How COPIA Trellises Our Tomatoes
Rusic Tomato Trellis
We use this trellis style exclusively in our Italian Cultural Garden. We start with 2x2 wooden stakes (redwood or similar) about 6-8 feet long and pound them into the ground at least 2 feet deep. For the tomatoes we space two rows about 20 inches apart and then every 4 feet or so down the bed. We then attach the branches (we used willow) to the stakes with plastic zip-ties. The zip-ties make the job go much faster than tying with twine or wire. These are good options as well.
Standard Tomato Trellis
We plant our tomatoes two feet apart in rows. We then drive 8 foot long metal t-stakes between every other plant (i.e. 4 feet apart). As the plants grow and begin to flop over we tie them up with nylon twine from the hardware store. We continue to add lines of twine as needed until we have a full wall of tomatoes about 6 feet high.
-Colby Eierman
We use this trellis style exclusively in our Italian Cultural Garden. We start with 2x2 wooden stakes (redwood or similar) about 6-8 feet long and pound them into the ground at least 2 feet deep. For the tomatoes we space two rows about 20 inches apart and then every 4 feet or so down the bed. We then attach the branches (we used willow) to the stakes with plastic zip-ties. The zip-ties make the job go much faster than tying with twine or wire. These are good options as well.
Standard Tomato Trellis
We plant our tomatoes two feet apart in rows. We then drive 8 foot long metal t-stakes between every other plant (i.e. 4 feet apart). As the plants grow and begin to flop over we tie them up with nylon twine from the hardware store. We continue to add lines of twine as needed until we have a full wall of tomatoes about 6 feet high.
-Colby Eierman
