But i ll also share with you the alternate method as well.
Florida weave trellis.
Staking is important to reduce fruit rots sunscald and foliar diseases.
A better way to trellis tomatoes.
Florida weave method of trellising tomato plants by mike dunton.
If you use wooden stakes think about using metal stakes every four or five stakes to make the trellis stronger or at least for end posts.
This is the same technique farmers use.
On this week s episode travis explains the easy florida weave trellis technique for tomatoes.
To set up this trellis technique start by placing a t posts on either each end of the row and add wooden stakes.
The basket weave or florida weave is a common way to stake field tomatoes.
If you want a cheap and easy way to trellis your tomatoes even the unwieldy indeterminate plants forget cages.
You ll need a different trellis system like concrete wire cages if you re growing indeterminate slicers like better boy or cherokee purple as they keep getting taller and taller.
There are two ways to use this method.
You can review the basket information by clicking here.
There are many methods that you can employ for keeping your tomato plants off of the ground.
Along with the method described on this page we also use tomato baskets here on the farm.
I ll share with you the process we prefer and why.
This method is known as the florida weave.
There are also determinate slicing tomatoes like mountain pride and celebrity that are popular with commercial growers that are compatible with florida weave.