Florida Weave Trellis
There are two ways to use this method.
Florida weave trellis. I m also going to share with you a cheap homemade approach to creating a trellis for your cucumbers and squash too. There are also determinate slicing tomatoes like mountain pride and celebrity that are popular with commercial growers that are compatible with florida weave. If you use wooden stakes think about using metal stakes every four or five stakes to make the trellis stronger or at least for end posts. I ll share with you the process we prefer and why.
On this week s episode travis explains the easy florida weave trellis technique for tomatoes. The florida weave method goes up fast and uses everyday supplies you might already have around the yard. This is the same technique farmers use. The basket weave or florida weave is a common way to stake field tomatoes.
This method is known as the florida weave. But i ll also share with you the alternate method as well. Staking is important to reduce fruit rots sunscald and foliar diseases. To set up this trellis technique start by placing a t posts on either each end of the row and add wooden stakes.
Florida weave method of trellising tomato plants by mike dunton. If you want a cheap and easy way to trellis your tomatoes even the unwieldy indeterminate plants forget cages. A better way to trellis tomatoes. There are many methods that you can employ for keeping your tomato plants off of the ground.
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