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Tomatoe stringing question

tulsacityfarmer

13 years ago

I have seen tomatoes in pictures in green houses and I understand a pipe or cable across the top for twine to be tired to and how clips are used to support the tomatoes.But my question is at the bottom of the twine support.Is the string at the bottom tied to another cable at the ground level or is the support twine just tied to the bottom of the tomatoe plant itself?

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oakhill (zone 9A, Calif.)
13 years ago
One of the round plastic clips is placed around the bottom of the stem, and the string attaches to the clip. No ground level cables are used.
barrie2m_(6a, central PA)
13 years ago
The only exception would be for the few plants close to a circulation fan. For those I tie a small clay flower pot to the end of the stringline.

I like to place the first clip opposite the first branch so that the stringline is fairly tight. If you start with a drooping line you will have plants leaning in various directions.
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tulsacityfarmer
Original Author
13 years ago
Thank you very much.

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