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Do you know the Florida weave?

If you’re planting a lot of determinate tomatoes this spring (plants that climb), the Florida weave can help you keep things under control.

When it’s warm enough (late October onwards), transplant young tomato seedlings at 60cm spacings in a straight row. Bang in some strong support stakes like waratahs at the end of each row and between every second plant. Once plants are around 30cm high:

• tie some gardening twine to the first stake at about the 15cm mark;

• weave it through the plants, looping it around each stake until it’s tight;

• go around the stake at the end, then weave back along the row;

• tie it off to the first stake. Repeat about once a week or when your plants have grown 15-20cm until your tomatoes reach their adult height.

GROWING

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2021-08-01T07:00:00.0000000Z

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