I love to watch YouTube videos about gardening techniques!
Kim Rainey, MG
But I will be the first to admit that when watching YouTube you sometimes get lame information, or sometimes you get great information but for a completely different climate than where we live. And then, sometimes you get a wonderful little gem that’s worth pursuing.
One of my happy “gems” has been a “new-to-me” technique for holding up tomatoes. It may not be for everybody, but I’m using it this year and so far, I’m very happy with the results.
Posts were put in at each end of my raised tomato bed. Half inch conduit was run through pvc T’s on the posts. Strings are dropped down from the conduit to each plant and attached to a tent peg. This string is wound around the main stalk of each tomato vine. Suckers are trimmed off regularly.
Check out the “A Trellis to make you Jealous” YouTube video.
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