Ideas for plants overgrowing a weave

lycomania · July 20, 2013

Hi Everybody! Happy growing to all. I was hoping to glean some ideas from you regarding overgrow-ing tomatoes. My two hybrid cherries have climbed all the way up my 6-7' FL weave, plus a couple of feet, and yesterday they started falling back down.

Do people lash some post supports to the original posts? If you do that, do you get up on a ladder every week to tie them up/harvest?

lycomania · July 20, 2013

After thinking for a moment, perhaps I should try hammering in an extra post or two, and simply tying the plants to them going downwards? It might work, but it is working against the normal growth of the plants. Anyone tried that? I know, it's not the most pressing question ever.

Redbaron · July 20, 2013

You are just bragging about how big your plants are! We should all have these kind of "problems".

ChrisK · July 20, 2013

Happens every year. I just let them trail back down and then tuck them back into the weave on their way back up! I sometimes get 15-18' vines from Sungold and Black Cherry.

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Originally Posted by lycomania

Hi Everybody! Happy growing to all. I was hoping to glean some ideas from you regarding overgrow-ing tomatoes. My two hybrid cherries have climbed all the way up my 6-7' FL weave, plus a couple of feet, and yesterday they started falling back down.

Do people lash some post supports to the original posts? If you do that, do you get up on a ladder every week to tie them up/harvest?

lycomania · July 21, 2013

I am sorry for the late replies, I had quite a busy day.

Very funny Scott. I felt a little goofy even posting about this problem.

Thank you very much, Chris, for letting me know that one can do that! Sounds
like a perfect solution--no effort on my part.

kurt · July 21, 2013

If you can put some horizontal poles across to another upright stake they will make a really nice easy picking tomatoe arbor.

lycomania · July 21, 2013

Thanks, Kurt! My space for the row is pretty narrow, but I might very well be able to make use of a couple T-posts to the side. I like the security of having the vines tied to something sturdy. Thank you!

July 20, 2013	#1
lycomania Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Zone 5b Posts: 179	Ideas for plants overgrowing a weave Hi Everybody! Happy growing to all. I was hoping to glean some ideas from you regarding overgrow-ing tomatoes. My two hybrid cherries have climbed all the way up my 6-7' FL weave, plus a couple of feet, and yesterday they started falling back down. Do people lash some post supports to the original posts? If you do that, do you get up on a ladder every week to tie them up/harvest?

July 20, 2013	#3
Redbaron Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 4,488	You are just bragging about how big your plants are! We should all have these kind of "problems". __________________ Scott AKA The Redbaron "Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless labour; & of looking at plants & animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single-product system." Bill Mollison co-founder of permaculture

July 21, 2013	#6
kurt Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Homestead,Everglades City Fl. Posts: 2,491	If you can put some horizontal poles across to another upright stake they will make a really nice easy picking tomatoe arbor. __________________ KURT