Mark
There aren't too many people in this obsession that make me rethink everything. For me that list includes Suze, Raybo, Bill in Alabama and now you. Thank you for sharing pictures that are always gobsmacking and freely sharing your approach in detail!
Between you and Bill I finally got the nudge to prune my in ground plants down to a couple of stems and use a string/tie/clip method. The ability to manage disease and insects alone makes it worth it. I haven't gone this route in my earthtainers because I don't have a means of growing them high enough, which is what happens when you have few stems. Inevitably, disease and insects hit them much harder. My production for those with 2 stems last year in the first year was improved and so far, things are looking good for 2016. We're having an unbelievably cool and wet Spring, so who knows what the results will be in the end.
Appreciate you.
Dewayne Mater
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