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trellis spacing - Growing Tomatoes Forum - GardenWeb
The trellis I set up this week looks nothing like this! Love the idea, but my space is smaller.
Reblog because I really like the curvy mesh trellis idea. I installed circular frames, which took almost no time because they were rubber encased wire I got second hand, which was sturdy and flexible enough to just chop it up, ‘plant it’ around the tomatoe bushes and use some old stockings to tie them together.
[The stocking use is just handy recycling, but also a popular alternative to plastic plant ties because it’s stretchy softness means that on windy days, the plant and frame can both ‘wobble’ a bit without either falling over, or the ties cutting into the greener parts of the bushes flesh.]
Also appealing was the hanging plant method of growing tomatoes. Do away with staking completely! Just plant the bush in a hanging planter, and let the stalks grown down like a flowering vine. It works best with small lightweight tomatoes like the cherry ones though: I planted a winter growth variety with much bigger fruits.
These are my adventures in learning about food planting for today.
p.s I’m tempted to make a bamboo scarecrow.
They’re kind of cute and silly to brighten up my otherwise permaculture random/shabby looking garden. Using one as a trellis for little flowering herbs would be pretty and convenient. OTOH, I want to attract and support native birds.
Thought: do scarecrows really influence urban birdlife anyway?](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzz9vijXiq1qay2v1o1_500.jpg)
trellis spacing - Growing Tomatoes Forum - GardenWeb
The trellis I set up this week looks nothing like this! Love the idea, but my space is smaller.
Reblog because I really like the curvy mesh trellis idea. I installed circular frames, which took almost no time because they were rubber encased wire I got second hand, which was sturdy and flexible enough to just chop it up, ‘plant it’ around the tomatoe bushes and use some old stockings to tie them together.
[The stocking use is just handy recycling, but also a popular alternative to plastic plant ties because it’s stretchy softness means that on windy days, the plant and frame can both ‘wobble’ a bit without either falling over, or the ties cutting into the greener parts of the bushes flesh.]
Also appealing was the hanging plant method of growing tomatoes. Do away with staking completely! Just plant the bush in a hanging planter, and let the stalks grown down like a flowering vine. It works best with small lightweight tomatoes like the cherry ones though: I planted a winter growth variety with much bigger fruits.
These are my adventures in learning about food planting for today.
p.s I’m tempted to make a bamboo scarecrow.
They’re kind of cute and silly to brighten up my otherwise permaculture random/shabby looking garden. Using one as a trellis for little flowering herbs would be pretty and convenient. OTOH, I want to attract and support native birds.
Thought: do scarecrows really influence urban birdlife anyway?
