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Twine and zip ties were my old patio trellis, then I measured the sag
I used to string tomato vines up with whatever I had, zip ties and old twine, and every August the whole thing drooped into the dirt by the fence line. Last spring I finally built a simple wire grid on wooden posts, cost about $40 in materials, and now the plants stand straight even after a heavy rain. Has anyone else switched from improvised supports to a real structure and noticed how much less time you spend fixing things?
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hugomurray2mo ago
My buddy Tim made the same switch and said his tomatoes finally stopped "fighting gravity," but he still spends every weekend untangling his hose.
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terryk282mo ago
Are we sure it's the hoses that are fighting gravity, or the tomatoes giving him ideas?
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