"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
"FragileWarrior" wrote in message

Me, too. Or just pound in four long stakes around each plant
(closer at
the base and leaning outward at the top) and run string or wire
around it
from bottom to top, tightening up the stakes as desired.

THAT'S gardening on a budget. ($50 rolls of fencing... Sheesh.


....and if half your tomatoes rot on the ground, where "the
economy"? With
cages, they're all up in the air, nice & clean, and because they're
shaded
by the leaves, there's less cracking

Why would you assume that the tomatoes are on the ground just because
someone uses wooden stakes?

The whole point of using wooden stakes is to tie the tomatoes up off
the ground. Once the plnat is tied to the stake it's just a matter of
tying up the top again as it grows.