Re: tomato plant support
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- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 08:41:24 -0700
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I also use cages made of fencing wire and have in the past used steel poles
, one on each side, to keep the plants from toppling over. This year I am
going to try something I read in a gardening magazine (which one I don't
remember). This person uses wire cages and uses a 16' length of treated
2x2 lumber run through the top opening of each cage and supported by a few
steel fence posts. The board is fastened to the posts with wire. It looks
like it might work very well. And yes, the wire can be very sharp where the
edges are joined!
Rachel Wozniak
Sunset Zone 6, Silverton, OR
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From: "F. Drew Leyda" <leyda@valunet.com>
To: <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: tomato plant support
>
>
> >Nan,
> >
> >A new idea was suggested to me that I am trying this year - came from a
> >friends grandfather - he uses wire frames, not chicken wire but a
> >hardware cloth with the holes big enough to put his hand through. He
> >said he just puts the wire frame around the plant, the plant climbs the
> >sides and then he can just reach through the holes to pick the
> >tomatoes.
>
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> That wire is sharp. be careful.
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>
> F. Drew Leyda
> leyda@valunet.com
> Columbiana Co. Ohio
