Tomato string trellis

Tired of flimsy metal cages that keep breaking every season or topple over from the weight of your plants? If you want an easy and inexpensive way to trellis tomatoes, let me introduce you to the Florida weave. Also known as the basket weave method, it goes up fast and uses everyday supplies you mig

915K views · 31K likes | Seattle Urban Farm Co | Garden Creators on Instagram: "Vertically string trellising tomatoes, from May to September! String trellising on the Freyr trellis is so simple and satisfying, and our plants have never been happier ♥️ . . . #harvest #tomatoharvest #growtomatoes"

Garden.ideas on Instagram: "Credit:@jacquesinthegarden —— The single leader string tomato trellis is definitely the cheapest when it comes to materials, give that you have something to attach to. I like to do this for my earliest tomatoes due to the high air flow and low disease pressure. The single leader tends to produce earlier as well as the plant doesn’t have to support all the suckers! Full pros and cons down below 👇 Advantages: Cheap, pennies in string/twine Higher Airflow = Less…

Jacques Lyakov on Instagram: "Three tomato trellis options I always have in my garden! While I have my favorites I also love trying new things every year. This year for example I am doing the string trellis but as two leaders instead of a single leader. The net trellis has always been in my favorites but I don’t like the visual barrier it ads to the garden. And lastly the Florida weave has always been my favorite for unruly tomato containment!"

Vanessa Minton | One way to trellis lots of indeterminate 🍅! . There are so many ways to trellis a tomato plant. From the drop string method, to the Fl... | Instagram

After surveying the vast number of tomatoes that needed to be supported, I got to work investigating the different methods for trellising tomatoes. I asked myself, “Self, what would be the b…

Now that it’s warmed up a bit the tomatoes have really taken off: they’re even starting to bud! I’m pinching off half of these buds to encourage some more green growth, hoping fo…

Bamboo "quadrapod" tomato staking method at Wild Abundance. Use one tall (8’+ for indeterminate varieties), strong wooden stake (2″x2″) or one piece of stout bamboo for each plant. Bury the end of the stake deep enough into the soil so that it is stable. Use string or twine to tie the tomato plants to the stake. Prune off any suckers and maintain one central leader or “trunk” for this method to work. Click for more about tomato trellis approaches and how to pick what's right for your…

Learning how to trellis tomatoes using the simple Florida weave method (basket weave) will save you lots of time and space!