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Re: tomatoes

At 02:38 PM 10/3/97 -0400, you wrote:
>DAR-15:
>Did your tomatoes make it through the frost? What method are you using to
>stake the tomatoes. That determines what you do to protect them. I use tomato
>guard wrapped in a circle about 18 inches in diameter. The tomato vines wind
>their way in and out of the tomato guard for support. In the fall I wrap the
>circle of tomato guard with plastic leaving the top open and secure with
>clothes pins. In this way I have delicious tomatoes through November with
>very little effort.
>
>Lorrie (In Vermont - where snow has fallen on Killington and I have not yet
>had my first frost. Go figure.)
>

Lucked out & didn't get the frost. If I told you about my staking method
you would hurt yourself laughing, it's our first garden & I wasn't prepared
for 7 1/2 ft. tall tomatoes, tough to protect.

Supposed to have a week of warm weather so maybe I won't have to deal with
it. :)





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