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Produce => Under Glass => Topic started by: tim on July 13, 2005, 10:58:24
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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.
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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.....
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Now She tells me!!
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whaa...... :o
hey, you started it. i was just gonna keep stumm and put it down to inexperience ;)
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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
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lol i did the same thing to,
mind you the tomatoes looked very relaxed layed on the floor !!!
carl
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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 ;)
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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
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In the 'olden days', we always used raffia. Unbreakable in normal circumstances.
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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