Tomato cage ideas?
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Gary Benson
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What do ya'll use other than the $10 storebought ones
Life ain't supposed to be easy.
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Re: Tomato cage ideas?
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Scott T
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The ones that I have now are concrete wire. It doesn’t have a coating to help prevent rust so I’ll have to see how long they last.
Looks like he needs another year;-)
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Re: Tomato cage ideas?
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I've got some I made out of cattle.panels.there probably a little overkill but they work good.
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Re: Tomato cage ideas?
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You can grow then on fence wire panels like grapes or apples My best results are in semi hydroponic
To produce fruit you need to remove the vines that don't..
A Chicken in Black.......
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Re: Tomato cage ideas?
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The ones that I have now are concrete wire. It doesn’t have a coating to help prevent rust so I’ll have to see how long they last. Mine are going on 10 years old and still working fine.
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Re: Tomato cage ideas?
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The ones that I have now are concrete wire. It doesn’t have a coating to help prevent rust so I’ll have to see how long they last. Mine are going on 10 years old and still working fine. Going on twenty.
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Re: Tomato cage ideas?
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I use concrete reinforcing wire like some of these other guys. The rolls are five-foot wide. I cut it so I get a 24" diameter cage for maters and 18" for cucumbers. I cut the bottom horizontal wires off between the verticals (with the cage standing up). That leaves about a dozen 6" spikes to bury 6" in the ground to anchor the cage.
Eh...wot?
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Re: Tomato cage ideas?
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I use concrete reinforcing wire like some of these other guys. The rolls are five-foot wide. I cut it so I get a 24" diameter cage for maters and 18" for cucumbers. I cut the bottom horizontal wires off between the verticals (with the cage standing up). That leaves about a dozen 6" spikes to bury 6" in the ground to anchor the cage. Yup, cut that bottom wire leaving spikes. Surpringly sturdy for only six inch spikes. Once the tomato is up and wrapped up in it it ain't going over. Just keep tucking the vine back into wire as it grows through.
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Re: Tomato cage ideas?
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The ones that I have now are concrete wire. It doesn’t have a coating to help prevent rust so I’ll have to see how long they last. I'm still using the one's that I made twenty five years ago.
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Re: Tomato cage ideas?
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I've used a lot of different cages. when I got lazy I just used a galvanized panel with 2 t posts inline. 3 or 4 plants to a panel an works pretty good. got sick of cages blowing over from the wind
Last edited by Flint Hill fur; 06/03/24 11:19 PM.
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