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.
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.....
Now She tells me!!
whaa...... :o
hey, you started it. i was just gonna keep stumm and put it down to inexperience ;)
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
lol i did the same thing to,
mind you the tomatoes looked very relaxed layed on the floor !!!
carl
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 ;)
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
In the 'olden days', we always used raffia. Unbreakable in normal circumstances.
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