Is the FL weave as easy as it looks?

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Thu, May 23, 13 at 18:15

I am figuring out the cheapest way to support my tomatoes this year. Normally I stake them and then tie the branches to bamboo sticks. It looks a mess by the end of the year.

I already have the bamboo sticks and nylon string. All I would have to buy are sturdier stakes for the end of the rows. I have already planted though...3" apart. I saw a video online and the FL weave looks like the simplest/cheapest way to support. Am I right in thinking this?

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Posted by riceke Z8GASnellville (My Page) on
Fri, May 24, 13 at 14:43

I didn't find it so. The reason is that after you weave, side shoots and sckers come out of the weave. Then it's a mess to cleanup after season. I instead bought the 3 or 4' green yard fencing. Stretched it between poles and tied the tomato branches to it using the old pipe cleaners that are still carried at Wmart.

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Posted by harveyhorses 7 Midlothian Va (My Page) on
Fri, May 24, 13 at 14:53

I had very good success with it, at the end of the season, I just cut one end and pulled it through, then disposed of dead plants as usual. I used 6 ft t posts, and they still flopped over the top, but a huge improvement on my other methods.

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