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| Maybe someone here can help, since I know y'all are just tomato obsessed (and I mean that in a good way, of course :D). A couple months ago I saw some plans on how to make a tomato cage out of some red hose and pvc, but somehow I didn't end up bookmarking it, and now it's gone. I hadn't even given it any thought until I was looking up some info on how to grow tomatillos and someone had an ad on their page for "veggie cages". When I went to check it out, I found that their cages looked just like the do-it-yourself version I'd seen.
Now, I don't know how well they work, if at all, but it looked like an interesting idea, and IIRC, the homemade version wasn't difficult to fashion together. Has anyone seen the plans online, or do you remember what it was called, by chance? For reference, this is what both the real and the homemade ones look like, but again, the homemade one was made with red hose of some sort, and the commercial one is green: |
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- Posted by star_stuff Greensboro NC 7a (My Page) on Sat, Jul 11, 09 at 0:03
| I haven't tried it, but saw something similar in the link below. I wonder how well it works too. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Tormato link
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- Posted by star_stuff Greensboro NC 7a (My Page) on Sat, Jul 11, 09 at 0:09
| It looks very sturdy, and rather simple to make ~but unfortunately I don't own a saw or a drill :-(
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- Posted by spaghetina NorCal Bay Area (My Page) on Sat, Jul 11, 09 at 1:56
| Ah ha!! That's the one, thanks star_stuff! I remembered it had some kind of snazzy name, but could not, for the life of me, rememeber it. I think I may have to try constructing one of these, just for sh*ts and giggles. I don't know how well it'd fare supporting a giant heirloom, but it looks like it might be good for cherries. Maybe if the loops were bigger, it'd be able to hold a larger plant and help it keep its hands to itself. |
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- Posted by Brent(bd@yahoo.com) onThu, Apr 14, 11 at 10:58
| http://cgi.ebay.com/Tomato-Cage-Plans-do-yourself-gardener-/230559478768?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35ae6a73f0 |
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- Posted by axydlbaaxr 4 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 24, 13 at 21:57
| Hey, Spaghetina...I designed the Tormato, and have been using them for about 5 years now. They'll hold whatever you can grow on them! I've had nearly 2lb beefsteaks on them and they did just fine. I'm always eager to get feedback from whoever uses them, so don't be afraid to drop me a line! |
Here is a link that might be useful: Tormato!
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