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GARDEN / A VISUAL GUIDE
Practical growing ideas for the space you have.
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Insert stakes down to the base of the empty pot before filling it with potting mix, or at transplanting. Adding supports later tears delicate feeder roots and leaves stakes wobbly in strong balcony winds.
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Standard wire cages suit compact determinate tomatoes under 3 feet tall. Tall indeterminate vines reaching 6 to 10 feet quickly topple thin cages, requiring deep stakes or rigid railing trellises.
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Train staked indeterminate tomatoes to one or two main stems by removing suckers to reduce wind resistance. Cucumbers need little pruning. Tie stems every 8 to 12 inches using soft cloth in loose figure-eights.
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Provide at least 5 to 7 gallons of mix per melon plant. As melons reach baseball size, support them with cloth cradles tied directly to the trellis frame to prevent them from breaking off stems early.
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Strip leaves from the lowest 10 to 12 inches of stems once plants establish. Elevating foliage speeds drying, prevents soil splash, and controls fungal leaf spot when paired with direct soil watering.
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