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PVC tomato cages - Mother Earth News

> Did anyone else see the March *Mother Earth News* article on PVC
> cages?  It looks super cheap to build and quite storable.  Haven't
> built these yet, but I plan to in the next few weeks.

Yes, I just got that issue yesterday and read the piece about these
cages!  It looks like a nice idea; however, I would not use the same
height they referenced.  In my experience, 3'3" is not nearly high
enough for a tomato cage, either for indeterminate *or* determinate
vines!  Actually, I am going to modify this plan, I think, because I
tend to have several tomato plants in a row generally.  I don't want
to build separate structures for each plant, so I want to work up a
similar plan that will incorporate the ideas presented and which will
support multiple plants.

Another concern I have with the structures presented is that I don't
think -- not sure yet since I haven't built it -- it would stand up
to the strong winds we have here.  I need something that is anchored
a bit better, so I would need something a bit heavier.  I think that
a structure supporting several plants would accomplish this.

Joan

cmathew@airmail.net
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/8098/
USDA gardening zone 7b (just north of Dallas, TX)

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