http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2006/09/my-name-is-tom-and-im-indeterminate.html Gardening isn't a hobby, it is an obsession Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:12:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2006/09/my-name-is-tom-and-im-indeterminate.html/comment-page-1#comment-6880 Dave Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:24:49 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/new/2007/07/my-name-is-tom-and-im-indeterminate-tomato-support-methods.html#comment-6880 What do you mean by electrical conduit when you say: "A post dug into either end of the bed and a piece of electrical conduit attached across the top. You tie strings to the base of the (tomato) plants and wrap a string around each main branch and then tie the string to the conduit overhead. As the plant grows, you just untie the string, wrap the string a little more up the branch and retie above." Does the kind of string matter? Jute? Nylon? And I can't quite visualize how tying is done. Does "You tie strings to the base of the (tomato) plants" mean directly onto the plants near the soil? Does "wrap a string around each main branch and then tie the string to the conduit overhead" mean each branch is strung to the conduit--if so it seems like a lot of string. As the plants grow I assume the string from their base to the conduit gets slack, but I'm not sure how you mean they are retied. I'm not new to gardening but I had a bad year this time. Big plants but poor crop--black spots, terrible support cages, few tomatoes. I blame overcrowding. And I think Dad overwatered them, too. I'm learning but Mom was the real gardener. When she died she took a lot of ways of doing things with her. I will try to read "The Great Tomato Book" for ideas. What do you mean by electrical conduit when you say: “A post dug into either end of the bed and a piece of electrical conduit attached across the top. You tie strings to the base of the (tomato) plants and wrap a string around each main branch and then tie the string to the conduit overhead. As the plant grows, you just untie the string, wrap the string a little more up the branch and retie above.” Does the kind of string matter? Jute? Nylon? And I can’t quite visualize how tying is done. Does “You tie strings to the base of the (tomato) plants” mean directly onto the plants near the soil? Does “wrap a string around each main branch and then tie the string to the conduit overhead” mean each branch is strung to the conduit–if so it seems like a lot of string. As the plants grow I assume the string from their base to the conduit gets slack, but I’m not sure how you mean they are retied. I’m not new to gardening but I had a bad year this time. Big plants but poor crop–black spots, terrible support cages, few tomatoes. I blame overcrowding. And I think Dad overwatered them, too. I’m learning but Mom was the real gardener. When she died she took a lot of ways of doing things with her. I will try to read “The Great Tomato Book” for ideas.

]]> http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2006/09/my-name-is-tom-and-im-indeterminate.html/comment-page-1#comment-6114 Tom Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:30:21 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/new/2007/07/my-name-is-tom-and-im-indeterminate-tomato-support-methods.html#comment-6114 I live in New Jersey and just use 8 foot long 1x3 inch spruce stakes, still available at my local lumber yard for less than a dollar apiece. They last several years when stored for the winter under my deck. I buy a bundle or two of jute twine every year and tie the tomato vines to the stakes as they grow. I planted about sixty plants last year and got hundreds of tomatoes. We ate them in every fashion, gave many dozens away and preserved some; we ate the last fresh ones in early December. I can't wait to start again! I live in New Jersey and just use 8 foot long 1×3 inch spruce stakes, still available at my local lumber yard for less than a dollar apiece. They last several years when stored for the winter under my deck. I buy a bundle or two of jute twine every year and tie the tomato vines to the stakes as they grow. I planted about sixty plants last year and got hundreds of tomatoes. We ate them in every fashion, gave many dozens away and preserved some; we ate the last fresh ones in early December. I can’t wait to start again!

]]> http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2006/09/my-name-is-tom-and-im-indeterminate.html/comment-page-1#comment-2807 Tony LaPelusa Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:55:39 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/new/2007/07/my-name-is-tom-and-im-indeterminate-tomato-support-methods.html#comment-2807 Take a few minutes and go to my site, tomatosupport.com you will find the very best tomato support you will ever find anywhere, any place, any time. Take a few minutes and go to my site, tomatosupport.com you will find the very best tomato support you will ever find
anywhere, any place, any time.

]]> http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2006/09/my-name-is-tom-and-im-indeterminate.html/comment-page-1#comment-1013 lars rosaen Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:37:12 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/new/2007/07/my-name-is-tom-and-im-indeterminate-tomato-support-methods.html#comment-1013 Why don't you look into the new tomatOH! holders at tomatohelpers.com or on the site helpingyourgardengrow.com I think you might find these real interesting. It's the old standard tomato cages re-engineered realy well. modular, stackable, buildable and powder coated to laast. Why don’t you look into the new tomatOH! holders at tomatohelpers.com or on the site helpingyourgardengrow.com I think you might find these real interesting. It’s the old standard tomato cages re-engineered realy well. modular, stackable, buildable and powder coated to laast.

]]> http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2006/09/my-name-is-tom-and-im-indeterminate.html/comment-page-1#comment-10 How to String Up Tomatoes in the Garden | This Garden Is Illegal Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:25:48 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/new/2007/07/my-name-is-tom-and-im-indeterminate-tomato-support-methods.html#comment-10 [...] call me Hang ‘Em High Hanna.This past weekend, I took my own advice (along with the advice of some other people) and set up a string support for my beloved tomatoes. [...] [...] call me Hang ‘Em High Hanna.This past weekend, I took my own advice (along with the advice of some other people) and set up a string support for my beloved tomatoes. [...]

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