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What can you make with tomato cages?
21 Clever “Other” Uses For Tomato Cages
- Flower Trellis – Tomato cages make for a great trellis for flowering vines like mandevilla and the morning glory. ...
- Plant Stand – Turn the cage upside down and bend the reinforcing wires to hold a pot or bowl. ...
- Bird Bath – Make an inexpensive, garden bird bath.
Is it better to stake or cage tomatoes?
If you want to grow indeterminate tomatoes in containers, it is best to grow them near a trellis or fence that you can train them up, or use very large pots that will allow large cages. ... Dwarf (or patio) tomatoes never need staking, but they only grow two or three feet tall and produce small tomatoes (cherry size).
Do I need a tomato cage?
Tomato cages allow the plant to grow upwards. The heavy fruiting branches need support, and a bountiful harvest can be ruined with rot or disease if tomatoes are overcrowded, drooping or forming on the ground. Without a cage, the plant can topple over or break completely under its own weight.
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