Plant Support Method for Containers

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This is how a fellow backyard SWC tomato grower supports his tomato plants. What is nice about this method is you can use PVC pipes to support the vertical lines that run to the base of the plants as he has done or run a overhead wire like a clothes line between two poles to tie your lines to that drop down to the base of the plants. Notice he has a horizontal line he runs the length of the containers at the plant base to tie his vertical lines to. Then as the plant grows he attaches tomato clips to the plant and vertical line to support the plants as they grow. The commercial growers use this technique to support there plants as well. You can use this for container growing or for plants grown in the ground. The pictures shown at the link are the best I have seen to demonstrate this type of tomato plant support. I use this method in my open greenhouse to support my plants I grow in my 26qt styrofoam ice chests. Plus if you don't train your plants to a single stem you can run multiple lines to the base of the plant to support the side shoots coming from the main stem which is the way I do. Johnny's seeds among others sell the twine and tomato plant clips. Here's the link. Ami

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