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greenhouse_gal wrote:
RatherB, I have 8' poles; some I ordered from A.M. Leonard and some I cadged from a friend with an over-enthusiastic bamboo grove. I sink them maybe a foot into the ground, tie the tripods at the top with baling twine, and then run more poles across the top to strengthen the setup. The tomatoes themselves are pruned and tied to the poles; I grow indeterminate varieties so they get tall and quite full, so they need the support.

Here's what the setup looks like, from a photo I took in Southwest France: