Stake and Prune Tomatoes
For Big Yield, Small Space
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A Heavier Yield for the Ground Space Occupied Is Given by Tomato;:
t Trained on a Fence, Arbor, or Stakes.
When tomatoes are grown to
single stem, tied to a stake or sin
ilar support, the maximum cro
can be harvested for the space o<
cupied, though the yield for eac
plant is less than that of plants a
lowed to spread naturally on th
ground.
Staking and pruning plants to
single stem is therefore a good wa
to grow tomatoes in a small ga:
den. Single stem plants can l
spaced a foot apart, and doubl
stem plants 21 inches apart, whi]
plants that lie on the ground ri
quuc xu(XL xccb caui way.
This applies to varieties of noi
mal vine growth, which are the onl
kind that should be staked an
pruned. So-called determinate ve
rieties, of which the stems sto
growing after they reach a certai
length, while the plant devotes a
its energies to ripening the frui
which has set, should never b
pruned, and get no benefit fror
staking, but they may be plante
as closely as 18 inches apart, an
allowed to spread on the grounc
They bear a good early crop, be
over a shorter season than the ole
er, later varieties.
Keeping tomato plants prune
and tied to stakes or a fence need
constant attention. At the joir
where each leaf grows on the mai
stem, a branch will develop, an
this must be cut or pinched off b<
fore it is four inches long, othe]
wise its removal may weake
the plant. If allowed to grow, se<
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a onaary nrancnes win aeveiop iron
i- it, and soon all effort to keep th(
p plant within bounds will have to b<
abandoned, A few days’ neglect o:
h pruning may spoil the plants.
1- To grow a two-stem plant, selec'
e one branch coming from the mail
stem 10 inches above the surface;
a and allow that to grow. Both mail
y stem and branch will have to bt
.. pruned regularly. Single sterr
e plants can be supported by a heavj
e cord stretched from a suitable tal
e support, and anchored to th<
ground near the plant. The sterr
as it grows can be twisted abou
, the cord.
iwo-siem piams may De nec
^ with soft twine, strips of cloth, raf
1 fia or special ties made of wire
imbedded in paper strips. Use e
? loose loop around the stem, to avoid
} constriction, or cutting,
f Tomatoes require full sun anc
* regular watering. When the soil is
- allowed to dry out, with fruit set,
' a black decay spot known as “bios
J som-end rot” may develop on the
1 fruit. Watering during dry spells
* will prevent this. When fruit be
t gins to mature, plant food worked
* into the soil around the plant, using
a tablespoonful at a time, will helg
1 produce more and larger fruit.
3 Tomato roots spread out near the
t surface and should never be dis
i turbed. Never cultivate deeg
i enough to touch them; a heavj
!- mulch of straw or lawn clipping:
■- about each plant is better than cul
n tivation, and helps keep the soi
moist.
Farm Prices
Up In April
Over March
Prices received by North Caro
lina farmers for all products ex
cept dairy, showed increases last
month over March, the Statistics
division of the State Agriculture
Department reports.
The gram index advanced two
points, going to 169; cotton and
cottonseed 10 points, to 201; meat
animals seven points, to 235; poul
try products three points, to 178;
and miscellaneous products two
points to 245.
The dairy products index at 176
showed a decline of one point
over the previous month, but was
still higher than for any other
April during the war years.
Prices received for both wheat
and rye averaged $1.90 per bushel
and showed an increase of one
cent per bushel over March. Corn
averaged $1.45 per bushel, an in
creased of three cents per bushel,
while oats and barley averaged
$1.02 and $1.75 per oushel, re
spectively the same as a month
eaxlier.
The Bureau of Agricultural Ec
onomics reported that major ad
vances in meat animal, fruit and
cotton prices carried the general
level of prices received by farmers
throughout the nation up thre
points over March.
At 212, this was the highest in
dex since July, 1920.
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