To secure tall, indeterminant tomatoes, we build what I call scaffolding. Basically, We get 4 7ft pieces of wood, or you can use metal stakes. Secure horizontal pieces as the tomato gets taller, so you can rest the branches on them. I always trim the bottom branches off, never allowing any of the branches or fruit to touch the ground. Yo can also plant the tomatoes next to a chain link fence, in the sun, and secure it to the fence as it grows. Even in the first example, my tomatoes went over the top and back down to the ground.
_________________ Sandi Texas Certified Nursery Professional Texas Master Naturalist Organic gardener Tree-Hugger Native Texan
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