Tied Green Tomatoes

Well, my blue (or yellow, or orange, or purple, or pink...) thumb is getting a tinge of green to it, as I learn something new each and every day in the garden as that intrepid gardener, Marcy, has shown me a trick - or 20!

One of the latest is how to keep your tomatoes up.
Yup; up.
I thought they needed a cage to 'lean' on and after that you just hoped they wouldn't flop too heavily onto the ground.

Apparently not.

If they're in a greenhouse with any type of rafter, you lynch them. Hang a very long length of string or twine evenly over the rafter, and use each end to gently wrap around the tomato stalk.
Easy peasy!
The stalk feels naturally sticky, like velvet is sticky, and the tomatoes are held up as they grow while the string is growth friendly.

Now it looks like we have "Tomato Puppet Theatre" about to open!
Sandra