This afternoon I finally planted my tomatoes outside. I ended up planting 31 plants: 5 black cherry, isis cherry, black Ethiopian, black prince, polish linguisa, 4 northern lights and one each of alpine and Kansas depression.
Of the 3 large rows I have one row has been surrounded by a trellis. The trellis is 3’ wide at the base and 2’ wise at the top. It is 6’ high and approximately 11’ long. It is pretty much an A frame but a little bigger and not quite that A shape. The plan is that the tomatoes will grow up and then as they start to tip over, they will have the sides of the trellis to support them.
The other 2 rows have a 3’ stake driven into the ground beside every plant. As they grow that will betide off to the stakes and when they outgrow the stakes I am just going to let them tip. There will be mulch around then so hopefully any tomatoes on the ground do not become too dirty.
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