Tomato support

i71jskz5xu42pb

Hi,

Grew tomatoes last year, stakes and support ties to keep them upright which worked well enough

This year I'll be growing them against a wall and am considering support options.

Would love something like this (assuming wire not too thin/spacing right) but they are crazy expensive. (1x5m is about £300GBP)

Next option I was considering was simply a panel of galvanised fencing fitted to wood batons on the wall (to keep out from wall). Again assuming you can find something with wire not too thin/spacing right.

Or same idea with traditional wooden trellis.

Anybody have anything that has worked well for them? Any thoughts on the above?

menuisier

Hey

I'm planning on growing tomatoes against a wall this summer.

The wall gets good sun and is high. I was going to use grow bags. I was wondering how did yours do outside? id like to do plum for pizza sauce.

I'm in Dublin hoping for a good summer

i71jskz5xu42pb

I ended up putting up a trellis against the wall, on battons so it sits out a bit. Worked well enough. Planted directly into the soil.

Main thing you need to think about is support, if you go for a non bush variety they'll need support of some kind, the wind will snap them or the weight of fruit will bring them down otherwise. You can see in photo below how they are tied.

Other thing that is non obvious is that you need to pinch out any side shoots on the non bush varieties.

Loads on both these points on the internet. https://www.quickcrop.ie/learning/plant/tomato

I didn't do anything last year just to give the soil a rest but in previous years got a decent crop with just growing outside against an east facing wall (I'm also in Dublin).

Varieties I tried

http://www.brownenvelopeseeds.com/product-p/red-centiflor.htm
Too big a yield, lots of fruit rotting in the vine, would not bother again

http://www.brownenvelopeseeds.com/product-p/tangidel.htm
Probably the tastiest, will do a few this year

http://www.brownenvelopeseeds.com/product-p/stupice.htm
The best of the lot in terms of flavour/yield will grow this year


Enjoy, nothing better than home grown tomatoes.

LouD2016

I just bought a couple of tomato plants at the weekend. They are currently sitting in my kitchen window and will be moving them to my little greenhouse soon. Ive never grown them before ... do I move them to bigger pots now and leave them in greenhouse or is it better to eventually move them outdoors and plant in the ground? Or will they grow ok in pots in greenhouse?

Harry Palmr

What type, vine or bush? What size are they? I'd not be in any rush to put them out yet. Might be best to repot and wait if they are just getting too big.