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How do you install stakes for a tomato plant?

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Installing Tomato Stakes

In my garden I have 3 rows with 5 tomato plants in each. I have 2 stakes at either end of the 5 plants with string twine from stake to stake on each side. The stakes are 36 high and about 12 inches in the ground. Good luck.

It is best to do this before the tomato grows very much. Pushing the stake into the ground near the plant can damage the roots.

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Also,you can put 1 (or more if needed ) stake per plant ,& tie the plant to the stake with twine as it grows, wrapping it in a figure-of-8 to prevent it cutting in.

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