boggybranch
Deeply Rooted
Was getting to the point that sayin', "Awww, I'll build em, tomorrow", wasn't gonna "cut it". LOL
Procrastination - 0......Tomato cages - 2
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Stubbornhillfarm
Attractive To Bees
Wow! Nice looking plants. I would have my lettuce, bacon and mayonaise ready and waiting! Yes, it's noon and I'm hungry. 
skeeter9
Deeply Rooted
Oh my! You have lots of babies on there. What variety are they?
the1honeycomb
Deeply Rooted
Nice I put my cages on when I planted the plants! so I wouldn't forget completely and have tomatoes in the isles like last year!!
Your plants are so far ahead of mine i have flowers though
Your plants are so far ahead of mine i have flowers though
journey11
Garden Master
I know what you mean... I have to make a point of putting the stakes in the SAME day as the tomatoes, or else I will procrastinate too (and pay for it later!) 
bj taylor
Garden Ornament
I have got to build better cages. mine aren't tall enough or strong enough. I still end up with tomato plants sprawling in the isles. I am going to prune them this year so that should help. I didn't do that last year.
your tomatoes are so pretty.
your tomatoes are so pretty.
MontyJ
Deeply Rooted
Ugh, I still have 9 Romas to cage. The rest of the maters are staked, well except for 4 of them.
baymule
Garden Master
Mine have outgrow their cages by 2-3 feet. Time to break out the T-posts!
Jared77
Garden Addicted
Those look great!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who cages when I plant. I'm the same way if I don't do it then then I'm kicking myself and to get something else to help em.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who cages when I plant. I'm the same way if I don't do it then then I'm kicking myself and to get something else to help em.
digitS'
Garden Master
I like your double cage/double stake technique, Boggy.
I used to put about a dozen+ plants in those kind of livestock fence cages. Then, I began growing more plants and the cage approach just got to be too much.
One thing I was doing was putting stakes in with my cages. First, I used 1 stake, then 2, then 3 stakes per plant/per cage!!! All of this, to keep the plants from toppling over late in the season.
As I transitioned away from using cages, I tried just 3 stakes with baling twine around each plant, no cage. Why had I bothered with cages if I needed 3 stakes to keep them from falling over? I asked myself! Later, I used the 1 stake with the plant tied to it . . . altho' there were years where I just let 'em sprawl, mostly out of laziness.
What I hadn't considered was attaching cages together in pairs/with the stakes - I can see how it would work well. Maybe I will get back to cages as the tomato patch shrinks a little. Hey! I've got nearly 10 less plants this year than the last several!
Steve
I used to put about a dozen+ plants in those kind of livestock fence cages. Then, I began growing more plants and the cage approach just got to be too much.
One thing I was doing was putting stakes in with my cages. First, I used 1 stake, then 2, then 3 stakes per plant/per cage!!! All of this, to keep the plants from toppling over late in the season.
As I transitioned away from using cages, I tried just 3 stakes with baling twine around each plant, no cage. Why had I bothered with cages if I needed 3 stakes to keep them from falling over? I asked myself! Later, I used the 1 stake with the plant tied to it . . . altho' there were years where I just let 'em sprawl, mostly out of laziness.
What I hadn't considered was attaching cages together in pairs/with the stakes - I can see how it would work well. Maybe I will get back to cages as the tomato patch shrinks a little. Hey! I've got nearly 10 less plants this year than the last several!
Steve
