Lovely bamboo tomato cages

[Cornelia]

On Ethicurian blog today

By Stephanie Paige Ogburn

I’ve always found store-bought tomato cages to be utterly unsatisfactory. First of all, there’s the aspect of price. How a garden store can reasonably charge $6.99 for a piece of cheaply soldered metal that barely holds together is beyond me. (And of course one needs six to ten of them, since a gardener’s job is to have tomato aspirations well beyond the three or four plants that would suit most of us just fine.)...(more)

[John Odom]

I gardened with my Grandfather as a kid, but only dabbled in gardening as an adult due to time limitations. This year I decided to try my hand at it again with a small space of 10'x6', I planted 4 tomato plants, several onions, 4 cucumbers, several hot banana peppers and 2 zuccinni. I originall purchased 4 wire tomato cages but decided to tie my own bamboo cages instead, I also built a bamboo trellace for the cucumbers. My cages were originall 4 feet high but after a lot of rain here in SE Tennessee, I had to extend them to 6 feet. I now have tomato plants over 6 feet high with blooms over eye level!

here are some pics from last Month, this was before I extended the cages.

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[Cornelia]

11!
Cool beans! I added the photos to the comments by clicking the camera icon - thanks for sharing!

[John Odom]

Thanks Cornelia! I'll try to get some up to date pics tomorrow.

[John Odom]

[John Odom]

[Lelo in Nopo]

I didn't know tomatoes could get that tall. Wow!