Re: cages
Thanks for the info Margaret... I'm wondering about making some tall cages
for my greenhouse tomatos. I hate tying up strings to the roof every year.
I can get a plastic mesh that would roll into a tube of, say, a foot in
diameter and 6 foot high. Appart from plant support is there any other
advantage to be gained by growing in cages.
Regards Ian Gill Westland New Zealand
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>Total cage is about 30 inches tall, three heavy wire legs extending from
>top ring to several inches below the bottom ring, then the three rings
>(largest on top, then smaller, then smallest at the bottom of the plant,
>the legs extending further to be thrust into the soil). My tomato vines
>exceed six feet in height, so a thirty inch support is of little use. The
>weight of the tomato vine with pull it over, and the vine will be on the
>ground. But the cages work well to keep me, my husband and my dog from
>breaking off brittle chile plant limbs, etc. Margaret
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