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Tomato spirals w/ melons etc.

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We have heavy winds here in fall (called Santa Ana winds).  THe spirals
seem to work great.  I've never had to tie any of my crops to the
spirals:  squash, cukes, eggplant, limas, beans or tomatoes.  I have a
clay loam soil too though.  Maybe they wouldn't be as wind resistant in
a light sandy soil.  I have the 6 ft. tall ones.  I am growing butternut
squash on them this year.  We'll see how they do in fall w/ the large
squash growing on them.  I love the spirals.  The only problem I ever
had was when I just trimmed the tomatoes to 1 main leader.  There wasn't
enough foliage cover to prevent sunscalding of the fruits.  This year I
trained two leaders to go up the spriral.  Works much better and no
sunscald.

Kim, zone 9, so cal

margaret lauterbach wrote:
> 
> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
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> At 02:39 AM 7/29/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> >
> >I bought some tomato spirals and liked them sooo much, I turned around and
> >ordered some more the next week. They are great for tomatoes. I also used
> them
> >for cucumbers but you do have to tie the vine to it. The cucumbers that
> is, the
> >tomato vines don't need to be tied. I really don't think the sprials would
> work
> >for watermelon though I haven't tried it. I bought my spirals from Lee Valley
> >and A.M. Leonard.
> >Ruth
> >
> This is the first positive comment I've heard about the spirals. Do you
> have wind in your areas? If so, do you then have to re-thread your tomato
> vines? I like the looks of them and the storability, but most have said
> they don't work as advertised.  Thanks, Margaret L
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