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Do my tomato A-frames need to be disinfected?
My wonderful hubby built these out of pallets we "recovered" from a friend's work parking lot. Main motivations - they were free, and we are going to have some beefsteaks as well as other types of tomatoes and some bell peppers, and I've read/heard horror stories of wire cages not holding up to the weight of a fully loaded tomato plant. On to the question: is there something I should do (or should have already done??) to make sure that my plants, once they start climbing Mt Palletness, don't contract urban-back-alley-itis or whatever, if they get a scratch from one of the rough boards?
Not sure how they are going to climb those but you can always spray them down with a diluted bleach solution (1:10) if sanitation is a concern for you. It is a standard disinfecting method but most pathogens don't survive outside in the winter.
As to wire cages not supporting a plant? That all depends on what you mean by "wire cages". There are many wire cages that work great no matter how big the plant gets.
Here's a great old thread on many types of sturdy wire cages and supports (some quite unusual):
Dave - thanks I'll probably do the diluted bleach solution to be safe. I don't have any idea whether or not those pallets were out over the winter.
missing - thanks for that thread, it was fun to look through!
Now, as I'm reading more, I'm realizing that since I intend to get indeterminate plants, I might need to add more height to those frames. Or just switch to determinate varieties. Which I don't want to do... hmmm
Can you explain how these can be used for supporting tomato plants? Tomato plants don't "climb" all on their own Are they supposed to grow up through the slats or lean against them or what? 1 plant for each side or one in the middle?
Very interesting use of pallets! I heard of just about every use for a pallet, don't know how come i didn't come across this one, very good idea! As mentioned, they are very short, though.. I would take the two pallets apart and make a vertical trellis and tie the plant to it.. Indeterminates normally grow at least 6'+... Or you could possibly plant cucumber/melons and let it sprawl on the pallets, keeps some of the plant off the ground, reduces disease, better air circulation etc.. However, cukes/melons are big sprawling plants just like tomatoes.. I noticed the fence in your picture, what I do is screw a I -hook in the fence posts every foot or so, and I use string and make a trellis out of that, the tomatoes climb it, similar to Florida weave.. Works great and is cheap and conserves lots of space!
I have a huge driveway(just about as big as my garden) and I hate to waste the space on just concrete.. I plan on planting tons of plants in buckets to make use of the space on the concrete.. If you put a planting box at the peak of the two pallets, you could plant at the top and have your vines sprawl down the pallets, that would be perfect on the driveway!
Charles Wilber, the world record, 30 foot tomato guy, used metal rebar and he torched it to sterilize it.. I'm not sure about the wood, I would just leave it cold in winter, it shouldnt be a problem....
I'm really curious, too, how these will be used for tomato support. The only thing I can think of, given the photo, is to weave the stems in and out of the slats, but the openings don't look large enough for that, especially on the right-hand A-frame. Or maybe use twine to tie the stems to the slats somehow? I originally thought you were going to grow them up through the middle, but then they'd be shaded out. Enlighten me?
I imagined you would plant 2-4 tomatoes along the lower edge (the edges in the valley by the small rectangular brick). Perhaps 1 or 2 on the outside edges just out of the photo, also. Then drape them up and over the V shaped trellis system as they grow. It might require looping a tie around the vine and fastening it to a pallet slat here and there. If that is your plan it looks like it would work okay if the sun isn't blocked too much.
I have used old plastic lawn chairs set near too short tomato cages and draped the vines that grow out of the top over the chairs. It kept the fruit off the ground and at an easy to pick height. Your pallet support reminds me of the old chair supports.
Disinfecting would be needed only if tomato disease organisms might be on the pallets. Since tomatoes were not grown on them in the past, I doubt there is need to disinfect. If you like how they work you can leave them out over the winter next year and they should disinfect themselves during a Chicago winter.
Naturegirl, you pretty much said it. I was planning to put in 2 plants per pallet side (so 4 per a-frame), one tomato and one bell pepper. There are 4 feet from the fence to the pavement, about 18" at ground level from one a-frame side or leg I guess to the next, and 48" at ground level underneath each a-frame itself. (does that make sense?) I figured with all the space under the a-frame there should be plenty of room for them to root, and was considering that area (under the a-frame) to be more of the "aisle" for spacing purposes of the plants.
I can't use the fence for anything because the neighbor is planning to rip it down and put up a new one. Fingers crossed that it doesn't kill my plants!!
As far as sun, the fence is on the north, so that area gets plenty of exposure.
I don't think I'll be able to add any height to it, but maybe... I'll have to consider this. I don't know if there is/will be enough room for the plants to be draped over the opposite side they grow from, considering there will be 2 more plants there as well. I had thought the tomatoes would kind of "lean" on the pallets as they grew up and wouldn't need tying off. But I could be mistaken. This is my first attempt at gardening, and trying to do it on a VERY restricted budget!
You mentioned on another post you are gowing indeterminates. I assume you realize that indeterminate plants will be much taller than these pallets? Like 2x as tall or more?
Determinate varieties might work with your plan but you'd honestly be much better off with just some 6 foot tall wood stakes.
Pallets are usually 40"x48" . Looks like you have the 48" length going up and the 40" across. That gives you 4 feet for your plants to grow up and then 4 feet to flop over the top and drape down the other side. By time they get 7-8 feet long you can cut the tips off and encourage the fruit remaining on the plant to ripen before frost. In Chicago you may be looking at frost by time they get that long anyway.
I do not think the peppers will need the support at all. A heavy stick pounded into the ground by the peppers would give you something to tie them to if they need support. I bet you could find some 1-2" diameter sticks 3-4 feet long for free somewhere in the neighborhood :) Put them in front with the tomatoes closer to the fence. Since the peppers won't be on the pallet support there will only be one tomato on each side. Should be enough room on the 40" width for a second vine to drape down later in the season.
The suggested stakes for tomatoes would give better air circulation and sun exposure, though. It would help keep leaves free of fungal diseases. They are a good way to go if you like that option.
If you want or/and need to use hubby's A-frame support, I think they will work okay, too, especially if only 1 tomato plant is growing on each side of the pallet. Tell him I think they are creative and kinda cute. My hubby got pallets that we used to build a 2 section compost bin.....on our anniversary :) We were both happy with that present.....guess we are true gardeners!
Well to be honest, it was what was available to us for free. I have seen pictures of tomatoes growing on supports just like these, and we're on a limited budget so we'll be working with what we have. I appreciate the positive, supportive comments that some of you are giving!!
the only issue I see is that the toms would be shaded until you get them to come out the top of the a-frame for full sun. Then they could lean over the side.
I'm assuming these are 4' pallets? So about 3' up to the top of the a frame, and 4' down. If they reach longer than 7' you can start training them back up.
Please post photos/updates later on how they work out for you!
purple1701 isn't planting them in the center of the pallets, she is planting on the outside of the A-frame.
purple (may I call you purple?),
If I were using those A-frames, I'd remove every other slat from the pallet on the inside right so it was less solid. That would allow a bit more air circulation.
Until the USDA rezoned southern Idaho, I was a Zone 5B, and I have never had an indeterminate grow more than about 6 feet, we usually have frost before they get any bigger. However I do use the Florida Weave method of support and maybe they would have been over 6 feet if they were more contained in something like a CRW (concrete reinforcing wire) cage, or I was more diligent about weaving.
How about planting some lettuce under the A-frame? The shade/filtered sunlight would slow down the bolting and be one more ingredient for salad.
This post was edited by bets on Sun, Apr 21, 13 at 16:01
Betsy -
Absolutely correct, I am planting them on the outside of the pallets. And the lettuce is exactly what I planned to do, as a matter of fact I already did (see picture) DH made moveable planters out of rain gutters, for the leaf lettuce. In the ground under the a-frames, I also planted iceberg lettuce, beets and kohlrabi.
Also, I appreciate the idea of removing some slats. I thought that might be a good idea, but wasn't sure why. Now I know I was right and the reason! Thanks
Yesterday afternoon, I planted 4 California Wonder Bell Peppers, 4 Supersweet cherry tomatoes, 4 Health Kick tomatoes (anyone know anything about these?), 4 Roma II tomatoes, and 4 Beefsteaks.
Watered the ground really well that morning, soaked the cells in water with a dissolved aspirin, and planted them at about 4pm.
I hope they do ok, we have some nights coming up that will be in the mid-low 40s so I imagine I'll have to insulate them really well.
Any recommendations for best way(s) to do that, as well as exactly what temp I should worry about it at?
Generally tomatoes needs lows in the low-50s and peppers in the mid-50s. If they get too cold, they can be stunted (especially peppers). I typically wait until mid-to-late May to plant mine out, depending on the 10 day weather forecast.
Last year, with the really early spring, I planted them on May 14, but I had to cover the peppers for several nights when it dipped below 55. I inverted a large plastic pot over each one, then covered the bed with a frost cloth. The plants did fine with that.
With this year's long, cool spring, the predicted lows in the 40's (some forecasts are even saying high 30s) for the entire middle part of May concern me, so I'm shooting for the early part of the Memorial Day weekend to plant out.
Given that your plants are already out, you'll definitely want to give them good protection when it's below 55 at night. In addition to a frost cloth (or bed sheet, table cloth, light quilt, etc. -- cloth, not plastic sheeting), you might try filling empty milk or juice containers with hot water and tucking those under the cloth to add some heat at night. The colder the night, the more jugs to add. The idea is to raise the air temp under the cover to get the plants through the night.
4 California Wonder Bell Peppers, 4 Supersweet cherry tomatoes, 4 Health Kick tomatoes (anyone know anything about these?), 4 Roma II tomatoes, and 4 Beefsteaks.
I thought you said you were doing 2 plants per pallet side?
Normal spacing for pepper plants is 2' sq.. Normal spacing for indeterminate tomato varieties is 3' sq. and even then they need a fair amount of pruning. The cherry tomatoes and the beefsteak plants will be huge plants. So how much pruning are you planning on doing? Your spacing might work if you prune them down to single stems only. Otherwise you are going to be way over-crowded.
I figured since I'm putting them in a couple weeks earlier than I intended, some of them won't do as well. I figured this way I have more than enough to overcompensate if a couple languish and I end up with the 2 per side I intended to begin with.
Obviously, since you are planning on some of the plants not doing well, they will be contrary and they will grow like gang busters and you are going to have a mass of plants where you won't be able to tell which is which! (Been there, done that!)
Looks like you are having fun repurposing old building materials and construction debris. I see some issues with overcrowding and awkward handling of the movable planters but I admire your creativity. I could see three of those gutters mounted to each side of your pallet frames and having a nice herb or flower garden too!. You could set it up on the concrete to have more space to plant too.
Betsy - I'm sure you are right haha... if that happens, I may just try to find more space elsewhere in the garden to relocate them to.
Macbettz - you are right, the movable planters are quite a bit heavier than I expected! The concrete is off limits though as that is where our vehicles get parked. And the in-laws patio furniture goes. I thought about moving some of the empty ones to the sides of the pallets, but worried about the tomatoes and peppers growing over them and completely shading/taking over those plants.
I do have a medium-ish wooden planter box off to the east end that I intend to put some wildflowers in, and I have herbs planted at various places around the garden. I'm not sure how successful those will be though, they got a bit disrupted when I was planting the tomatoes etc. I'll have to plan better for that next year.
Did you not check the 10 day forecast before putting out? We are going to be 40, 37, 39 for the next 3 nights.
I would suggestion you though a sheet over your entire enterprise there....Or maybe plastic sheeting if you have it, with a few hole uptop so it doesn't get too warm if the sun peaks out.
oh my gosh t-bird, I know! I actually did check the 10 day, a well as the monthly... and I did not see that. But at any rate, I used boxes to cover them, so hopefully they will survive. Last night was the last of it so I'm hoping that wasn't too much for them.
just an update in case anyone comes across this and wonders what happened:
the vine-type tomatoes did great on the pallets. I had to tie them up a few times, but overall they functioned well enough for what I hoped. The bush tomatoes did not do so well on them. Luckily I only had one of those.
I probably won't do this again next year unless I have to though, I think there are definitely better solutions to be had.


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This is not is a defense of terrorism but rather a consistent critique of terrorism, whether committed by nation-states or non-state actors. The solution to the problem is not more terrorism by one side to counter the terrorism of the other. The solution is not torture. At this point, there are no easy and obvious "solutions" available, given the hole into which we've dug ourselves.
But there are things we can do that would help create the conditions under which solutions may emerge, ways to support real democracy around the world and a just distribution of resources. The first step is for those with more wealth and power to tell the truth about how that wealth was accumulated and how that power has been used.
The real problem with "Zero Dark Thirty" is not that it takes artistic license with some of the facts about torture. The film's more profound failure is that by reinforcing the same old story about American innocence, it helps obscure the larger truths we don't want to face about ourselves.
Robert Jensen is a journalism professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity (South End Press, 2007). He can be reached at email@example.com and his articles can be found online at http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rjensen/index.html.


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Vocabulary Word
Word: defray
Definition: provide for the payment of; undertake the payment of; pay
Definition: provide for the payment of; undertake the payment of; pay
Sentences Containing 'defray'
A labourer, it may be said, indeed, ought to save part of his summer wages, in order to defray his winter expense; and that, through the whole year, they do not exceed what is necessary to maintain his family through the whole year.
A quantity of mineral, sufficient to defray the expense of working, could be brought from the mine by the ordinary, or even less than the ordinary quantity of labour: but in an inland country, thinly inhabited, and without either good roads or water-carriage, this quantity could not be sold.
Although most of the workers originally planned to return to India, the planters lobbied the Government to allow them to stay and defray their settlement costs, largely to save on the costs of returning them to the sub continent.
As to reward, my profession is its own reward; but you are at liberty to defray whatever expenses I may be put to, at the time which suits you best.
But, if it was thought reasonable to lay a general tax upon trade, in order to defray the expense of protecting trade in general, it should seem equally reasonable to lay a particular tax upon a particular branch of trade, in order to defray the extraordinary expense of protecting that branch.
Here be it known, that though these wild fishermen do not, as a general thing, and according to the great military maxim, make the enemy defray the current expenses of the war (at least before realizing the proceeds of the voyage), yet now and then you find some of these Nantucketers who have a genuine relish for that particular part of the Sperm Whale designated by Stubb; comprising the tapering extremity of the body.
If this be true, for I pretend not to affirm it, it is as if a corn farmer expected to defray the expense of his cultivation with the chaff and the straw, and that the grain should be all clear profit.
In several protestant countries, particularly in all the protestant cantons of Switzerland, the revenue which anciently belonged to the Roman catholic church, the tithes and church lands, has been found a fund sufficient, not only to afford competent salaries to the established clergy, but to defray, with little or no addition, all the other expenses of the state.
In these circumstances, the rent of a great landed estate might, upon ordinary occasions, very well defray all the necessary expenses of government.
In this way, Anderson was able to defray his travel costs considerably.
It is commonly said that a sugar planter expects that the rum and the molasses should defray the whole expense of his cultivation, and that his sugar should be all clear profit.
Many Miami musicians, including Jon Secada and members of the Miami Sound Machine, came to Chuck's aid, playing a series of shows to help defray the cost of Chuck's medical care and rehab.
Recognising that SMEs may lack capabilities and/or resources to implement risk management, the Risk Management Assistance Fund (RMAF) was set up in April 2006 to help them defray the cost of engaging consultants to build this in-house capability.
The CIP provides work experience, business contacts, and helps defray the cost of tuition, helping some students who might not be able to afford a Catholic education.
The Friends of St Mary's Church is a voluntary body that holds regular fundraising events to help defray the costs of maintaining the fabric of the church and churchyard. A Methodist chapel was built in the village in 1912 and closed in 1971.
The taxes which have been levied upon those of other European nations, upon those of England in particular, have seldom been equal to the expense laid out upon them in time of peace, and never sufficient to defray that which they occasioned in time of war.
Therefore, in hopes to defray some of the charges he must be at, he bought a sloop, loaded it with several sorts of goods, wherewith the Tonquinese usually trade to the neighbouring islands, and putting fourteen men on board, whereof three were of the country, he appointed me master of the sloop, and gave me power to traffic, while he transacted his affairs at Tonquin.
Though a part of this revenue should be taken from him in order to defray the expenses of the state, no discouragement will thereby be given to any sort of industry.
To help defray the cost, the ABA started to run a few selected Amateur open classes to collect entry fees to offset at least partially the losses.
`In order to save Major Cavalcanti the trouble of drawing on his banker, I send him a draft for 2,000 francs to defray his traveling expenses, and credit on you for the further sum of 48,000 francs, which you still owe me.'''
More Vocab Words::: dire - warning of disaster; disastrous; (of needs and dangers) very great; urgent; Ex. dire prediction/need of food
::: convulsion - violent uncontrollable shaking movement (caused by illness); V. convulse; ADJ. convulsive
::: ornithologist - scientific student of birds; N. ornithology: scientific study of birds
::: pretext - excuse
::: factious - inclined to form factions; causing dissension
::: whelp - young animal (esp. of the dog or cat family); young wolf, dog, tiger, etc.
::: reparation - compensation (for loss or wrong); amends; Ex. make reparation for the damage; CF. repair
::: indolent - lazy
::: benefit - advantage; anything that brings helpl, advantage, or profit; money provided by the government to the people; fund-raising public entertainment; Ex. unemployment benefit; V: receive benefits; be beneficial to; give benefits
::: vying - contending; CF. vie


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