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espiegel123 · July 9, 2011

A couple of questions about training/controlling tomatoes.

My cages use Gurney bases and a Burpee extension. So, I guess they are about 72 inches tall. It looks like some of the tomatoes will overtake the top in a few weeks if the rate of growth continues.

Do you do anything to add additional support when the tomatoes outgrow the cage?

Do you recommend removing suckers from the plants or do you recommend more or less letting them go. I have been removing most but not all of the suckers and things are getting kind of dense inside the cages.

Do I understand correctly that you only need to use the horizontally-oriented trellis netting up to the first level of the extension cage?

When you use the AWS, do you have any way of gauging the water level? I.e. if you want to make sure that everything is working right?

Thanks,

Edward

p.s. I can't believe how much water the tomatoes are sucking up at night. I am needing to refill the 'tank' every other day.

July 9, 2011	#156
espiegel123 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: California Posts: 14	A couple of questions about training/controlling tomatoes. My cages use Gurney bases and a Burpee extension. So, I guess they are about 72 inches tall. It looks like some of the tomatoes will overtake the top in a few weeks if the rate of growth continues. Do you do anything to add additional support when the tomatoes outgrow the cage? Do you recommend removing suckers from the plants or do you recommend more or less letting them go. I have been removing most but not all of the suckers and things are getting kind of dense inside the cages. Do I understand correctly that you only need to use the horizontally-oriented trellis netting up to the first level of the extension cage? When you use the AWS, do you have any way of gauging the water level? I.e. if you want to make sure that everything is working right? Thanks, Edward p.s. I can't believe how much water the tomatoes are sucking up at night. I am needing to refill the 'tank' every other day.