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Old April 20, 2017   #7
Fritz77
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To be honest with you the picture I posted is not from my garden, as I didn’t take any picture of my trellising system last year. I use the same system though. My soil also doesn’t look as good as this one…
You may want to check out a thread I started a while ago. You could be able to get some good ideas for your garden. As you see, I had been debating on the same issue not too long ago.

http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=43158


Bamboo works fine for me. I just have limited access to it, so I make do with another kind of cane which grows almost everywhere here in my area (and the picture I posted displays the same kind of cane I use).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arundo_donax

I guess it can be found in the US too , or at least Wikipedia says so where it’s maybe known under the name Colorado river reed. Here it is almost infestating. Unfortunately it lasts less than bamboo. It’s good for one season and some of those canes last longer. I just have to check and test them every spring when the tomato season officially starts to see if they’re still usable.
If you can get bamboo easily, I suggest you go for it. You won’t regret it and it will work very well.

Dami
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