Planting 30 More Tomatoes (Trying out the Florida Weave Staking System!
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Date: 2022-07-16
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Lady
Talk loud & constantly & most people in this country don't have that size property! Talking loud, fast & constantly! It's all about you! Show-off! Music is so loud! Brag, brag, brag! Most Gardner's would never have that money to blow! You're like advanced gardening 101! For landscapers! What housewife will do what you do! You talk so m where's the high end playground for y
uch, nobody can remember what you're tweeking about! Where's the elaborate playground for your kids, to play & have fun! I've only seen them once! Overboard with the plants & nothing for your kids?
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Talk loud & constantly & most people in this country don't have that size property! Talking loud, fast & constantly! It's all about you! Show-off! Music is so loud! Brag, brag, brag! Most Gardner's would never have that money to blow! You're like advanced gardening 101! For landscapers! What housewife will do what you do! You talk so m where's the high end playground for y
uch, nobody can remember what you're tweeking about! Where's the elaborate playground for your kids, to play & have fun! I've only seen them once! Overboard with the plants & nothing for your kids?
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Jandy
Just started using Florida Weave last year w/indeterminate. This year I have both. I love it! However. Im still trying to find the perfect STRING to use. Nylon is great because it doesnt stretch or break, however, it comes apart when you cut it and hard to keep it on the spool! Ive tried multiple different twine type strings and theyre awful! They dont stay tight and break too easily ( or Im pulling too tight! . This year I put stakes between 2 plants to help with the overall weight. Love the weave! Just need to find the perfect string!
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Just started using Florida Weave last year w/indeterminate. This year I have both. I love it! However. Im still trying to find the perfect STRING to use. Nylon is great because it doesnt stretch or break, however, it comes apart when you cut it and hard to keep it on the spool! Ive tried multiple different twine type strings and theyre awful! They dont stay tight and break too easily ( or Im pulling too tight! . This year I put stakes between 2 plants to help with the overall weight. Love the weave! Just need to find the perfect string!
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Gigi
I grew up on a farm in NW Florida and yep, this is almost exactly how we staked tomatoes. It works great but you have to get your rope, or wire, tight and use enough of it. I didn't know it had a name, though. I also don't remember doing a lot of pruning. That was something I learned about years later. Tomato leaves, though, are the smell of summer to me, so that tells you how much tomatoes were a part of my summer. along with picking, peas and butterbeans, weeding cotton, digging peanuts, etc.
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I grew up on a farm in NW Florida and yep, this is almost exactly how we staked tomatoes. It works great but you have to get your rope, or wire, tight and use enough of it. I didn't know it had a name, though. I also don't remember doing a lot of pruning. That was something I learned about years later. Tomato leaves, though, are the smell of summer to me, so that tells you how much tomatoes were a part of my summer. along with picking, peas and butterbeans, weeding cotton, digging peanuts, etc.
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Noa
Here in Galicia (Spain) we're having thunder and ligthning storms too, also rain in the nigth and a lot of wind too, whic is not that normal here, hope it's dosen't ruin people's gardens (and my garden too. You have really cool tomatoe varietys! And for the staking system, I don't know, my family and I just use wood sticks (can't convince them to buy metal stakes. Anyway, hope your tomatoes grow really big! The cut flower garden is looking amazingggg!
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Here in Galicia (Spain) we're having thunder and ligthning storms too, also rain in the nigth and a lot of wind too, whic is not that normal here, hope it's dosen't ruin people's gardens (and my garden too. You have really cool tomatoe varietys! And for the staking system, I don't know, my family and I just use wood sticks (can't convince them to buy metal stakes. Anyway, hope your tomatoes grow really big! The cut flower garden is looking amazingggg!
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Milla
Love the weave idea and thank you for the clarification on the indeterminate and determinate varieties! Its my first year growing a garden since we finally bought a house in December. I did not know the difference between the types and seem to have put the small cages on the indeterminate and the large ones on the determinate. Ive had to buy some stakes, but lets see how the rest of the season goes! Definitely a learning curve for years to come.
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Love the weave idea and thank you for the clarification on the indeterminate and determinate varieties! Its my first year growing a garden since we finally bought a house in December. I did not know the difference between the types and seem to have put the small cages on the indeterminate and the large ones on the determinate. Ive had to buy some stakes, but lets see how the rest of the season goes! Definitely a learning curve for years to come.
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Sandy
Hi Laura! This was really interesting. I've seen this method on other videos, too. The only difference was they added the layers of twine/rope as the tomatoes grow, not before like you did. It seems like it would be difficult to put the plants through without damaging them. I use tomato cages that my husband made out of wood, but I'm afraid that they will not last much longer, so need to find a different method. Thank you so much for sharing!
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Hi Laura! This was really interesting. I've seen this method on other videos, too. The only difference was they added the layers of twine/rope as the tomatoes grow, not before like you did. It seems like it would be difficult to put the plants through without damaging them. I use tomato cages that my husband made out of wood, but I'm afraid that they will not last much longer, so need to find a different method. Thank you so much for sharing!
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allison
Spent the morning planting my leek plants, and whilst I was doing so I kept catching glimpses of the ruby red strawberries, calling to me.
And then in back of my mind Benjamin popped into my mind and nom, a large juicy strawberry was indulged, and it really is wonderful!
Sadly I was not so well-mannered as him and ate a few more not sharing, well no one else was there hahaha.
Fresh from the plant best taste ever!
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Spent the morning planting my leek plants, and whilst I was doing so I kept catching glimpses of the ruby red strawberries, calling to me.
And then in back of my mind Benjamin popped into my mind and nom, a large juicy strawberry was indulged, and it really is wonderful!
Sadly I was not so well-mannered as him and ate a few more not sharing, well no one else was there hahaha.
Fresh from the plant best taste ever!
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Simone
A couple tips if using Florida weave angle your t posts outward a bit (maybe 15-20 degrees) bc they get pulled inward with tightening line and also depending on your soil. Additionally, sturdier twine than one would use for upward trellising is best. The twine from bales of hay or straw are perfect. These suggestions matter most when doing a similar number of plants but for, say, less than 10, I wouldnt worry too much.
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A couple tips if using Florida weave angle your t posts outward a bit (maybe 15-20 degrees) bc they get pulled inward with tightening line and also depending on your soil. Additionally, sturdier twine than one would use for upward trellising is best. The twine from bales of hay or straw are perfect. These suggestions matter most when doing a similar number of plants but for, say, less than 10, I wouldnt worry too much.
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Anita
Hi, Laura, I grow a variety of tomato that is popular where I live (central Piedmont of NC. It is a low acid and sweet, pink-skinned slicer called German Johnson. Last year, my plants didn't start producing fruit as early as the Beefmasters and Early Girls. When they started producing, though, I had tomatoes until frost in early October. You might enjoy starting a couple plants next year.
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Hi, Laura, I grow a variety of tomato that is popular where I live (central Piedmont of NC. It is a low acid and sweet, pink-skinned slicer called German Johnson. Last year, my plants didn't start producing fruit as early as the Beefmasters and Early Girls. When they started producing, though, I had tomatoes until frost in early October. You might enjoy starting a couple plants next year.
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