How we trellis 1200+ heirloom tomatoes

We use 30 inch raised beds and 15 inch pathways. Tomatoes are planted every 20 inches and we use the single stem method with a little bit of wild growth mixed in(not all varieties grow the same way). I don’t like to trim away too many leaves both for better flavor and less chance of sunscald.

Every bed is 100 feet long and we incorporated four 5 gallon buckets of compost in the beds with a French rake. Then we row cover, burn the holes, dig with an auger and plant.

We have two plastic irrigation lines going into the beds, attached to the conduit and then to wobbler sprinklers. (Yes we water from above and it is not an issue)

We haven’t fertilized anything. Aside from the compost in the beds. I feel like the general pop is a little too liberal with fertilizer and not concerned enough about creating the best conditions possible.

We are a zero spray, no chemicals, organic farm. I hunt hornworms at night with a black light, which I expect to arrive sometime in middle of July.

Our tomato patch is bordered by a row of cucumbers on each side that are climbing up wire fence attached to t posts. This gives us a little more pest protection and works really well for us because the edges get a little less water which somehow works better for the cucumbers.