Florida weave

Then I stumbled on the Florida Weave, and am SO happy I did.

Tired of flimsy cages collapsing? Click here to learn why the Florida weave is the best method for supporting your tomato plants. Save it now!

A Florida weave trellis is a sturdy and easy way to give your tomato plants support as they grow. Here are the steps to build this simple DIY trellis.

Tired of flimsy metal cages that keep breaking every season or topple over from the weight of your plants? If you want an easy and inexpensive way to trellis tomatoes, let me introduce you to the Florida weave. Also known as the basket weave method, it goes up fast and uses everyday supplies you mig

Sean Pessarra on Instagram: "Here is how I am trellising my peppers using the Florida weave method with a slight modification. The Florida weave method involves sandwiching your plants between two strings that are woven through all the plants along the row. For my determinate tomatoes, I typically will do a single row of plants and perform this weaving action all the way up as they grow throughout the harvest season. However, with peppers and some cut flowers like zinnias, I slightly…

Alison Schillfarth on Instagram: "Just a friendly PSA, so you won't make the same mistakes I did, use the Florida weave to trellis your tomatoes! It's such an effective method thar requires much less money! #gardening #gardeningtipsforbeginners #gardentips #sustainableliving #tomatoes #tomatoplant #tomatotrellis #gardeningtips #plantsofinstagram #growyourown"

Tired of flimsy metal cages that keep breaking every season or topple over from the weight of your plants? If you want an easy and inexpensive way to trellis tomatoes, let me introduce you to the Florida weave. Also known as the basket weave method, it goes up fast and uses everyday supplies you mig

Tired of flimsy metal cages that keep breaking every season or topple over from the weight of your plants? If you want an easy and inexpensive way to trellis tomatoes, let me introduce you to the Florida weave. Also known as the basket weave method, it goes up fast and uses everyday supplies you mig

So far, I have 36 tomato plants in one really long bed. Some of the varieties are: Cherokee Purple Sungold Cherry German Johnson Celebrity Roma Better Boy Thirty-six plants are quite a few tomatoes. Rather than get caught up with staking each one and trying to keep up with tying the plants (and inevitably falling behind quickly in that task each year), or spending too much money on flimsy round wire cages that are useless once the plants grow higher than three feet, or the welds break, I am…

Tomatoes pose a unique challenge to gardeners large and small. Indeterminate varieties can reach towering heights but are unable to support themselves, especially once they begin to set fruit. All varieties of...