Are you caged, staked or weaved?

[Jolly]

I use tomato cages made from five foot concrete reinforcing wire, but I ran out of cages this year, so I staked what I had left. Some people cage, some stake and some weave.

Which method do you use and why?

[grannyg]

We use homemade round cages for ours....can easily tie up the stems if needed.....

[Deleted]

We have a dozen cages made from wire mesh for the raised beds. I tie them all to a stake to start. I use cattle panels and tie to it in the row garden. I plant on the N side of the panel and once they get a foot high, they weave themselves into the panel so no more tying. They want to grow toward the sun naturally....James

[Cabin Fever]

We use 4' x 16' cattle panels. We use that green velcro to attach the tomato plant limbs to the panel.

[mogal]

DH made 35 cages from concrete reinforcing mesh. I've also used cattle panels with decent results. I did Florida weave one year and one year only. Dismal failure. Maybe my end supports weren't sturdy enough.

scientificgardener.blogspot.com/2012/05/florida-weave-method.html

[tenbusybees]

May 27, 2020 16:06:53 GMT Cabin Fever said:

We use 4' x 16' cattle panels. We use that green velcro to attach the tomato plant limbs to the panel.

That's what my parents always did except they used pantyhose instead of Velcro.

I like the big, colored, round cages.

[Jolly]

When I use my cages, I drive two t-posts and run a small rope through all the cages. I also take tie wire and wire each cage to the next.

[chewytrees]

8 foot stakes for me

[mzgarden]

Weave through cattle panels.