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Re: What do you like for tomatoes?

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Jim-I was having an obnoxious conversation with my daughter about
omething( it involved a lot of nagging and whining)while TRYING to  read
this post -so just caught bits and pieces and could have sworn you said you
rotated your grandsons daily to keep them as straight as possible. Sounded
good to me!-Teri
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From: jim allAn <jallan6977@clarityconnect.com>
To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: What do you like for tomatoes?


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> > From: Anita Keller <annie_de@yahoo.com>
> > > I guess I have an unusual circumstance in regards to
> > > tomato plants, but it has worked out well in my case.
> > > Just something to get you "thinking outside the box".
> >
> > > Then I noticed something...In my backyard, I have a
> > > 3-line clothesline with metal T's at each end to hold
> > > up the lines.  With a little extra clothline and some
> > > stakes, I could make a rope trellis for the tomatoes!
> > >
> > Just a follow on comment to Anita post.  I do something
> > quite similar.  I to had some old metal Ts, (30 feet apart)
> > at the edge of my property.  I centered my garden under
> > these old clothes lines posts and added some new
> > (strong) metal cable clothes line.
> >
> > However I wanted to trellis peas, beans, full size
> > tomatoes.  With 30 feet of line to pull on no matter
> > how tight I made it it was sure to be dragged down
> > with all the veggies (if I was lucky).  So in the
> > middle of each of my 8 long raised beds I sunk
> > into the ground a cheap piece of thinwalled electrical
> > conduit about 10 feet long.  I was able to go down
> > the first 2 feet I double dug quite easily, but could
> > only push about 6 inches to a foot into the hard clay
> > below.  I then lashed the clothesline to this pole.
> >
> > My circumstances that led me to do this.
> > 1) Poles were allready there hence free
> > 2) Replacement clothesline was cheap
> > 3) ThinWall conduit is cheap and light and works
> >      when used in this fashion
> > 4) Those little cages don't well for vining plants
> > 5) My garden gets pelted with occassional
> >     strong winds  the large Steel T's support
> >     ensures nothing blows over (except the
> >     occassional tree)
> > 6) I like "recycling" these old clothes line
> >     supports, it beats having to cut them down.
> >
> > Ron Souliere (lincoln nebraska) the onions I missed last
> > year are a few inches tall.  5 weeks to last frost.
> >
>
>    You must be in zone 5 also. Just what state I can't guess?  The
> nearest town I have west of us that is listed in the zone map with it's
> frost dates is Elmira.  That is about 60/80 miles west of me.  There
> last frost date is 4/26.  I have my tomatoes already sprouted and to
> tall but finished my scrap wood greenhouse today so they will be outside
> tomorrow if it is warm enough.  If I replant them before they have first
> real leaves will that be OK to plant them deeper.  Some of the first to
> poke up are looking a little leggy already and I can't get them anymore
> light which they are reaching for.  I do rotate them daily to keep them
> as straight as possible.  They will be in deep shade a little past noon
> so I may never have to open the greenhouse for ventilation.  Now if the
> grandsons don't put something through it I will be OK.  I think I have
> them convinced they will die.  Not really but they will be hurting.  All
> parties involved will get one crack of my belt.  One is not beating
> them.  I am trying to get them to turn their field 90o so they would not
> be shooting towards it.  They are both into Lacrosse.  It will be first
> and second year for them.  The youngest is only seven but tough.  Not
> awfully strong but you don't need to be strong to hit hard with a 4 ft.
> stick.
> --
>    Jim allAn            One family photo has been added.  3/8/01
>    Zone 5
>    New York U.S.A.
>    200+ miles NW. of
>    New York city
>    Click or copy/paste
>    to see my garden.
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