of tomato plants - determinate and indeterminate. . indeterminate vines continue to grow and produce fruit until killed by frost. they need to be staked or trellised for best production. drive a ' stake into the ground alongside each planting spot. plant seedlings deeply so that they send out side roots...
this will enable the core to be broken and the cortex can be stripped from the plant in situ. after harvesting, stems are decorticated while the plants are fresh. if this is not done while the plants are still fresh the plants will dry out and the bark will be hard to remove. the bark ribbon is then dried...