On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:59:17 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

"Luke" wrote in message
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[snippage]
The plants are too big now for a tomato cage, I suppose, but I wonder
if staking around the plants and making a cage of chicken wire, or
finer like mechanics wire, would keep possums off. Sorry, but my only
experience with a possum was trying to get one out of the garage late
one night. Nasty thing.

If the branches rest on fine wire, they may get sliced as they rub back &
forth. Not that it matters - most tomato plants are so robust by this time
of the season that they'd probably withstand a napalm attack. Losing a few
branches won't matter much.

Yes, also don't put the "cage" too close, keep branches off the wire
by tying them up/back. Tomato plants can be tough, but they wouldn't
survive even a small napalm drop, with or without Agent Orange. Ask a
Vietnamese :-).

--
Luke
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