How do you install plant stakes for your tomato plant?

Answer 1

If you are just using a stake and not the basket, tie at the bottom, and top, you may have to adjust the top one as the plant grows. Put the stake about an inch away from the plant and about 2-3 below the ground. I love growing tomatoes it's nice to have them fresh at you're finger tips.

Answer 2

take the tomato stakes and drive them into the ground about 6 to 8 inches apart from each other. Then, you tie the tomatoes to the tomato stakes. That is all there is to it.
Plant the stake. Do not be misled by the puniness of a tomato transplant. Each plant needs a sturdy support. Use rough-cut wooden stakes that are six to eight feet long, no narrower than one by two inches, and pointed at the bottom. To avoid root damage later on, set stakes at the same time you set out transplants.

Pound a stake into the ground about three inches from a plant on its north side so that the tiny plant will not be shaded. Sink the stake one to two feet into the ground -- you may need to start the hole with a crowbar. This depth provides enough stability to keep gusts of wind from toppling the plant when it is laden with fruit.


Tie the Plants. Tying is necessary because a tomato plant has no natural way to hold itself up. Material for ties should be strong enough to last the whole season and bulky enough not to cut into the stems. Coarse twine will do, but I prefer cotton rags torn into inch-wide strips, 18 inches long. They weaken enough by season's end that I can simply pull spent plants off their stakes, and any ties left will decompose on the soil or compost pile.

First tie a square knot around the stake tight enough to prevent downward slippage, then use the free ends of the rag strip or twine to tie a square knot loosely around the tomato plant's stem. As the plant grows, anchor the stem to the stake every 12 to 18 inches.with bright, gushy annuals, add whimsy, humor and spark to your garden.

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Prune. A staked tomato is best confined to a single stem. In each leaf axil -- the point where a leafstalk joins the main stem -- is a lateral bud that can grow into a shoot just like the main stem. These shoots must be removed, ideally before they are an inch long. Use your fingers to snap off each one, thus avoiding the danger of transmitting disease with the blade of a knife or pruning shears. Remember that tomatoes have compound leaves; do not mistake the junction of a leaflet and a leafstalk for a leaf axil
A staked plant needs a healthy leaf cover or fruits will get sunscald. Fruits on staked plants are also vulnerable to blossom-end rot, so pay special attention to proper nourishment (particularly calcium), and see that the plants get an even supply of moisture.

Answer 3

You just stick them in the ground next to the Tomatoe Plant, make sure they feel sturdy and then take some Old cut up panty hose is what I use, Cut them in strips and as your plant grows tie them up to the stake. The hose will hold them on the stake securely without harming the plant.

Answer 4

sometimes its best to put the stakes next to your plant when you plant, but if you didn't no big deal, just drive it in the ground about five inches from the plant and it should be fine. another helpful hint i just learned, use metal stakes on your plants rather they need stakes or not, no special size, but it has something to do with lightning and the metal. i guess the electric will boost the plant. i am going to try this to see if it does work. science 101.

Answer 5

depending how far advanced your tomato plants are ( and also depending on the variety ) it's usually a good idea to put in three tall hardy stakes about 50 -75 mm away from the root system in a triangle (or tepee shape) . good luck

Answer 6

its better you do