"Michael "Dog3"" > wrote in message
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> "Paul M. Cook" > :
> in rec.food.cooking
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>> Fully loaded with fruit they can weigh 50 pounds or so. You need to
>> use a very sturdy hook that screws into a very sturdy beam. I use 1
>> inch J hooks screwed into the bottom of the fascia board of the roof.
>> That has been plenty strong enough.
>
> You've done these plants then? What were the tomatoes like? Sounds like
> they had to be pretty good for you to go to trouble for it.
>
> Michael
>
There are two kinds of tomato plants -- determinate and indeterminate --
describes how they grow. Determinate grow to a height of about 3 feet.
Indeterminate will grow until frost kills them. They grow in length and
width. Mine grow to about 10 feet in height. I would think that you would
want to get the determinate kind for growing in one of these planters.