On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 13:40:51 GMT, Pam Rudd
wrote:


So do I, but the mystery yaller tomato's philosophy is,
apparently, "Don't Fence Me In...". I went on vacation
and it made a break for it.


g Serves you right!

I have reluctantly come to the conclusion that I'm either
going to use a rebar (rebar mesh) cage for tomatoes or prune
them and trellis them in the future.

This year, we used 'tomato cage wire' to make our tomato
cages. We used pieces of rebar (the bar kind, not the mesh
kind) to brace the cages, as last year the tomatoes broke
their wooden stakes and collapsed their cages.

We pounded the rebar down into the ground as far as we
could, then dropped the cages over it, to get the effect of
having woven the bars through the cages. This is strong
stuff: iron, I suppose. Iron rods.

The tomatoes have STILL managed to collapse their cages.

Pat