This year I tried, for the first time, making a frame from which to grow them up strings. This is a commercial method- you tie the string at the top, tie it around the base of the tomato, and twirl the tomato around the string as it grows.
Here's how that's working-
May 11th
Tomato plants planted in the bed
(three days before the tornadoes ran through the Valley)-
Tomato plants planted in the bed
(three days before the tornadoes ran through the Valley)-
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July 28th-
No ripe tomatoes yet, but the plants
are LOADED with green tomatoes.
I think I have found the perfect way to grow tomatoes.
are LOADED with green tomatoes.
I think I have found the perfect way to grow tomatoes.
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