DIY Tomato Cages - Save the Maters!

Our indeterminate (climbing) tomatoes needed a way to grow and rest but the traditional cages were expensive and didn't work well. So...we made our own.

We used concrete reinforcement, formed it into cages - we've used them for two years with great results.





It was super easy. My grandson helped me put them together in the garden - getting kids involved is a great way to teach them gardening.





One caution in using metal in the garden - this type of fencing/reinforcement is very rough and if you don't sand down the edges, you will get lots of scratches (from the cut ends) while weeding and picking the tomatoes. BUT, they are so functional - they work so fabulously, it was very worth it for me.





You also need to keep an eye on the plants to keep them inside the cage - they tend to wander out and then they become so long you have a hard time feeding the back into the cage.
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