Conventional gardening wisdom says you should pinch off the suckers that grow between the main tomato stem and the leaves of indeterminate (vining) tomato plants to encourage bigger fruit and more ...
Tomato cages are clunky and often aren't large enough to support plants. This clever alternative is easy to create and can be ...
Some explosive growth is on the way for garden plants, especially tomatoes and peppers! Like it or not, you will need to give your plants some strong support to bear all that future fruit. Today we ...
1. Trellis your row of tomato plants while they are still small. Hammer 8-foot stakes two feet into the ground, one on each end of the row and 10 feet apart within the row. Install hardware cloth ...
Florida weave for tomatoes is a budget-friendly DIY trellis method for indeterminate and determinate varieties. Marje / Getty Images If you’ve ever tried growing lots of tomatoes at once, you know ...
I was out recently pruning my roma tomatoes, which you may recall were the only tomatoes to survive the tree squashing the garden. They are growing on a trellis that was on the end of the garden that ...
Whether a tomato seedling was raised from seed or bought from a nursery, it’s as cute as the Obama family’s new puppy. If the plants stayed as darling until their fruit ripens in June and July, ...
Growing indeterminate tomatoes can be challenging. They put out suckers that grow every which way. Tame them with this easy alteration to an existing trellis.