I went all out this year with my tomatoes and beans since last year the cages, the towers, the poles, the nylon trellis, and the 10 foot stakes weren't enough. So, I have posted some pictures of what my garden looks like and what I did to alleviate the lack of space I have and the super tall, long plants I tend to grow. I'm not sure whether it is the watering scheme, the soil, fertilizer, or something else, but they seem to grow very well.
The garden is 12x40 and this spring I put in 3 yards of compost (about 4 inches deep) and 7 yards of very poor clay-like topsoil. When I tilled the garden, the tiller didn't get quite deep enough to mix up the compost with the topsoil and then I made mounds which made the topsoil even deeper where the plants were. It took everything about a month of growing before it hit the compost I think.
All right, here are the pictures. These were taken last week. I will post some more in another month probably.
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| This is a shot straight down my two rows of tomatoes. The vertical studs are 10 ft stuck in the ground about 2 feet and the spanners are 12 ft. The spanners are located on the cross members with wooden dowels just to hold them in place. |
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| Here's the side shot of the tomatoes. The cross members are only there for support on the bottom and stability. The top cross members are there to rest the spanner on. The spanner, as you can see, has the twine tied to it. The twine was tied to the spanner and left to hang. |
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| These are some of the glads we grew in the flower bed by the back fence. Note the fence is a 6' tall fence. |
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| This is a close up of a tomato plant with the clips in place. I bought the clips from Amazon I think, 100 for $26. They clamp onto the twine and support the tomato plant stretching the twine and bringing the tomato plant straight up. It requires training and clipping all side shoots from the tomato plants. For some plants I let one shoot near the bottom grow. With 18 plants, I have now 30 or so vines. |
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| I have four rows of corn and pole beans. The beans are using the corn and the twine to get vertical. These are also 10 ft studs stuck in the ground about 2 feet. It may be difficult to see, but there are pumpkins, spaghetti and butternut squash behind and kind of intertwined with the corn and beans. |
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| This is straight between two rows of beans and corn. I obviously planted my rows too close together again as I can barely walk between the rows. The difficult part about harvesting will be to reach the top of the vines. |
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