Topic: And ANOTHER 'silly'!

[tim]

Thought I'd go professional with 'stringing' the tomatoes this year.

Used green garden 'twine' - same as I use for tying everything - being soft & grippy.

Big mistake! It's now rotting in the damp at the bottom & the toms are sagging!! Back to canes for now, & nylon cord next year.

[Svea]

yes, the green garden twine gives very easily. i am not sure i will bother buying a roll of that again - considering the type of uses i subject it to.....

[tim]

Now She tells me!!

[Svea]

whaa...... :o

hey, you started it. i was just gonna keep stumm and put it down to inexperience ;)

[lorna]

I'm with you Svea!! I have also kept stumm.I kept thinking I am not going to mention it they will (or might) think "Well we all know what a novice she is!!! ;D" Lorna

[carloso]

lol i did the same thing to,

mind you the tomatoes looked very relaxed layed on the floor !!!


carl

[Svea]

in fact this is how they grow 'in the wild'. it's us evil people who train and prune and pinch them into a shape that will help us at harvest time. i think ;)

[philcooper]

Green string is meant to be soft (and hence it doesn't have much strength)

It's main use is the same as raffia. For tying plants to support, not as supports.

I should have mentioned this when suggesting the "string method"

Phil

[tim]

In the 'olden days', we always used raffia. Unbreakable in normal circumstances.

[wardy]

I used this soft "string" for tying up my onions.  It didn't half hurt when they landed with a thud on my unbooted tootsies  :'(   I used the same string for my bean teepee and I planted a squash in the middle.  It has the power of damp bog paper  ;D