Tomato Towers
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Tomato Towers
I stacked up four old Super Swampers, and stood a 24" planter on the top (looks redneck as all get out) with the theory that the tomato plants in the planter will spill vines over the sides, and I won't have to stake any of them up...
I figure the vines will cover over the tires, and all the tomatoes (world record variety) will hang down around it.
TWO POUND 'maters, all around them tires...
I want to see this here....
Yes sir - I will take pictures if it works.
I figure the vines will cover over the tires, and all the tomatoes (world record variety) will hang down around it.
TWO POUND 'maters, all around them tires...
I want to see this here....
Yes sir - I will take pictures if it works.
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They grow up, they'll break if allowed to fall like that due to weight, I've been considering getting some large gauge fencing, not welded wire, but the twisted stuff to roll in columns to put around each plant, openings large enough to reach in.
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I like concrete reinforcement wire for tomato baskets. Its plenty strong & has room to get your hands between the wire. Hows everyones gardens doing. Mine has finally started growing. All this cool weather kept the ground too cold & my plants just sat & didn't grow at first. If my back didn't hurt so bad I'd build my last 4x16 bed. I better follow my docs orders though. I can go get the supplies. I'll make someone at the lumber yard load the truck.
I have jalapeno peppers,bell peppers,lettuce,okra,squash, broccoli,onions cabbage,kentucky wonder beans & tomatoes. My next bed will have butter beans & maybe summer types of tomatoes. I'm really into gardening this yr. I was just growing tomatoes & jalapenos the last few yrs
I have jalapeno peppers,bell peppers,lettuce,okra,squash, broccoli,onions cabbage,kentucky wonder beans & tomatoes. My next bed will have butter beans & maybe summer types of tomatoes. I'm really into gardening this yr. I was just growing tomatoes & jalapenos the last few yrs
Last edited by lariat97; Apr 26, 2007 at 08:40 AM.
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One thing that occurred to me is that I can jam a shelf in between the tires at different levels if I have to.
I just think a stack of SUPER SWAMPERS with tomatoes growing out of them would be "COUNTRY COOL" as it can possibly get...
I just think a stack of SUPER SWAMPERS with tomatoes growing out of them would be "COUNTRY COOL" as it can possibly get...
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I like your idea. Its good old redneck engineering. You could put some screw in metal hooks in the tires & tie the tomatoes vines with them
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OK, I have a home remedies gardeners book, finally found it, here's how to grow tomatoes trouble free.
Mix 1 tsp gypsum and 1 tsp of Epsen salt with compost for the hole when planting each tomatoe plant. This is a blossom end rot eleminator.
Instead of cages, place a frame work 18" off of the ground, allow the tomatoe plant vines to lay on them, rather than growing up. You have to keep them off of the ground to put out of reach of animals.
A bucket with a small hole in the bottom, placing a plant in the hole, planted in a light weight soil material, hang upside down with a lid on it, to keep rain from washing it out, water on occasion.
Book is loaded with ideas using things everyone has around their house, even fertilizers from stuff you already have, many uses for beer, if you can get plast the idea that not drinking it is wasteful.
Mix 1 tsp gypsum and 1 tsp of Epsen salt with compost for the hole when planting each tomatoe plant. This is a blossom end rot eleminator.
Instead of cages, place a frame work 18" off of the ground, allow the tomatoe plant vines to lay on them, rather than growing up. You have to keep them off of the ground to put out of reach of animals.
A bucket with a small hole in the bottom, placing a plant in the hole, planted in a light weight soil material, hang upside down with a lid on it, to keep rain from washing it out, water on occasion.
Book is loaded with ideas using things everyone has around their house, even fertilizers from stuff you already have, many uses for beer, if you can get plast the idea that not drinking it is wasteful.
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Originally Posted by Greywolf
One thing that occurred to me is that I can jam a shelf in between the tires at different levels if I have to.
I just think a stack of SUPER SWAMPERS with tomatoes growing out of them would be "COUNTRY COOL" as it can possibly get...
I just think a stack of SUPER SWAMPERS with tomatoes growing out of them would be "COUNTRY COOL" as it can possibly get...
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The only problem with that is setting hooks in your rafters.
I'd rather have them free standing.
Platforms on the rail of a BACK DECK ARE ANOTHER WAY THAT WORKS REAL GOOD!
Cherry toms grow extremely well that way
I'd rather have them free standing.
Platforms on the rail of a BACK DECK ARE ANOTHER WAY THAT WORKS REAL GOOD!
Cherry toms grow extremely well that way
Last edited by Greywolf; Apr 26, 2007 at 08:32 PM.
ive always used coffee grounds & also ashes from the stove as well in the garden