grow bed. Lol
Welp, I hope the hubby likes a lot of mint, because I'm not planting anything else in there.
I'll probably start using grow bags. They look handy.
Yeah keeping mint contained is key to not having it take over the garden!
You should use twist ties or reusable Velcro-type "zip ties"
Does anyone know how to regrow a baby mesquite tree? I tried b-1 water, soaking it in onion husk, I have tons of little trees popping from the ground but I don't know how to move them and keep them alive. Does anyone know how to do this?
The zip tie is NOT a single use plastic. If you use a screwdriver (or simething flat) to lift the tonge that holds in the notchs you are good to use it for many many times. (Just don't cut it to size :) )
I have seen this tip but haven't tried it yet so isn't part of my memory yet haha, good point!
What guage is the welded wire fence you used?
It is listed as 12-1/2!
What’s the name of the method that lets you loosen the string? 4:20
It just needs to be a knot that can loosen slack, one of the types I have seen is called a constrictor knot.
First, who is the dog? Does it belong to the person filming? Thanks for all of the demos and ideas for trellising tomatoes! I use the single string method, even though my hanging system isn’t nearly as nice as yours. I use two T posts topped with pvc T joints with a spare 1/2”x1” punched through. It works. The net system looks like it could work for cucumbers, too. Or maybe melons? Haha
Tephra is her name and she is my garden buddy and bed hog! The t post system with pvc T is for sure a fantastic system. Easy to install anywhere and cheap! The netting does work well for beans, melons, squash, cucumbers, and pretty much most tendril climbing plants.
I'm curious about the structure that you are using for the single string trellis. Is it galvanized pipe? What kind of corner pieces did you use? That's my biggest struggle, finding something strong enough for the frame.
I added a link to the description! It is 3/4" EMT Conduit!
Is there a link for the aluminum poles?
The poles are 3/4" EMT electrical Conduit, which you can get at any hardware store!
Jacques, what's the diameter of those clips? For the part that the tomato vine sits in?
also, someone told me, that when I water grow bags, spray the outside first then do the soil. the outside shot seems to help with that water loss only from inside
Inner Diameter is 1 1/4" which should support any top growth on a tomato!
@@jacquesinthegarden thanks!
What is the mulch you are using and where did you get it? There is no straw in FL and I need mulch.
I just added a link to the description, forgot to earlier!
@@jacquesinthegarden Thank you!!
Jacque are you growing any cucumbers this season ? If so can you make a growing guide? Currently starting some bushmaster cucumbers for the first time , I would appreciate any guidance from the “King Hermit” 🙌🏽🙏🏼
I will for sure be growing some cucumbers, I will try to put a guide together this summer!
Let go!!!!
Charles Dowding buries the end of the string under the tomato when he plants it
That is another great option!
Definitely going to be using your wheelbarrow tip back method after mixing up some blueberry potting soil today! Are you going to leave the net up and let the plants do their thing without pruning suckers?
I will prune to two main branches at the start and once they get to like 3 feet I will probably let them go crazy
Nice video Jacques, I'm still deciding what trellis to use this year. Last year I did the vertical string you show first here, had issues with the string breaking so I went to steel picture hanging wire and use clips to support the plant all the way up. Worked well but lots of maintenance. May try the F
lorida weave or the netting option this year as I've already got the frame installed from last year.
PS, I see you left the suckers on the tomato you were stringing up. Do you remove them later or leave them?
I leave the suckers until I'm sure the main leader is doing fine. Occasionally I will accidently break it or wind or birds will so I like having a backup plan. Eventually I do remove it though
My wife and I are looking to trellis our tomatoes this year. Looking at your frame, it looks like electrical conduit. If so, how did you set them? I like the clips. Are they reusable?
Previous video on raised bed refresh shows how i set it up, and yes it is 3/4" emt conduit. The clips are indeed reusable if you can find them all haha, generally something like 10% of them will break by end of season