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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
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Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
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 Posted - Jul 10 2009 : 7:20:00 PM
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I have settled on staking my tomatoes as my best option however, I don't wear pantyhose so I don't have a bunch of old ones to use to tie my tomatoes up with. That's what grandma always used so that's my example. I'm sort of stumped - what would you use? I should say I have all the stakes already - I haven't had good luck with cages, the tomatoes always pull them over, just looking for ideas on what to tie them with, does twine work?
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 10 2009 : 7:52:33 PM
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Amy Grace:
My husband tore up an old oversized towel into long strips. They are still hanging on to the stakes and the plants are not hanging all over the place. Good luck.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
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Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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Posted - Jul 10 2009 : 8:29:06 PM
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place a wooden stake ( about 5 ft tall) on each side of plant and use baleing twine or something simular and run it back and worth, loosely thru the plant up to the top of stakes, if the plant is really full, or expected to be use 4 stakes, one at each corner and criss croos your twine. Use a white or orange or yellow, alot easier to see.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - Jul 11 2009 : 09:04:08 AM
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I've got scads of baling twine if you need it! I staked mine and just wound the twine around until I had a tomato teepee. Seems to be working so far. I'll try to catch you at home ;) and drop off a bunch of twine this weekend. I'll stick around and help ya out too. As I remember, you have a ton of tomatoes! Hope they are doing great! I'd love to see your garden's progress. :)
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Sheep Mom 2
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sheri
Elk
WA
USA
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Posted - Jul 11 2009 : 5:52:52 PM
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I use metal fence posts (the kind for field fencing that you put in with a pounder) and then put two plants to a post. I tie them with good old red heart worsted yard doubled. I keep getting gifted that type of yarn and I don't like to knit with it so I use it to tie up the plants - it doesn't rot and so far I haven't had any trouble with it supporting the plants.
Blessings, Sheri
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Betty J.
True Blue Farmgirl
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Betty
Pasco
WA
USA
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Posted - Jul 11 2009 : 6:03:47 PM
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I use welded wire that has been cut into lengths to make at least an 18 inch diameter circle. My tomatoes are over the 5-ft mark now and loaded with tomatoes. I will use more manure next year to make sure that they grow better in the back of the rows. Those look a little spindly.
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
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Posted - Jul 11 2009 : 6:38:01 PM
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Awesome ideas - thank you so much, for some reason I can be very creative till it comes to a problem in my yard - go figure.
Michelle - stop by if you can - or Monday maybe?
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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rural independent gal
Farmgirl at Heart
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Holly
Jamestown
IN
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2009 : 6:54:29 PM
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I bought twenty neck ties at the local thrift store for three dollars during one of those "fill the bag" sales. They are great for tying up my tomatoes; very soft and easy on the plants. As a bonus they also add a touch of class to the place. I never though that I would have such a formal garden!
It's easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing -- that's the Lord's test. ~ Mahalia Jackson |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2009 : 7:20:21 PM
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Holly, now I can tell my Dad what to do with all those neckties he got from me growing up at Christmas, Fathers day and Birthdays, by the time I was grown up and married, he probally had a hundred or more, LOL.
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2009 : 8:09:50 PM
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Oh my gosh Holly - what a cute idea!!
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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farmmommy
True Blue Farmgirl
500 Posts
Kelley
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 16 2009 : 1:57:53 PM
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AG - this year I'm using willow canes? limbs? and river cane as posts and then tying them up the stalks with yarn...so far, so good!!!
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mandymcar
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mandy
Montana
USA
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Posted - Jul 16 2009 : 4:25:32 PM
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I got to go tour a garden of a local market gardener and he has really long rows, he uses stakes and twine just like you have and he plants them really close together so they somewhat support each other. They do really well.
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farmmommy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kelley
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 17 2009 : 09:20:57 AM
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Hi there Mandy! welcome to the forums...lol...I know, I'm a little late! I was just checking out your etsy shop....and all I can say is...WOW! You take AWESOME pictures....so talented...I have to say that I LOVED every single one!! I'm picky about pics and and paintings and artwork and stuff of that sort....but your pictures are GEORGEOUS!!!! i used to dabble in photography and really loved it..I took a couple of what I thought were really great pictures of buttercups in a spring rain and some black and whites of cows with brand new spring babies...but, unfortunately, when my parents divorced, the pictures went MIA...I think about getting back into photography all the time, and this time around getting some formal training...Seeing your beautiful pictures makes me want to do it that much more! Great job!! You have just aquired a HUGE FAn!!!...lol....
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Annabel
Farmgirl in Training
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Anna
Malvern
PA
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Posted - Jul 17 2009 : 10:26:35 AM
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