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Here's what I was talking about with my lean and lower issue. The tall one is hanging from a chain that hangs under the 2x4 and runs the full length of the 2x4. That's my lean and lower chain. Better than rope, cable, pipe etc because they won't slide when windy.

(The tall one is a Chadwick Cherry but I only had room for Chad on the plant marker which makes it a Hanging Chad)

That taller one would be leaned and lowered to the left due to being at the right end of the trellis but that would have it on top of the short one. You can barely see the black rope on the 2x4 which will be replaced by chain and used to lean the other direction with that tall plant.

I suppose if I went left with the tall one, it might outrun the short one and end up hanging to the left of the short one that's currently on the left. LOL They would just overlap with the tall one being behind the short one for a short time until it passes it. There ain't no solid yellow line so I guess it's a passing zone.

Will see how things grow over the next few weeks. In hindsight, I should have planted shorty on the outside of the pole and could have easily crossed over the pole to hang on the chain and follow the tall one to the left down trellis. There was supposed to be four plants in a row, even before I got shorty, but I hit major rockiness and had to plant elsewhere. Gardening next year down in the rock free zone will be so much better.

Pollard! Looking Good! Hope you get lots of tomatoes this year!

You have a lot of rock there! My father moved from Wisconsin to Arkansas and he had a hard time getting used to gardening on 3-4 inches of topsoil. Ended up scraping a bunch of dirt into one spot for his garden. Hard adjustment for him.

Last few years I used 1/4” drip irrigation for my tomatoes, this year I am using 1/2” with drips every 12”, distributes more water faster. I was using 1/4’” for a row of pole beans but it also did not put out enough water fast enough, so I went to 1/2 soaker hose.