Comments on: Stringing Up Tomatoes: A Review of the Technique http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2007/09/stringing-up-tomatoes-a-review-of-the-technique.html Gardening isn't a hobby, it is an obsession Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:15:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Marie http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2007/09/stringing-up-tomatoes-a-review-of-the-technique.html/comment-page-1#comment-6299 Marie Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:59:45 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2007/09/stringing-up-tomatoes-a-review-of-the-technique.html#comment-6299 Hi Hanna--thanks for the great video! That is an awesome idea--I have been trying to find new ways to support tomato plants for the last fe years and I think I will be trying this out this year. Did you prune your tomatoes to one main vine or just let them go? I am seriously considering the cattle panel arch trellis thingy too. Happy Spring!! Marie Hi Hanna–thanks for the great video! That is an awesome idea–I have been trying to find new ways to support tomato plants for the last fe years and I think I will be trying this out this year. Did you prune your tomatoes to one main vine or just let them go? I am seriously considering the cattle panel arch trellis thingy too. Happy Spring!! Marie

]]> By: Hanna http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2007/09/stringing-up-tomatoes-a-review-of-the-technique.html/comment-page-1#comment-6296 Hanna Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:48:17 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2007/09/stringing-up-tomatoes-a-review-of-the-technique.html#comment-6296 I can't remember the exact amount, but I know it was under $20. I can’t remember the exact amount, but I know it was under $20.

]]> By: Kate http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2007/09/stringing-up-tomatoes-a-review-of-the-technique.html/comment-page-1#comment-6295 Kate Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:39:44 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2007/09/stringing-up-tomatoes-a-review-of-the-technique.html#comment-6295 Hi Hanna, I'm trying to figure out what to do for my garden this year and was curious about the cost of the various options. Would you be willing to let us know how much you spent on the posts plus rebar solution? Thanks, Kate Hi Hanna,

I’m trying to figure out what to do for my garden this year and was curious about the cost of the various options. Would you be willing to let us know how much you spent on the posts plus rebar solution?

Thanks,
Kate

]]> By: Hanna http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2007/09/stringing-up-tomatoes-a-review-of-the-technique.html/comment-page-1#comment-2757 Hanna Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:25:32 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2007/09/stringing-up-tomatoes-a-review-of-the-technique.html#comment-2757 KC - Yes, I think that would work. Just make sure that the poles are sturdy. TC - I actually do have several cages that I made from concrete reinforcement. The problem with them is I grow 20 - 30 tomato plants and storage of those cages is a bitch. On top of that, making the 3 I had was much like being in my own torture chamber. ;) KC – Yes, I think that would work. Just make sure that the poles are sturdy.

TC – I actually do have several cages that I made from concrete reinforcement. The problem with them is I grow 20 – 30 tomato plants and storage of those cages is a bitch. On top of that, making the 3 I had was much like being in my own torture chamber. ;)

]]> By: TC http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2007/09/stringing-up-tomatoes-a-review-of-the-technique.html/comment-page-1#comment-2756 TC Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:22:35 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2007/09/stringing-up-tomatoes-a-review-of-the-technique.html#comment-2756 Hey, I was wondering if what really made your "tomato vine reached close to height of 13'" had anything to do with the tension of the string being kept taut as the plant grew. Although your stringing method is ingenious, it seems to me to be a bit more work than necessary. I made large tomato cages out of reinforcement fencing. You just place the cage over the tomato as you would those lanky cheap ones, but mine are super sturdy and last a lifetime. Each cage is about five foot tall, and you don't need them any taller; tomato plants produce just as much fruit growing naturally as they would being stretched in a "torture chamber." ;~) Hey,

I was wondering if what really made your “tomato vine reached close to height of 13′” had anything to do with the tension of the string being kept taut as the plant grew.

Although your stringing method is ingenious, it seems to me to be a bit more work than necessary. I made large tomato cages out of reinforcement fencing. You just place the cage over the tomato as you would those lanky cheap ones, but mine are super sturdy and last a lifetime. Each cage is about five foot tall, and you don’t need them any taller; tomato plants produce just as much fruit growing naturally as they would being stretched in a “torture chamber.” ;~)

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