Posted by Adirondack case guy on June 16, 2012 at 06:50:08 from (67.246.153.242):
In Reply to: tomato cages posted by larry@stinescorner on June 15, 2012 at 18:35:10:
As most of you know, we garden in raised beds. I have taken old crates and pallets, dismantled them and used the lumber to make simple adjustable slat trelliss that we adjust to the plants as they grow. They are screwed together with deck screws, so they can be moved from box to box with little effort. Once the plants are well established on the first tier, we cut all the under growth below allowing air to circulate under the main body of the plants. This allows us to water them easily from beneith, without getting the leaves wet. Far less disease, using this method. I also have a pile of "cut offs" from a steel roofing job that fit perfectly on the slat rails and work well to shade young plants from the sun early on in the season. They worked well to protect the plants from a hail storm that came through a couple of weeks ago also. You might also want to try an A frame like this for peas. I built this one from an old crate, nylon rope, baler twine, and deck screws, in about a 1/2 day. It is 8' tall. The wifey will need a ladder to pick them LOL. Our tomatoes are late, as we never got our plants in the mail that we ordered. The plants in the second pic. are all seedlings that sprouted from last years crop. We are looking forward to see what these plants produce. If we are happy, we will persue this next year. These plants yielded 1-3# fruits last year, and we canned 73 qts. of V8.5 juice last year, and want to do more this coming year. With the farm for Venison, fish, beef, and pork, we don't buy much at the grocery store. I need to start growing barley and hops though! LOL
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