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Post by canadamike on Sept 20, 2008 22:13:28 GMT -5
Thanks LAV, I love the concept. I have in the past used these kind of cages, but for potatoes, and inside of it ( branches would get out of course).
This vertical rooting is brilliant. THANKS A LOT FOR THE TIP. I sure have no doubt about the capacity of the plants to root along the stems, we witness it all the time, but what a great space saver and crop improvement system this must be.
The idea of a pipe is great and it works. May I suggest landscape fabric covered weeping tiles, you will keep your soil free of rocks, manipulation mistakes can happen, and the tiles will let the air in, oxygenating your roots. Its a trick used in compost piles to accelerate decomposition, but I have done it with taters, and it helps a lot.
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Post by lavandulagirl on Sept 20, 2008 22:37:23 GMT -5
Thanks for the tile tip, Michel, I will look for those. I was thinking of using a pipe like is used in a curtain drain through the center... basically a pvc pipe with holes in it.
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Post by landarc on Sept 21, 2008 17:00:23 GMT -5
LG lives on the edge of the valley that provides some of the best tomato growing conditions in a state full of tomato farms. All she has to do is learn to deal with getting the tomatoes up and ready as soon as the freezes end, she will find that her tomatoes ripen fast and her yields should be excellent. Some folks manage to get two full season tomato harvests if they have a greenhouse to start their first crop.
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Post by lavandulagirl on Sept 21, 2008 20:52:28 GMT -5
Sweet! I have a sunroom. Two crops, here I come!
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Post by winter unfazed on Sept 25, 2008 11:29:13 GMT -5
So I'm not the only one who refers to frost as the "F word"! Well, we learn new things every day.
We won't be getting any until at least the middle of October, though. (The earliest one here, as far as I can remember, was October 7.)
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