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7:08 pm
March 9, 2009
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epona4
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I always use those cheap, wire cages around my tomatos. And they always seem to fall over.
What are some of your favorite methods for supporting your tomatoes?
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7:19 pm
March 9, 2009
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I drive a stake into the ground that would take down one mean vampire…and then I tie, tie, tie…I just hate those cage things…and really like to be able to "get" to my plants. I try to buy determinate plants…and keep removing the suckers so the plants grow strong.
Of course, I'm filing a disclaimer for all plants I've tried to grow in Texas…I am trying again this year…because I DO know how to grow beautiful tomatoes…usually! (insert cooked tomato on the vine icon)
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7:38 pm
March 9, 2009
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GeorgiaZ
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We bought the extra large cages last year and they were useless. By the time the bush filled out you couldnt even see them, and I thought they were huge to start with. We ended up putting stakes at each end of the row and running several wires an tying to that. It worked pretty well and will work great this year when I can start with small plants, and not trees!
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9:53 pm
March 9, 2009
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Birdi
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I agree with the wooden stake thing…only i use several….and tie, tie, tie!!!! I use an old sheet torn into strips for tying. Works great!
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7:16 am
March 10, 2009
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jane
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Yes the Texas heat can kill the tomatoes – I had a friend who grew them on the side of his house and he would put a steak at each end of the long row and tie several rows of wire to them and then have wire to tie the plants to – he used torn sheets too. Looked strange but he had tomatoes all summer too. there is nothing like a home grown tomato – nothing.
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7:41 am
March 10, 2009
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epona4
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| Big Chicken | posts 56 |
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Thank you ladies!
I think I will try putting steaks at each end of the row and stringing them up. Might use tposts. We have
several of those laying about.
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8:54 am
March 10, 2009
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IowaDeb
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| Super Chicken | posts 713 |
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My plants are ususally indeterminate plants so I use concrete remesh wire and make circular 5 ft. cages which I stake down at the bottom.
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Sometimes,I live in my own little world, but it's okay because they know me here.
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10:12 am
March 10, 2009
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JeannieB
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Remember panty hose, they are (were) the best thing to tie tomatoes.
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Don't cry because it's over—smile because it happened!
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10:29 am
March 10, 2009
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epona4
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| Big Chicken | posts 56 |
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THAT'S what I can use all those panty hose for! Heck, I never wear them anymore, might as well get some use out of them.
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11:35 am
March 10, 2009
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At any home impovement store you can buy concrete reinforcement wire. It's 5ft tall and has 4 inch square and is the best stuff to make tomatoe cages out of. They last forever and never tip over. I believe a 50ft rolls cost $50 at lowes here in CA. Shelly
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2:51 pm
March 10, 2009
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GeorgiaZ
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That is ALL panty hose are good for!!!
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7:11 pm
March 10, 2009
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Pete
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We use hog wire made into circular cages about 5 feet tall. We tie the cages together, and sometimes have to stake the cages as well. We have a variety of widths, using the smaller circumference ones for smaller plants (at least that is the theory. Sometimes it doesn't work out.)
We have been very happy with the results. The openings are large enough to get a hand into the plant and very little additional tying is needed until very late in the season.
Yes, the hosiery option is very successful. Also selvage edges from fabric. (I've also used some cut strips which have gotten soiled or ragged.) The calico look is kinda cute in the garden!
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