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Tomato cages
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Thanks to whoever mentioned that they have the triangular, heavier cages at Home Depot. I bought some today, at the one on Great Hills Trail. They are in an unlikely place--when you are leaving the store to enter the outside garden area, they are to the right, just outside the door, hanging on the wall. I asked 3 different people who were working there, and none of them knew where they were. So I kept on asking... I only bought two, so anything else I plant will end up with the round tomato cage. Karen |
Tomato cages
Hey Karen,
Will you post back later in the season how you think they compare? -- Marta (if you email me directly you need to remove the X ) |
Tomato cages
"Wayfarer" wrote in news:W6yba.39$IJ1.40107101
@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com: Hey Karen, Will you post back later in the season how you think they compare? Sure. I can't imagine them being worse than the round ones, though. Those things are just way too small. I ended up having to stake the tomatoes as well as using the cages. One of my tomato plants was close to 9' tall and straggled all over the place. Karen |
Tomato cages
In article , Karen
wrote: "Wayfarer" wrote in news:W6yba.39$IJ1.40107101 @newssvr11.news.prodigy.com: Hey Karen, Will you post back later in the season how you think they compare? Sure. I can't imagine them being worse than the round ones, though. Those things are just way too small. I ended up having to stake the tomatoes as well as using the cages. One of my tomato plants was close to 9' tall and straggled all over the place. Karen How tall is the kind of cage you are describing at HD? I went to another HD and they had I think a square collapsable cage that was supposed to be 4 feet tall - about $5. In a search I found something called a Texas cage that was 6 feet tall and is also collapsable (found he http://www.tomatocage.com/). Is what the Natural Gardner sells similar to this? Roland |
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Joe Doe wrote:
that was 6 feet tall and is also collapsable (found he http://www.tomatocage.com/). Is what the Natural Gardner sells similar to this? That's exactly what they sell (and we bought). -- Victor M. Martinez http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv |
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Joe Doe wrote:
Is it robust enough to make it through a few seasons? It certainly looks like it will last many years. -- Victor M. Martinez http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv |
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The foldable triangular cages at HD at 47" tall and sell for $3.98
"Joe Doe" wrote in message ... In article , Karen wrote: "Wayfarer" wrote in news:W6yba.39$IJ1.40107101 @newssvr11.news.prodigy.com: Hey Karen, Will you post back later in the season how you think they compare? Sure. I can't imagine them being worse than the round ones, though. Those things are just way too small. I ended up having to stake the tomatoes as well as using the cages. One of my tomato plants was close to 9' tall and straggled all over the place. Karen How tall is the kind of cage you are describing at HD? I went to another HD and they had I think a square collapsable cage that was supposed to be 4 feet tall - about $5. In a search I found something called a Texas cage that was 6 feet tall and is also collapsable (found he http://www.tomatocage.com/). Is what the Natural Gardner sells similar to this? Roland |
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The folding tomato racks from HD are made by Patio Life. "47 in. Folding
Tomato Rack". They are three-sided. Bought 6 last weekend. The NW HD had them in a box stashed near the hanging plants. gary "Joe Doe" wrote in message ... In article , Karen wrote: "Wayfarer" wrote in news:W6yba.39$IJ1.40107101 @newssvr11.news.prodigy.com: Hey Karen, Will you post back later in the season how you think they compare? Sure. I can't imagine them being worse than the round ones, though. Those things are just way too small. I ended up having to stake the tomatoes as well as using the cages. One of my tomato plants was close to 9' tall and straggled all over the place. Karen How tall is the kind of cage you are describing at HD? I went to another HD and they had I think a square collapsable cage that was supposed to be 4 feet tall - about $5. In a search I found something called a Texas cage that was 6 feet tall and is also collapsable (found he http://www.tomatocage.com/). Is what the Natural Gardner sells similar to this? Roland |
Tomato cages
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Roland asked: How tall is the kind of cage you are describing at HD? About 4'. In a search I found something called a Texas cage that was 6 feet tall and is also collapsable (found he http://www.tomatocage.com/). Is what the Natural Gardner sells similar to this? I don't know, but damn, these are the perfect tomato cages! I don't need 6 of them, but if someone wants to go in on some, I'd be willing. Karen |
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"Karen" wrote in message
... "Wayfarer" wrote in news:W6yba.39$IJ1.40107101 @newssvr11.news.prodigy.com: Hey Karen, Will you post back later in the season how you think they compare? Sure. I can't imagine them being worse than the round ones, though. Those things are just way too small. I ended up having to stake the tomatoes as well as using the cages. One of my tomato plants was close to 9' tall and straggled all over the place. Karen Karen, Are you using a proper fertilizer? Sounds like too much stem growth for tomatoes. Now okra, that's another story. |
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"Smokehouse Rules" wrote in
: Are you using a proper fertilizer? Sounds like too much stem growth for tomatoes. Now okra, that's another story. I didn't use any fertilizer. This particular plant was producing through most of the freezing nights we had--I wonder what it would have done if I'd fertilized it! Karen |
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In article , "Smokehouse Rules"
wrote: "Karen" wrote in message ... "Wayfarer" wrote in news:W6yba.39$IJ1.40107101 @newssvr11.news.prodigy.com: Hey Karen, Will you post back later in the season how you think they compare? Sure. I can't imagine them being worse than the round ones, though. Those things are just way too small. I ended up having to stake the tomatoes as well as using the cages. One of my tomato plants was close to 9' tall and straggled all over the place. Karen Karen, Are you using a proper fertilizer? Sounds like too much stem growth for tomatoes. Now okra, that's another story. An indeterminate tomato can get quite tall. I borrowed a book called how to grow World Record Tomatoes by Charles Wilber from the Austin Public Library for giggles (my goal is to merely keep my plants alive). He claims to have the record cherry tomato: Twenty eight feet 7 inches!!!. The current hydroponically grown tomato record is 60+ feet. Charles Wilber also has (or had) the record for highest yield: 1368 pounds from four plants = 342 pounds/plant. He grows in Alabama. He claims these were featured on the cover of 1987 Guiness book of records. This record was achieved with Better boy. He claims yields of 100 pounds in 1/2 whiskey barrels. He is a 100% organic gardner. The pictures are truly astounding!!! Roland |
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