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Jackie French builds a tomato tepee, tests your gardening knowledge and offers tips for spring.

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HOW TO MAKE A TOMATO TEPEE Want the biggest, most productive tomato bush in town? Try a tomato tepee. The more food and sunlight a tomato plant gets, the more tomatoes it will give you. Tepees mean that every branch gets sunlight and the fruit ripens faster, too. Our highest-yielding plant gave us 70 kilograms of fruit from a self-sown plant by the chook shed in one year – and then we gave up weighing. Step 1 Collect your old stockings (or someone else’s) and cut them into long soft stretchy lengths. They are the best tomato ties I know. Step Buy one large grafted tomato plant. Plant it carefully, then angle three tomato stakes at equal distances around it to make a tepee, with the stakes meeting…

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The Australian Women's Weekly (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2015

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