"ransley" wrote in message
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I have 5 ft tomato cages but the plants will probably reach 7 ft and
are now falling down. Should the plants be pruned, will this encourage
new low growth or limit it, or do I do what I have done in the past,
sink in a 8ft 1x2 and tie them up. I googled but this I could not find
anything. The best cages I used to have were wire mesh for concrete
and rebar but you need a big place to store them.

All planning and construction of tomato cages should take place before the
plants are planted. After that, it's like trying to control Audrie in The
Little Shop Of Horrors. So what if you have to store them year to year?
Sheets of reinforcing wire don't take much space. That concrete reinforcing
wire is great stuff, and if you make it on posts, you can access both sides.
Of course, it depends on the variety of tomatos you plant, some vining, and
some turning into bushes. It all depends.

Steve

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