Earlier this spring my mother gave me 3 small “sweet 100”
cherry tomato plants. I was eager to
plant them in my garden. This would be
my very first garden in my very first home (I had always rented before – and
was unable to plant gardens). My three
little tomato plants became very large tomato plants (I was pruning them back
regularly according to everything I had read).
The plants were tied up using about three stakes per tomato plant and
metal tomato support racks. None of this
was enough to hold up the plants.
Once the tomatoes came on, the plants grew over 10 feet tall
easily. And the weight of the plant and
tomatoes was just too much for the supports.
The supports are now bent and are at very awkward angles, but most of
the tomatoes are up off the ground. The
tomatoes started blooming and have not quit.
It is September 22 (first day of fall) and the plants still have 100’s
of blooms on them. I have harvested
gallons of cherry tomatoes.
