Florida Weave Trellis

The florida weave method goes up fast and uses everyday supplies you might already have around the yard.

Florida weave trellis.

The basket weave or florida weave is a common way to stake field tomatoes. There are many methods that you can employ for keeping your tomato plants off of the ground. If you use wooden stakes think about using metal stakes every four or five stakes to make the trellis stronger or at least for end posts. But i ll also share with you the alternate method as well.

This is the same technique farmers use. To set up this trellis technique start by placing a t posts on either each end of the row and add wooden stakes. This method is known as the florida weave. Florida weave method of trellising tomato plants by mike dunton.

You can review the basket information by clicking here. There are two ways to use this method. When setting up the florida weave trellis you will need t posts wooden stakes and gro tie garden twine. I ll share with you the process we prefer and why.

You ll need a different trellis system like concrete wire cages if you re growing indeterminate slicers like better boy or cherokee purple as they keep getting taller and taller. Along with the method described on this page we also use tomato baskets here on the farm. If you want a cheap and easy way to trellis your tomatoes even the unwieldy indeterminate plants forget cages. On this week s episode travis explains the easy florida weave trellis technique for tomatoes.

I m also going to share with you a cheap homemade approach to creating a trellis for your cucumbers and squash too.