I'm still trying to plan out how I'm going to do my tomato trellises this year, and frantically! If you any pictures of your set up from previous years please feel free to share! I'd love to see some expert's sweet tomato towers! :D Especially Vertically grown!
If no pictures, please explain to...
You can tell your planting zone by where you live. Type planting zone into google, look at it and you can tell to some degree, but the best way to find what grows best in your area is to just ask the farmers and gardeners you live around.
When you start a transplant inside depends on what...
Thanks you all! Nooowww I'm trying to decide what I'm going to use for the trellis itself..
Has anyone used fencing(spaces 1ft x 6inches) tied vertically in between Tposts for tomato plants??
I'm thinking it will hold the weight.. or just hoping lol
I've been reading a good bit about growing vine crops vertically this fall so I'm planning on doing it this spring. Going to put a 6 ft T-post at the end of each row and a metal bar horizontally from one top to another, and hang nylon or hard yarn from the horizontal bar to the ground, for the...
Chicken manure has a much higher nitrogen amount than other manures. And seems to start up the compost pile faster than anything! I work on a pasture raised chicken farm (4500 strong) so I'm constantly bringing home poo :P What I've been doing this fall and winter is making circle compost piles...
This last fall I put about 8 of my big sweet leaf basils in pots and put them in the shed. They all stayed green for a while but now all of them have darkened, lost leaves and kind of "winterized" if you will. When spring rolls in and I put them back in the ground will they perk up and start...