If you’re tired of old, flimsy tomato cages, follow this step-by-step guide and make your own sturdy, wooden alternative. It can be folded up for ease of storage and is strong enough, by design, to ...

Building your own homemade tomato cages is easy. Take a look at these four terrific plans — at least one will work perfectly for you and your garden! You’ll enjoy a bigger tomato harvest if you use ...

Jun. 7—It's about time for home gardeners to transplant their tomato seedlings to garden beds in Maine. That means it's also time to provide some support for those growing plants. Shortly after you ...

Key Points A sturdy metal, steel, or wood tomato cage allows good air circulation in the plant's center and prevents damage ...

If you're new to growing tomatoes don't forget the supports. Tomato cages are easy to use, and a cost effective way to manage your crop.

Tomato plants are awfully climb-y plants, the vines of which often become heavy-laden with the burden of the fruit on the plant's limbs. That's where tomato supports come in, and while there are all ...

While “determinate” varieties such as Romas reach only 4 feet tall or so, “indeterminate” varieties – think ‘Better Boy’ and heirloom ‘German Johnson’ – tend to push well past 5 feet. And flimsy store ...

For many years, big homemade tomato cages made from concrete reinforcing wire served me well. At the end of the season, I piled them up in a corner of my country vegetable garden and didn’t see them ...