Did you know tomato cages are actually terrible for growing tomatoes?š #tomato #trellis #gardening
In this brief instructional segment, Nicole Johnsey Burke explains that using standard tomato cages for vining tomato varieties is a poor choice because the cages cannot support the plants as they grow and will cause the vines to collapse well before harvest. She illustrates the problem by noting that the vines have already covered a sixāfoot trellis and would have fallen over two months ago if they had been confined to a cage. She recommends using a tall (approximately six feet), very sturdy trellis to support vining tomatoes and suggests reserving tomato cages for eggplants, which have a more compact growth habit.
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