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Best Supports?

gary 803gary 803 Posts: 74
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What are the best supports for Rose and Tomatoe bushes please?
All the one's I have seen are nowhere near tall enough. I have used canes and string for now.

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  • gary 803gary 803 Posts: 74
    Update after repotting my rose bush. The 1st picture when it was repotted and looking ok. The next pictures are a fdew hours later they don't look very healthy now? Too much water? Pruning? I am no expert but this rose bush has been going for about three years. Help!


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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    If that rose is not a climber or rambler it shouldn't need supports.  If it does need them then a trellis or tensioned wires stretched across a fence or wall is a good place to start or else an archway over a path.  If it's a very floppy shrub rose try an obelisk or a woven cage of willow stems.

    I support my tomatoes with twirly metal posts.  Once the tomato gets to the top I pich it out so it then concentrates on the flowers and tomatoes that have already set  This sort of thing - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Selections-Tomato-Spiral-Support-Galvanised/dp/B07NQNC95R

    Alternatively if they're in a greenhouse or polytunnel you can tie strings to the roof bars and then drop those down into the soil or compost and tension it as you plant the tomato.  Simple and effective and cheap.
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  • gary 803gary 803 Posts: 74
    I don't know what it is, my main concern since reporting is the flowers don't look so good after 4 hours?
  • gary 803gary 803 Posts: 74
    Just done a little pruning as on the YouTube videos was very helpfulf.
    Obelixx said:
    If that rose is not a climber or rambler it shouldn't need supports.  If it does need them then a trellis or tensioned wires stretched across a fence or wall is a good place to start or else an archway over a path.  If it's a very floppy shrub rose try an obelisk or a woven cage of willow stems.

    I support my tomatoes with twirly metal posts.  Once the tomato gets to the top I pich it out so it then concentrates on the flowers and tomatoes that have already set  This sort of thing - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Selections-Tomato-Spiral-Support-Galvanised/dp/B07NQNC95R

    Alternatively if they're in a greenhouse or polytunnel you can tie strings to the roof bars and then drop those down into the soil or compost and tension it as you plant the tomato.  Simple and effective and cheap.
    Thanks for help much appreciated.


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