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Re: Tomato Report from Zone 5

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Sara Ellis wrote:
>I checked out those Tomato Ladders on www.gardeners.com. How wide is the
>"mesh"? From their drawing it looks large enough to stick a hand through,
>but I can't really tell. Are you happy with them (I guess you might not
know
>until your plants reach their full size)?

The mesh, as you called it, or cross-pieces are about 8 inches apart.  Some
of my plants are already 3 feet tall and very heavy with foliage.  They are
getting the support they need.  Construction of the ladders is very heavy,
so the ladder sort of acts like an internal trellis to hold the main stem
and support side branches.  I'm pleased.  I wasn't pleased with Gardener's
Supply's potato barrels, however.  They were a disaster, and I gave them
away.  I ended up using cheap chicken wire to build potato barrels.  The GS
ones kept blowing over in the wind and collapsing inward--even with gobs of
mulch inside.
Doreen Howard
Zone 5b


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