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Re: Tomato Spirals

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I couldn't find the spirals but perhaps you could request a catalog. These are
where I bought mine.

http://www.amleo.com/
http://www.leevalley.com/gardenin/garden.htm

It would probably be very difficult to put a full grown tomato on a spiral.
Once the main stem gets thick it is pretty brittle, in my experience, so it
would be difficult to wind it around the spiral.  I broke a couple of stems by
adding the spiral too late. I didn't have them when I first planted the
tomatoes.

It seems people either love 'em or hate 'em. I think if you prune your tomatoes
to one or two main stems, they do fine. For a really bushy, multi-stem tomato,
they probably don't work as well.  I have a 5 foot tall Roma with 51 full size
tomatoes, and the spiral is holding up fine. I am using them on some other
types of tomatoes, cucumbers, and some very tall, spindly peppers and I really
like them. They cost about $5 each but they should last forever.

Ruth

Ian Stoba & Laurie Mandigo-Stoba wrote:

> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
> Did someone have a URL for a site with pictures of these?  Sounds like
> people really like them.  Is it possible to use them, do you think, to add
> support late in the season to a tomato that's already fallen over?  Thanks/
>
> Regards, Laurie
> Wappingers Falls, NY
>
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