Do you grow great tomatoes? And are you disappointed with the flimsy (and short) tomato cages sold in stores? Here's how you can build sturdy tomato cages up to 5' high. more »
Tired of the lousy tomato cages on the market. Here is a tomato cage you can easily build with a simple hack saw and pliers that may passed down from generation to generation. more »
Reuse your tomato cages for holiday decorations on your front step or porch. more »
Tomato cages are used to lift tomato vines off the ground. Cages protect tomato vines from breaking and also prevent fruit from developing molds and fungus caused by lying on the moist ground. Tomato cages are widely available at nurseries and hardware stores, but the cages are often flimsy and do not last for more than a season. Luckily, making your own tomato cages is relatively simple. more »
By December, tomato cages are usually safely stored away in a garage or storage room where they will wait out the winter, forgotten until the next gardening season. However, tomato cages are just the right shape to make a miniature Christmas tree. For a cute and inexpensive Christmas decoration, decorate the tomato cage tree any way you like and top it off with a string of festive miniature lights. more »
What you'll learn in this How-To is how you can make simple tomato cages for limited cash. Each cage costs approximately $3.70 to make. I use these in our garden and they work great! more »
Store bought tomato cages are undersized, flimsy, poorly made and expensive given the overall quality of product. For about the same cost or less, you can build your own that will be far superior to anything the stores have to offer. more »
Tomato cages provide your tomatoes with protection and a place to grow healthily. Tomato plants that are not caged have a tendency to wilt or fall over. Tomatoes grow best when they are placed in cages as seedlings and allowed to fill those cages as they mature. more »
When using a tomato cage, it is best to use nylon, rubber bands or dental floss to tie the branches up the cage as they grow taller. Help support tomato plants as they grow with helpful advice from a sustainable gardener in this free video on growing vegetables. more »
One of the best ways to assure that you will have a successful tomato harvest is to train the vines using a tomato cage. The cage will keep the fruit from sitting on the ground, where it can rot and attract pests. more »
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