I have several caged indeterminate tomato plants growing in my garden. The
cages are all about 5 feet high and one of the plants has already managed to
grow past the top of its cage. I live in the Atlanta area and given that it's
only May, I can assume that I can expect the plants to grow much larger.

Can anyone give me some advise as to what to do with these plants as they
outgrow their cages?

"Landrey" wrote in message
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I have several caged indeterminate tomato plants growing in my garden. The
cages are all about 5 feet high and one of the plants has already managed
to
grow past the top of its cage. I live in the Atlanta area and given that
it's
only May, I can assume that I can expect the plants to grow much larger.

Can anyone give me some advise as to what to do with these plants as they

outgrow their cages?

Stake them or just let it ride. I use concrete reinforcement material for my
cages and it overflows every year. It is almost to the point here in Houston
where the tomatoes will not set anymore so it is no a big issue.

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Landrey wrote:

I have several caged indeterminate tomato plants growing in my garden. The
cages are all about 5 feet high and one of the plants has already managed to
grow past the top of its cage. I live in the Atlanta area and given that it's
only May, I can assume that I can expect the plants to grow much larger.

Can anyone give me some advise as to what to do with these plants as they
outgrow their cages?

I've had excellent luck tying them to 7' tall lengths of rebar pounded
into the ground. They are sunk in 12" to 18".
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Om

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-- Jack Nicholson

"kurtk" wrote in
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Stake them or just let it ride. I use concrete reinforcement material
for my cages and it overflows every year. It is almost to the point here
in Houston where the tomatoes will not set anymore so it is no a big
issue.

So what happens to your plants after they outgrow your cages?

And why don't your tomatoes set anymore? Is it too hot?

"Landrey" wrote in message
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"kurtk" wrote in
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Stake them or just let it ride. I use concrete reinforcement material
for my cages and it overflows every year. It is almost to the point here
in Houston where the tomatoes will not set anymore so it is no a big
issue.

So what happens to your plants after they outgrow your cages?

And why don't your tomatoes set anymore? Is it too hot?


They continue to grow beyond the cages and spill over. Tomatoes will not set
unless the nighttime temperature is below 70 degrees F

"Landrey" wrote in message
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I have several caged indeterminate tomato plants growing in my garden. The
cages are all about 5 feet high and one of the plants has already managed
to
grow past the top of its cage. I live in the Atlanta area and given that
it's
only May, I can assume that I can expect the plants to grow much larger.

Can anyone give me some advise as to what to do with these plants as they
outgrow their cages?

What I usually do is put in peripheral stakes around each plant and then tie
up the vines to these stakes.

This year, I'm trying the Ultomato
(http://www.gardenharvestsupply.com/i...s_ultomato.jpg) to see if they
work better than my usual flimsy aluminum cages.

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"Landrey" wrote in message
reenews.net...
I have several caged indeterminate tomato plants growing in my garden. The
cages are all about 5 feet high and one of the plants has already managed
to
grow past the top of its cage. I live in the Atlanta area and given that
it's
only May, I can assume that I can expect the plants to grow much larger.

Can anyone give me some advise as to what to do with these plants as they
outgrow their cages?

Lash together three 10' poles into a teepee and set it over the cages. Tie
the vine to the poles with fabric strips cut from old socks. I do it every
year in VA and it works quite well.

You'll just have to extend your cage somehow - I use trellis wire
strung up to my house roof, and tie them along it as they grow.

using old socks for a source of strips to tie tomato vines with is
brilliant! The vines are easy to crush or scrape with twine.

"tenacity" wrote in message
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| using old socks for a source of strips to tie tomato vines with is
| brilliant! The vines are easy to crush or scrape with twine.
|

Yes, use whatever you have at hand. I can't afford all that expensive
'tomato paraphenalia'. We start out with cages, some small, some bigger. I
use strips of old t-shirts, etc. and whatever metal bars we have collected
from various places. Including old water pipes. Then I call them "tomatoes
in bondage". They seem to like it.

Kimberly

I use tomato cages for my cucumbers and sticks for my tomatoes (they are
really branches from poplar trees that I cut down). and just tie the
tomatoes a bit higher every time.

--
Lynn


"Landrey" wrote in message
reenews.net...
I have several caged indeterminate tomato plants growing in my garden. The
cages are all about 5 feet high and one of the plants has already managed
to
grow past the top of its cage. I live in the Atlanta area and given that
it's
only May, I can assume that I can expect the plants to grow much larger.

Can anyone give me some advise as to what to do with these plants as they
outgrow their cages?

LOL
XXX tomatoes.
--
Lynn



"Kimberly" wrote in message
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Then I call them "tomatoes
in bondage". They seem to like it.

Kimberly

Well.... they are red.... and naked.

Kimberly

"Lynn" wrote in message
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| LOL
| XXX tomatoes.
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| Lynn
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| Then I call them "tomatoes
| in bondage". They seem to like it.
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| Kimberly
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"tenacity" wrote in message
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using old socks for a source of strips to tie tomato vines with is
brilliant! The vines are easy to crush or scrape with twine.

Cut your old socks in half length-wise, then cut those strips in half
legth-wise again.

Walla! Four ties from one old sock!

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TQ

"tomatoes in bondage"?!!

LMAO!

Safe, sane, and consentual baby. Yeee-haw!

Cracked me UP.

Yeah, by the time they poop out at the end of summer, mine look like a
giant spider on meth had camped out in my tomato patch, with ties of
twine going everywhere to hold 'em up.