I was looking at getting the wire cages, but they are expensive and I have a lot of tomato plants. This is my first year growing anything, so bear with me.
I was wondering if there was a way to do the cages yourself. If so, what materials I should get? Where would I get them? And how to I set them up?
With stakes, I have no idea how this is done. I mean, I've read on the internet, but I don't see how the stake would prevent a tomato from dragging the branch it's on to the ground. Can you tell me exactly how I should put the stakes, and what I'd need to do to keep tomatoes from the ground if I do use this method?
Finally, I've been reading that you sorta pluck the lower branches when you stake/cage. How high should I pluck? Just leave the top leaves? I don't want to kill the plants by plucking them too much. Wouldn't that limit the amount of tomatoes? Do the tomatoes just grow from the top branches, or if I leave more would they grow from bottom branches too?
2006-07-06
17:48:35
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