My determinate red snapper plants are reaching the end of its life cycle. I've been having tomato, basil, cucumber, olive oil and sour dough bread for breakfast daily. This is the first time I grew and ate my cucumbers with tomatoes. I usually just pickle and use the American flavored ones in sandwiches and use the shoyu flavored ones as a side dish with rice and meat.
Since these tomatoes were grown under an insect net, I didn't have to spray them with an insecticide. The main issue I had with the insect net was I didn't think of supporting the branches before they collapsed and kinked from the weight of the tomatoes.
Instead of the wire cage, I think I will build a one-inch PVC frame around my DYI earth boxes and hang strings down under the netting to support the branches on my next grow out.
I would have to wrap each tomato with a nylon fruit bag without the insect net which is labor intensive. The fruit flies in my area would ruin all the tomatoes without it.
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