Tomato frame success

[veggiechicken]

Think I might try that on the slope here. Would they be better trailing down or growing up?

[zazen999]

No idea! Pop one in the middle and see what they want to do..or one at the top and one at the bottom.

[Loudbarker1]

I expect this idea could work for several tender plants: toms, aubrigine, cucumbers, melons...... I'll try it for toms this year.

[veggiechicken]

Better soil at the bottom so that gives them an unfair advantage! Watch this space.....

[Bigmallly]

Better soil at the bottom so that gives them an unfair advantage! Watch this space.....

I would be tempted to put them at the bottom of a slope so water would run towards the roots. I suppose it may depend where the sun rises.......you could always tie them down......like you do your men.......

[veggiechicken]

Cheeky monkey! How would you know?

[Bigmallly]

Cheeky monkey! How would you know?

It was just a rumour I heard but didn't believe a word of it..

[veggiechicken]

Well don't believe all you hear - I may be tying my tomatoes up!

[susieq100]

This is a really good idea - I think I shall try a mixture of the cloche, frame and not worry too much about the staking of toms for the plot, especially as growing them straight into the ground means that I may not have to water every day, as you do in containers in a greenhouse.
Rushes off to fashion a Heath Robinson contraption .....