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Question by Lamborama: What’s your preference when it comes to staking or caging tomato plants?
My mom always used stakes to support her tomato plants, but I’m trying out the cages this year. Any thoughts on what works best for your tomato plants?
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Answer by Jim
Cages are a pain but they work better.
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i bought 2 banana trees i added epsom salt to one and none to the other the one with epsom salt grew an extra 3 feet !!
Hi all! I live out on the Oregon coast and started my “First” real garden in may. I’m having a few problems however other than “loving” them too much. A couple of my tomato plants leaves are curling up from the sides and I don’t know what to do But the plants are HUGE! Also my bush beans are turning yellow. They are small as well but this is only mid July. other than that the bush look healthy.. What can I do to save them? Should I make up some Epsom salts? Please help.
Sweeter that is.
I use it in solution (2-3 tablespoons per gallon) on developing watermelon vines. Makes the watermelon taste swrrter.
I use Epsom Salt Whenever I Water My plants. In the Garden I Mix Lots of it in the Soil and yes it does Wonders.
hey P.allen I need your help. I fertilized my plants like 3 week ago now I m confused when should I put fertilize them again?
What are the measurements of your pussy? You wet bitch?
I’d split you like a fresh cut pine board.
Epsom Salt is a compound, not an element.
Or 2!
I hrard that it is not really a Salt
Just kidding around. I’m excited about using epsom salts in the garden. Good luck everyone!
Well, men for years have lied about measurements!
I have some palm trees in planters. Last year they were looking yellow and pretty un healthy. I diluted about half a cup of epsom salt in a gallon of water, and watered them about once a month with this solution along with regular watering(deep watering about once every two weeks). They all perked up ,as well as a few I had almost given up on.New trees began to sprout and the leaves on the mature plants became dark green and healthy. Epsom salt works for palms for sure.
Thanks for this P Allen. I will try this in my garden. Had no idea Epsom salts had so many uses. Awesome!
wtf I have never watched this vid or commented on..@PallenSmith … ?
He said tablespoons, jackass.
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could be the flowers didn’t get pollinated. this can be done by hand if you had a lack of bees buzzing around your flowers
Sounds like you may have applied to much nitrogen to the soil if you saw a lot of leafy foliage but no bloom or fruit
correction not water, camera
i have just watched a couple of your videos – great content but tip to the camera-person: they need to brush up on their skills, firstly when you are talking to the camera, you need to be looking at the water, those shots of you from different angles looking at somewhere other than the camera just dont work also the shots from the side dont work they make the entire camerawork and the video look totally unprofessional
I planted heirloom yellow squash this year and got lots of beautiful flowers–no fruit whatsoever. Any suggestions?
I’ve used epsom salts in my California gardens and now here in Missouri. My Iceberg Roses loved the stuff in both states. I’ve also had luck using it on the burn spots my dogs make in my lawn. Thanks for explaining it Allen.
tomatoe ties
i like cages being they kind contain the plant better the big rubber coating ones at target work AWESOME
My tomato rows are 12 foot long. 5 plants per row. I put a post on each end and pull wires from post to post. As the plants get higher, I add another wire. I have found this lets the plants vines grow out instead of trying to bundle them up on 1 stack. Be sure to add a little lime to your soil. This will keep the tomatos from having black ends on the tomato. Good Luck! David
I had always used stakes to support my tomato plants. Last year I tried the cage. The difference was amazing. The cage hindered my tomato plants in all sorts of ways; especially in the amount of tomatoes produced. So this year I have gone back to the stake…from here on and always!
Of course you have to use ties on the stakes as your tomato plants grow.
Cages work much better. I have made rings out of wire fencing with large openings (for reaching through to get the tomatoes) held in the ground by stakes, and they have worked very well.
I use the cages because it goes around the plant
If u stake it the pole usu. distrupts the roots and u have to tie the plant itself to the stake
I have tried both. I agree with the other guy here that i think the cage restricts the growth. I think tying your tomatoes is the most effective way to go. This year I am using large 10 gallon size containers so I might have to go with cages or make a tee-pee out of long pieces of wood. I would stake them but I think the containers will limit staking. I think cages are a lazy persons substitute for tying your plants with stakes.
I have tried both cages and stakes and I prefer the stakes.
One year my plants grew so much that they lifted the cages right off the ground! YIKES! Reminded me of the old horror film, “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes”. 😮
I was going to try the “upside down” method for my tomato crop this year, but I was outvoted, so back to the stakes.
To avoid root damage with the stakes, I put the stakes in when I plant the young tomato.
Good luck with your crop. Nothing beats a nice, juicy, home grown tomato…yummy.
I can’t say one way or the other because I haven’t grown them long enough. I did find this link when browsing for tips for myself and find it quite interesting. Hope it helps you some:
http://www.mastergardeners.org/picks/tom…
Good luck!