How to String Up Tomatoes in the Garden
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Just 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. And since I like to be on the bleeding edge of technology that everyone else is already doing, I put this how-to in video format.
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May 16th, 2007
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September 24th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
[...] year I grew about half of my tomatoes up strings and now that the season is just about over, I have had several people ask me how the system worked [...]
December 22nd, 2007 at 10:23 pm
Wow, call me old fashioned but I still use the wire cages…It’s a great idea tho, thanks for the video I showed it to my family and we might actually try this ‘new’ method next year. Last summer we ended up with huge plants that went way over the cages and this system would definitly eliminate that problem. My only concern is that large plants would be so heavy they might snap the string, or having such a ridgid structure tied around the plants in a wind storm could cause them to break off at the base where the knot is tied.
February 18th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
[...] Hannah from This Garden Is Illegal is using this method this year. In May, she posted a very nice (and entertaining) video about building the structure. You can find it HERE. [...]
March 24th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Hannah, that was the funniest thing I’ve watched in yrs! Thanks for the laugh! And thanks for a great idea!
March 25th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
[...] lots of tomato plants growing up it!
 I am using the ’string’ method as described here. Last year I used cages and the plants outgrew them about halfway through the season so I am [...]
May 27th, 2008 at 8:00 am
[...] those are live electric wires next to the tree (don’t try this at home unless you have a half crazy spousal unit and a quarter crazy father-in-law). Yes, that is my planted vegetable garden that the crown falls [...]
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Thanks. Now to inspire the spousal unit to do his part.
July 4th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
[...] is a less extreme form of the stringing technique that Hanna at This Garden is Illegal demonstrated here in her blog. There may very well be some fruits lurking in that mass of foliage already, but these [...]
July 11th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Awesome video – finally some great information I could really use. I’ll be sure to consider this method next year. Thanks for the laughs…
March 7th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Hanna, I am reading this many months later as a result of a tweet posted by Zanthan Gardens. I just want to say you did an excellent job of narration and pacing, as well as making it funny. Your spousal unit is a good sport, and I’m glad to know we’re not the only DIYers in flagrant violation of OSHA regs.
June 8th, 2009 at 9:41 am
I used this method this year and am loving the results!