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"DigitalVinyl" wrote in message news A well designed cage works great, almost no maintenance, just poke the growing tips back inside. An example... http://www.gardenerssupply.com/Shopp...&RecGroupNum=1 I found them slightly cheaper elsewhere, but you could build similar. I let my tomatoes grow wild, no pruning. I end up with 6-7 foot tall 2 foot wide bushes. The ones by the porch steps I actually ran string down to the cage and they grew up the string after filling the cage--then I had to tie them. But if I have to tie a few vines that are 9-10 feet in the air I'll struggle with that extra work. The trick is large openings on the cage. I have big hands and getting to any fruit has never been an issue. I see my landlord's staked tomatoes. He pinches, ties them, they sag, they droop. Eventually he just leaves them however they are. Never an issue with these particualr cages. And they are folding and re-usable. They were worth the investment. I'm looking at buying another four this year to deal with my expanded garden. The Gardener's Supply site also has tomato ladders. I ordered them last year but after I got them I was skeptical about them. I called them and wanted to return them, but they said to use it and if it didn't work to send them back for a refund at the end of the season. Well, they worked very well, and I ordered more this year. |
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