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Post by bammer on Mar 26, 2011 15:28:35 GMT -5
Bammer does that line stretch at all? Does it need to be tightened up throughout the season? As Grunt said there is no stretching, you may have to tie some lines together thru the row every now and then.
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Post by willyswoodpile on Mar 27, 2011 6:52:33 GMT -5
Thanks guys!! Very helpful info..I will be ordering mine if I can't find it at Tractor Supply It looks like TSC has it. it's called "The Orangeline"
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Post by bammer on Mar 27, 2011 8:18:54 GMT -5
Question: Can this orange line be re-used? Unlike the bio-degradable jute twine that I have on hand...(or did have) used it all up yesterday... Yes this can be re-used, it will take alot of your time to deal with if you want to re-use it, but it can be re-used.
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Post by bammer on Mar 27, 2011 13:51:31 GMT -5
Blane, I know we're on page 4 of this thread but you can go back to the 1st page and check out posts 1, 2, 3, somewhat of a tutorial and it should help you get started....I hope.
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Post by bammer on Mar 28, 2011 17:36:01 GMT -5
I have this 20,000 ft box ( 2- 10,000' rolls) left from last year. Attachments:
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Post by bammer on Mar 28, 2011 17:43:14 GMT -5
I went to tractor supply today and they have plenty of the Orangeline in stock for $ 26.99. But I also see they have 16,000' (2 - 8,000' rolls) of sisle twine for $ 38.99, It cost abit more but the sisle twine will break down alot faster than the poly. So I thought I would give this a go this year and compare both. Neither one is U.S. made. Attachments:
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Post by bammer on Apr 3, 2011 8:08:34 GMT -5
Run like Kale! HaHaHa.......
SummerHawk, Brad Gates has some videos of WBF, I'll try to find them and put a few up here so you can see them. Rows of tomatos forever and he uses the Weave technique, And most all of his are OP and Heirloom varietys.
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Post by bammer on Apr 3, 2011 8:13:30 GMT -5
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Post by littleminnie on Apr 6, 2011 19:54:48 GMT -5
I'm so stupid. I always thought the Florida Weave was a way to sort of braid the tomatoes around themselves. Turns out I have been pretty much doing it for the last two years.
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Post by bammer on Apr 11, 2011 20:32:11 GMT -5
Here's beginning a row in the weave, Spuda Yellow Strawberry. These are 18" apart and I will have a post every 3 plants in this plot. Attachments:
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Post by jcm05 on Apr 12, 2011 6:08:27 GMT -5
Wow, lotsa clay huh?
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Post by bammer on Apr 12, 2011 16:32:48 GMT -5
It's really not clay, It's actually real good dark dirt That I have worked for years, I added entirely too many leaves this past fall and it is abit cloddy and clumpy like clay.
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Post by willyswoodpile on Apr 18, 2011 23:47:37 GMT -5
Okay, I priced the Orangeline today [at TSC] and it is $27.99 for 20,000 feet. If I have 25 ft. rows...figure 60' per "level", that's 240' for 4 levels ... say 250' per 25 foot row. That's easily 750' feet just for three 25 foot rows in one 75' row. Let's say a plant every 3 feet, that's only 8 plants per row... 24 plants every 75 feet. Of course you guys pack 'em in a lot tighter than that but I was just figuring the 150' x 83' spot I had picked out. 75' running north/south with two 4' paths running east/west. So three 25' rows separated by 4' paths. That would take at least Ten 75' rows for 200 + plants. That's 7,500 feet of Orangeline conservatively figured. I think we have a bunch of metal fence posts in one of the barns so I shouldn't have to spend any money there. I was pricing some stuff at Menards and they wanted $5 apiece for fence posts. That's not happening when I have the same thing at the farm for free. I also found 7' two by fours for $2 and change at Menards. If I ripped them in half that would be a little over a dollar apiece for stakes [if I wanted to try staking some that way]. Anyways, I was just doing a little figuring in my head. Nothing is set in stone yet.
Terry
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Post by bammer on Apr 24, 2011 11:02:49 GMT -5
Good job Blane, Looks like you got a great start.
Looks like Crocky eats pretty well.
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Post by willyswoodpile on Apr 24, 2011 16:48:00 GMT -5
Are those 7 foot 2 x 4s ripped?
I was asking because I am thinking about the cheapest way to get those type of stakes.
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