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Gardening

alfie

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3. I know what you mean about late summer tom vines

Reply to NutmegYankee (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 9, 2016, 07:42 PM

Jun 2016

I have found toms 6 feet away from the mother plant hiding in the flower beds. I sometime put stakes a couple of feet from the main plant and tie the vines to them. Some times I just let them rip. By then I am like "do I REALLY have to go pick toms?"

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The garden is planted. (Tomatoes are 3-4 feet tall already) [View all] NutmegYankee Jun 2016 OP

Neat garden! alfie Jun 2016 #1

I purchased the tomato towers. NutmegYankee Jun 2016 #2

I know what you mean about late summer tom vines alfie Jun 2016 #3

I have the luck of having a lot of "customers". NutmegYankee Jun 2016 #4

I've been known to sneak over to neighbors... alfie Jun 2016 #5

Fabulous! libodem Jun 2016 #6

Is it possible to bring in dirt and build large raised beds? NutmegYankee Jun 2016 #7

I've thought about raised beds libodem Jun 2016 #8