Stake n Maters

[lakngulf]

I have lots of tomatoes this year, testing out different varieties. I did not have enough construction wire hoops to place on all the plants. So I used some alternative methods.

In the herb/blueberry garden my wife wanted something "nice". So I split cedar planks in half, hammered them in near the tomatoes and tied the plants with green cloth. Celebrities up front, Brandywine and Sweet 100 in rear.

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Better Boy and Kewalo are alternated in this row, staked with a long run of construction wire. I am "training" the runners into the wire.

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The same idea is used for some later tomatoes but with smaller 1x2 wire.

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Another group will have to fend for themselves once the runners get through the V shape 1x2 wire.

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These have a variation of two themes. A "half hoop" of construction wire and some 2x2 posts for later.

[img]https://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab104/lakngulf/001_2012_April/IMG_0623.jpg[/img]

And then there is the old reliable construction wire hoops

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