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[–]GWBusch[S]0 points
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I learned this year I need a bigger garden bed, my two tomatoes were way too close together. I also learned that indeterminate tomatoes can get huge, like really huge. Currently the two in the bed if you stood the vines straight up would be over 10 feet tall and they are still growing every day, its a constant battle to prune them. Next year I either need to get really tall cages or set up some lines and stakes. The sauce tasted amazing, it was my first time attempting to can anything I have grown so even with all the work involved and very little to show for it I think it was worth it for the experience.
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Tomatoes tolerate being trimmed very well. If you are just looking to have a few tomatoes for salad, trim them. If you want to make sauce, let them get super big. I find making a tall bamboo tripod to be better than a cage. Happy growing, though.
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I didn't consider using bamboo, my neighbor has a forests worth of the stuff in their backyard, I might have to ask them for some when the time comes, thanks!
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I just prune any leaves that do not get sunlight, everything grows so dense that a lot of the leaves are just taking up resources and not helping the fruit, and I also sometimes prune the suckers depending on what vine they're growing from so it doesn't keep getting taller.
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[–] GWBusch [S] 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
I learned this year I need a bigger garden bed, my two tomatoes were way too close together. I also learned that indeterminate tomatoes can get huge, like really huge. Currently the two in the bed if you stood the vines straight up would be over 10 feet tall and they are still growing every day, its a constant battle to prune them. Next year I either need to get really tall cages or set up some lines and stakes. The sauce tasted amazing, it was my first time attempting to can anything I have grown so even with all the work involved and very little to show for it I think it was worth it for the experience.
[–] Le_Squish 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Tomatoes tolerate being trimmed very well. If you are just looking to have a few tomatoes for salad, trim them. If you want to make sauce, let them get super big. I find making a tall bamboo tripod to be better than a cage. Happy growing, though.
[–] GWBusch [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I didn't consider using bamboo, my neighbor has a forests worth of the stuff in their backyard, I might have to ask them for some when the time comes, thanks!
[–] Voopin__Voopin ago
if you do the tripod, do you wrap twine around it or something for the plants to rest on, or support them as they grow outward?
easier question, do you have a pic of what you are talking about? :)
[–] Amadameus ago
You prune your tomatoes? I've never heard of this...
[–] GWBusch [S] ago
I just prune any leaves that do not get sunlight, everything grows so dense that a lot of the leaves are just taking up resources and not helping the fruit, and I also sometimes prune the suckers depending on what vine they're growing from so it doesn't keep getting taller.