Florida Weave String Trellis

My florida weave turned out about as good as yours.

Florida weave string trellis.

If you want a cheap and easy way to trellis your tomatoes even the unwieldy indeterminate plants forget cages. The florida weave method goes up fast and uses everyday supplies you might already have around the yard. If you re growing tomatoes in your backyard consider the florida weave system. But i ll also share with you the alternate method as well.

I also pinched suckers as they grew out of each new branching spot so that there wouldn t be too much unnecessary plant growth. To set up this trellis technique start by placing a t posts on either each end of the row and add wooden stakes. On this week s episode travis explains the easy florida weave trellis technique for tomatoes. When setting up the florida weave trellis you will need t posts wooden stakes and gro tie garden twine.

This trellising technique is easy to install allows air to circulate between plants thus reducing disease holds plants upright and is quicker than tying each plant to one stake. This method is known as the florida weave. These will be the perfect height for a florida weave stake. This system makes it easy to prune and trellis indeterminate tomatoes because each stem gets a string and any additional suckers are pruned off.

While florida weave is most popular to string trellis. Drive 12 inches into the ground you ll have one plant between each stake. Keep a little over 5 feet above ground. But it all failed.

A better way to trellis tomatoes. Here s how to set it up. The florida weave method is very simple and the only supplies required are some form of posts and string. This is the same technique farmers use.

I ll share with you the process we prefer and why. The florida weave works best with determinate tomatoes. Opt for 18 inches in the ground if there are two plants between each stake. There are two ways to use this method.

I m also going to share with you a cheap homemade approach to creating a trellis for your cucumbers and squash too. The only reason that we chose these two materials is that we started out with a lot of t posts that were left over as a result of ripping out pasture fences. Florida weave is a method of using trellising twine and stakes to trellis your favorite garden plants.