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Old May 30, 2006   #1
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Default Growing in straw or hay bales?

A recent post by demblu reminded me of something I read someplace a while ago. Apparently it works quite well to plant tomatoes directly into a bale of straw. I happen to have some extra bales of straw and some healthy young plants left over from my regular planting. Sounds like a fun little experiment. A few quick questions for those who have done it:

1. Are we talking straw or hay?
2. How do you dig out the hole for the plant?
3. Do you put any additional soil in the hole?
4. How to water?
5. How often to fertilize? With what?
6. Do you let them sprawl or do you stake them or something?

Thanks, Kurt
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