, just shorter vines.
Rita, mine always get that way late in the season, too. I wonder if they wouldn't if I grew them on a trellis? It'd be great to know how yours do in comparison.
I planted a second row about three weeks after the first ones went in; I'm trying to extend my cucumber season.
>>Which leads us to another of my mistaken notions.
For some reason (and it was quite a few years worth of doing the same thing wrong
), I had an urge to plant like crazy in the veggie patch, and planted the whole thing at once. I had no room left for succession crops, and if something went wrong it went wrong with the whole shebang.
Now, I'm a leisurely planter. Once I'm certain that my tomato sprouts are going to be fine, I usually plant out seeds a little at a time.