- Part 1 (intro
- Part 2 (pruning)
- Part 3, (trellising, why bother?)
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| This year's trellis with netting along the edge of my garden. Next year I'll position it down the center with plants on either side. |
Well, this series got a bit side-lined by an out-of-town vacation and garden work. I should write something like this in the winter when we're all looking for some reading about summer.
Anyway, pictured at right is a trellis I built from an idea from my friend Diane. I built one of these last year to support beans, but they didn't grow a hill of...
I used this 10-foot long trellis to support a climbing variety of tomatoes that I don't recommend. (Olds Trip-L Climber. It splits at the shoulders and this year for me, it didn't yeild much). The trellis, however, did the job and I have an idea of what to do next year.
In a previous blog post, I lay out how to build this type of trellis, down to the parts and cost for each one at Home Depot.
In my small garden, positioning the trellis is important, and here are the changes I'm making next year.
I have 4-foot wide beds. I'm going to position the 10-foot long by 5-foot tall trellis down the middle of one bed. Then, I'll alternately plant indeterminate tomatoes a foot from either long-edge of the bed. Instead of the netting, I'm going to tie a cord to the top of the trellis and drape the cord down either side of the trellis.
As the plants grow, I'll prune viciously and use tomato clips to direct the remaining vines up the cord.
Just in case you're wondering, I do not get anything for mentioning products or stores. I just tell you what I like.
Anyway, pictured at right is a trellis I built from an idea from my friend Diane. I built one of these last year to support beans, but they didn't grow a hill of...
I used this 10-foot long trellis to support a climbing variety of tomatoes that I don't recommend. (Olds Trip-L Climber. It splits at the shoulders and this year for me, it didn't yeild much). The trellis, however, did the job and I have an idea of what to do next year.
In a previous blog post, I lay out how to build this type of trellis, down to the parts and cost for each one at Home Depot.
In my small garden, positioning the trellis is important, and here are the changes I'm making next year.
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| You can order these from Territorial Seed Company. |
I have 4-foot wide beds. I'm going to position the 10-foot long by 5-foot tall trellis down the middle of one bed. Then, I'll alternately plant indeterminate tomatoes a foot from either long-edge of the bed. Instead of the netting, I'm going to tie a cord to the top of the trellis and drape the cord down either side of the trellis.
As the plants grow, I'll prune viciously and use tomato clips to direct the remaining vines up the cord.
Just in case you're wondering, I do not get anything for mentioning products or stores. I just tell you what I like.
- Intro to varieties and classifications
- Pruning
- Trellising I - why bother?
- Trellising II - string trellis
- Trellising III - those crappy tomato cages
- Pests and diseases
- Watering
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