Last growing season Deb found picking the tomatoes – in particular the black cherry variety – back behind the garage (we have a detached alley garage) a frustrating experience. This season she’s experimenting with forcing the tomato plants to display their wares with more … enthusiasm! Her approach? Twine is affixed to the ground (via spike) and the garage’s soffit. Here, have a picture:
And then she’s encouraging the tomato plants to use the twine as support. Of course, it doesn’t do this naturally, so she has to put each vine on the string manually – but so long as they stay on the twine, it should simplify picking.
Finally, a side view just for giggles.
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