If you prune the vines, you/ll lose your last-season crop!

What you can do is construct a teepee over the cage and tie the vines to it.
I lash three, 8-foot poles (oak or maple saplings from my woodlot) together
with twine over the cages. It/s a quick, easy, and cheap solution, although
it/s best to do before the vines overrun the confines of the cage.

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TQ

"Sue Clotere" wrote in message
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| We have a "EARLY GIRL" tomatoe plant. we just picked off 90 tomatoes
| because the vines got so long and heavy, that they bent the cage. They
| went over the top,which is 4 feet high, then grew down to the ground
| and are now growing out all over the garden. They usually keep growing
| untill the end of October.
| Are we supposed to prune them in some way as they are growing? The
| vines are over 10 feet now. HELP. San Rafael, Ca.