Sucker & String Train Tomatoes: 2 Heads

Greenhouse tomatoes are more manageable if you train them up strings with 1 or 2 heads. This technique is for indeterminate tomatoes (the ones that keep growing all season, with many sets of fruit). I know I may take some questions about why I didn't start my tomatoes earlier in the season - it's just time limitations: busy day job and weekends at the farmers market. However, even with a late start, I always come away with enough tomatoes to make it worth the effort.

I should have explained the pots buried in the gravel. We bought the property with the greenhouses built, and it was wall-to-wall gravel to a depth of 3 inches. When we decided to put in tomatoes, I thought of a couple of options: large pots (above ground, not buried) or bury the pots. I wanted the benefits of temperature moderation from the buried pots. We also drilled (hole saw) a number of large openings on the bottom so that the roots could explore beyond the pot. In the end, a couple of other small advantages I noticed: the ease of attaching strings for training (just a couple of small holes drilled in the side of the pot) and it also works great when I apply weed control (vinegar or herbicidal soap) to the gravel area.

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