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Re: Tomato question

I had a very bad experience last year when I tilted my cages to reclaim my
"isle" in the tomato garden. After a drenching rain, everthing fell
completely over in the direction I had tilted.
If you have the space, you could Add some stakes (bending some of the
branches to the "east and west" as Stan suggested) to lead the plants in
another direction. I add additional stakes to support my pepper plants and
it works quite well.
Have you tried pruning some of the greenery to let some light/air in? I've
done that before with no bad effects.
Pat

At 09:11 PM 7/21/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>>
>>I have 8 plants at about 4 feet high, all full of huge green toms. 
>>Actually, tonight I noticed a big red one down by the ground...dunno 
>>how 
>>it got enough sun to ripen! Which is why I want to move them around 
>>...(ventilation and sun). They're really mooshed together- vines 
>>mingling 
>>with other vines*shudder*.
>>
>>:)
>>
>>Michelle- Barefoot in sunny ol' Maryland
>>
>Michelle,
>How about bending them.  If they are staked, maybe push
>one stake East and the one next to it to the West etc.  Or if they are 
>caged, tilt the cages away from each other to create more room at
>the top.  I of course have no idea if this will work but it is
>fun to experiment with someone else's labor and veggies.
>
>Stan, the cheap and lazy gardener.
>
>P.S.  Does anyone know what type of paint I can use to 
>paint my green tomatoes, blue, to win a bet?
>P.P.S.  And how is it that you know such a thing?
>
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