Tomato Cage Made Easy: Cheap, Efficient, and Recyclable Technique

Discover a cheap, efficient, and recyclable way to tie up your tomato plants using T-Posts and twine. Learn how to create a lattice to support your plants, keep them off the ground, and provide optimal access to sunlight. Improve your tomato garden with this simple, eco-friendly technique!

[coolbeansgardening]

Note: for longer rows, you may want multiple posts within the row, for stability. You can also tie the twine together if the tomatoes begin to push it out. (As seen here)

[Steve]

This is such a simple idea that it so effective! Here I am, putting stakes in the ground, which gets expensive if you have a lot of plants to stake. All I have to do is put two, maybe four stakes, and then just run the string around them. I'll have to try this next season. Thanks for this great idea!

[danieljosevski]

Brilliant idea. Going to do this for my garden

[joytiller]

This is a great idea! Thanks for sharing!

[rach_just_rach]

Thanks. I might set another post about 12" for a little more room, I hope my Hungarian Hearts are as big as they say they are, lots of support!!!! They are doing very well in the hot humid south, best tomato yet.

[Eric-gikg]

This is a great idea as long as your tomatoes are determinate.
Indeterminate can easily grow over 8 feet tall.
I use a system similar to how the pros.
A single post at each end. The height at least 8 feet. Across the top a horizontal plank (2x4) with rungs approximately 2 feet in length (screwed to the horizontal plank). Add hooks to the underside of the ends of the rungs.
Attach a string at the base if the plant.. the other end to the hook.

[andyakomagaling]

thanks for this cool trellis. must try this one

[lindaswedenlifestyle]

This is great ideas. Thanks for sharing with us👌❤️

[ScottRoberts-eljn]

Great idea! Oh, and I love your garden boots lol!

[lilpanini]

Theres no way me and you have the same irrigation with pvc and florida trellis, such a good way to organize your plants ! Great Grow

[Chrisbuildsbadassfences]

Ahh I'm definitely going to try this.

[MetalAsFork]

My first year growing a hugelkultur in my backyard I used some bamboo stakes with twine for some pea plants, and they didn't have the notchy hook things, nor the stability and rigidity of these T-posts. It looked super janky, and needed frequent re-tying and adjusting.

Time to go buy some T-posts. Thanks.

[Kelgore]

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[mjcechman]

I love this! Would this be for both determinant & undeterminant ?

[casid]

I used to use 10ft 1/2 in. electric conduit since mine got taller than that. I started using the 5 ft sticks with a coupler so in case of hail, I can cover the plants from damage. I then add another 5 ft stick since hail season is usually over by the time the plant gets to five foot height.

[katmcleod]

At what point should you start to do this? How long after planting your tomatoes into the soil?

[OC.]

I use sticks and tie them with old stockings..

I will try this next year, cant do this twice.😂

[jaysmith]

You got me thinking about fried green tomatoes!😋😋😋

[DeepStateDestroyer]

Good idea give credit to the right person for the idea

[jaesunsturkie]

This is like the Florida weave, but not as good. The California weave if you will. Jk. Looking good