Excellent tip, and a great project description! I always have a good laugh when I see the pitiful tomato cages offered for sale in nurseries.

A T-post driver is cheap, simple, and an almost indispensible tool for any serious gardener.

For those who may not be aware, the wire in these cattle panels is 4 gauge (.2043") which is just the thing for supporting a thriving stand of tomato vines.

Thank you Ken,

I have to agree with you about how inadequate the store bought tomato cages are. I have 8 of them and will push them into the ground up to the first ring for my Pepper plants.

Again thank you,
Thomas

I totally agree -- the ring-type tomato cages work fine for peppers and eggplant (and flowers that need some support); for tomatoes, not so much!

Weedwhacker said:I totally agree -- the ring-type tomato cages work fine for peppers and eggplant (and flowers that need some support); for tomatoes, not so much!

The store bought cages are too short and very flimsy.

Great idea. This year I will have to use the cages But , next year I am defiantly using this idea in the
new garden bed.

Thank you so much